The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-23

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OF them have little yellow or red tuft
on their legs some have none The honey
Eatherers and the wax CATERERS carr,
ihelr stores In their trunks The uppe
JOINT OF bees hind leg Is Hat and II
edges are surrounded with little stiff hairs
MMnlSh FORMS a sort of basket Whel
into the pollen. If IL can not complete Ii
load III one flower II vii always seek gu
another OF the same kind Ii will no
an the pollen Of two different kinds %
flowers; The honey-gatherer draws In III,
sweet juices from flowers by their trunk
Inc trunk serves as q mouth and a pump
Inc LIQUID passes through this into III,
throat ana Is carried 70 their hive;
Minettle Melchert.
Ebony, Texas.--Dear Mrs. Foster: am
SO glad you are back at home again and
mSr. do love to cad your club talk My
oldest sister is long ways from home She
Is IN Jacksonville, Texas, with mnma' s
only sister. She viii come home Christmas
ana won't ! be glad ] have TO do almost
an OF the cooking since she left. l have
one sister at home older than myself She
does not love to cook Corral Green. I saw
your letter from West Point. whore / once
hNed' Your only sister and myself are al
most the same age ! will be 10 January
l. You ana Shook are about the age of
my sister Sue. Sue was named for your
dear aunt and cousin and uncle | have
4NNo VI l4flAA uoWtIS. w nave snap beans,
tutnlps' okra, peas, potatoes. II is right
cold today. We live away ont West I'm
MINIS county. This Is a very rocky conn
try, but very healthy This Is a good fruit
country ana there arc some ine orchards
mere. II Is good country for anything
any one would want II was very dry last
summer and spring, but rained all fall
HOW many or you HapS ever saw bush
morning glories. have some In the yard,
and they are full OF flowers | have
petunias ms large round ms a common sized
teacnp My brother has two pups whose
names are Sid and Abe. / do not like dogs
] like pigeons. We will soon have some
young ones. There are lots OF black haws,
Wild plumbs and pecnns out here As ever
true Hap, Callle Wilson.
Junction City. Texas.--Dear Happyham-
mers' have been absent good while, so
now | come To tell YOU or my uncle that
! promised 10 tell Of in my last letter, the
uncle that was killed by the Indians He
vas born In Tennessee. August 20, 1882
MS name was Isaac Newton Kountz The
hountZ family moved TO Texas on July u
1870, and came 10 this town later I'm 1878.
when Grandfather Kountz named the place
Junction city. Mr.. Kountz. with his fam
ily, took up o little farm above where the
town now stands. Then he and two of the
boys returned 20 Virginia hut came hack
again "a Junction City soon aftcrwnrd and
MI kountz put mp a little office where
dry goods store now stands IL was on
December "a, 1915. that Isaac Kountz and
his smaller brother age IL dsaac X was
lb yenrs old, started m the hillside after
some sheep. They had got around the
sheep and started back when they saw
several men coming over the ton Of tho
mount wrapped In blankets Tho two boys
thought they were only coWbovs WITH
blankets wrapped around them. hui. alas
they We're Indians. One of the Indians
raised himself In the saddle and sent an
arrow whizzing through the air 1t struck
Uncle Isaac In the hip and ne fell to the
ground buf Ifp had "a ga
revolver but for some reason he did not
use u, Sebastian X. that was the smaller
brothers name started In a run toward
tho house, hut the Indians were upon them
Isaac i. had fallen and was unable 10
rise Sebastian ran TO the fence Just as
he reached II a large Indian rode up to
the fence just as he started 70 Jump It. The
Indian made grab at his hnir. but missed
the hair and grabbed his cap. The cap
slipped from his head and Uncle Sebastian
fell on the other side THIS will be con
tinued in my next letter Your dear Hap
and Friend. Harry ]. Patterson.
jacksonville. Texas.--Denr Happyham.
mers: You need not think ! have been
asleep all this time, for ! read all the let
tiers every week. have seen lots Of talk
about girls working In the field being dis
grace. | have seen where several said
some Hap had said so; ] have never henrd
the name Of that Hap called ana think II
IS surely a mistake / don't think amy hon.
est work a disgrace Papa and have
been picking scattering cotton all day. Al
though very tired think l feel Just as
well as II I had been sitting up In the
house all day reading some silly novel or
studying about some cute little fellow"
] have seen. as some girls say. Where are
the Snipes? / Wish Jonathan would bring
his Sal again. ] live In the country, about
four miles north Of the little town Of
My home Is surrounded with
large trees, black jack, hickory, post oak
and huckleherrics Oh, my ! never saw
~ many huckIcberrips aud bickorv nufe
In all my days as there have been around
here this year MadisOnYille Is on a boom
now and has been for about month. They
expect a railroad 70 come here soon. 20
Won see they think the town will he as
arge as Boston before long. There has
never been q car in Madisonviile. ! sup
pose y Will be a great help 70 all am |
pleasant trip. ] do love 10 read her club |
ak about her trip. Why don't all Of the ,
I'D timers write 70 us againf And poor /
yyoodvine where Is She and has she got |
ler nose banded3 But ! guess most all are |
1usy al school now: bur poor me- ! emit |
20. as ] have 10 stay. at home aud keep !
louse. Mamma Is sick most OF the time. |
good teacher. used my real name the |
a Il time wrote. but J am going 10 use n /
'nncy name now 70 see II you Haps can |
yuess who ] am. on. my, Whist u That big |
liouthed thing coming over theref Give |
ne mn bonnet, quick; clear the track; let |
ne run. Bye-bye I'm gone
Fapa's Baby.
Tvtle. Texas Dear Happyhammers: |
.fter an absence Of two years J viii again !
axe the pleasure of penning you Few 4
mes 10 lei YOU know that I'm sim a Hap, /
visited the old Conceptlon mission, two 1
niles below San Antonio October p. 1902. |
m 1T3f Conception. the best preserved Of /
he missions. was founded two miles below /.
an Antonio. It's twin towers are stlll /
tanding With the old bells IN them, but 4
re- did and weather beaten. It's pic /
uresaue dome has. az faded. It's front
.stevyav. eo curi0usly decorated It's quaint 1
sesnds All make this mission one Of
'ecuIier interest. Though partly crumbled
,vev and hiack. Il is stlf interesting 20 /
ook AZ. The front Of the building was
ormeriv frescoed IN brilliant red and blue
esIgns. making a dazzllng eject. but time
nd The Decorating hands OF rnthlessl
lohfseers have left few Of these decora-
ions. Altogether Il Is one q the oldest
boxing buildings that the writer ever saw;
lli over the roof growing IN the hard old /
nrks are several rat-ciaw bushes, prickly /
ear, ETasa % different varieties and a l