The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-08

! see III the club tax her birthday was
| In this month. | did not vote In the last
contest, but | think Queen Victoria was
century. think the Beaumont nappyhlm.
mer club Is doing q grand work. | viii
| close and write more next time. WIN icnd
cents for helping fund.
Copperas Cove. Texas Dear Hapnyham.
S mSrs' ,S Good day, Haps What are you al
s se a9 as Syse S StSs sNS @s
| Cove is thriving little town OF abont 600
innahitants. In the cove. Of mountain. In
sGnoat lsS3' when the Indians we're rcylns;
| dead at this place scalnrd by them That
/ was before there was any town there. The
roSsers RS" so Oh that p Is how the S ows sS SS paa
| part Of Its name, aud then bclug In cove
9! tae mountain is whore our city got u
] name Of toppcras Cove. The man Is now
resting in his lonely grave by the Side %
| toe railroad. What is that I'm hearing
somebody whispering over thor in the cor.
few more words. 1t Is ramiug now, but
We do not need II as badly as we have.
Bertha elem.
Turnersvile. Tcxas.-pear Happyham.
mcrs: How are all the lINps this hne May
! weather! It's very pleasant bore. neither
too hot nor too cold bus lust right The
| pleasant spring and autumn DAYS arc what
! Ike, but always dread the long, hot sum
net dsys- although some may Ike SUM
! lncf pt NJ because thcN nave iig times gOlDS
hsl Ing and To riclncS. There isn't any
where to 20 fishing near here, aud very
| little pleasure | get out OF picnic, be-
cause about the nrst thing that happens to
me Is TO take the headache, and then I'm
about done Tor that day. Essic Coileps has
n'ado good suggestion. We have hills,
hollows and rocks here and it's not very
agreeable. 1t has been 50 dry here until
| about two months ago that there WASH
enough water for stock. but now J reckon
things are doing very well Of all the PSI
pers The Houston Post Is the one Hnrrah
for the Beaumont club. and also Peter ;
The dgst letter | ever read In the Hap,s
page was one from Joe Farmer Where Is
he, and Thomas Toylps Johnnie
Clean, Texas.--Dear HappyhQmmers;
Here cone p after an SeSg dnS MIS-, 81 clara Sw
Rarton was chosen the greatest woman
born in the Nineteenth century She re-
next with about nfteen votes, Florence
Nightingale third with eleven votes. Fran.
els r. Willard and H NJ Gould with -four
that received one vote each. among shem
were Mrs Carrie Nation, I will select Two
or three subjects for discussion. Resolved,
That Il Is the right and the duty OF the
monuments over her dead heroes who is
your favorte character among ne men OF
the Texas revoutionf Why What Is lhc
most heroic act described in the era IF the
Texas revolution Are the Texans ~ TO-,
day as brave as those OF IN" and lSih
|
test like tho last ones We bad Just thiqh
Of tine new members that we're enrolled In
the last two contests! Barcus Rarmer'
Sugartown. La - Dear Hnppyhammcrs: As
Mrs Foster was wanting some one In give
a description | VIII try. The ant rs very
large towns which they build an elevated
. | lind They are very destructive nn farms
and truck patches Of all kinds. Listen! '
hear some ono say what coula as smn''
. thing as an ant hurt. Why, thnt can dc
Stror a ten.acCe field of corn q week
some one saws how do thcv destroy II.
? rhcv cut n down and take 1t and put II
, in their cavity. They often extend thciI
cavities to water below the snrlace Of the
earth mean What people cal! town jnts
They work urdCr queens. Their queens
, are about the size of wasp and the small
or ones that do all the work are about one
fourth Of an inch long and a, are about =,
very destructive to fruit trees. portion
Of them 90 M the trees while the rest rc
towns c31 where they deposit It II their cells
which are from four IN ton feet In derth
I, and hold from one to three gaUons, an1
Inc food which they take in>thelr cells Is
almost rs While az snow h which -
keep their young send le-c9Ents Tor tn'
helping fund Dora cole.
!, Elgiu, Texas Dear Happyhammers
Well guess | have rs iunCh right e
Join as the rest don suppose any o.
1 where one Of the Haps said she thought I
p was "a disgrace TO work In the Held,
S wonder what she would eat N somebody
: didn't work in the held suppose Sd,
would starve TO death ! work In the Geld
4 don't think It is disgrace. rrlxie Ran
/, kin. If think It Is Hampstead, Texas
: | names? II one was Joseph We are veia
t ives Our fathers arc first cousins. Rap
has nnSes ana cousins ,bd R2 6up hs dS Si
. emo again: ( know your name but
I won't say, for have nom de plume my
u have had I'VE pies and made one and hal
@ Jars OF Jelly. They mako hne Jelly. Toe
Mv chum aud ! are going TO write 70
Eether sometimes. went to school las
/. learned a whole lot. loo. koye a swee
= little brother he will he = years old Jul
$ !. 1907. We'll, I want to exchange snom
d Won't DO TO Trust for Goo Goo Eyes
9 ~ "rotsy."
y Buckholts, Tcxns.-ncar Happyhammers
q Here comes another girl that Would He t
.oln your harry hand # boys and girls ~
: Post and / enjoy reading the uaps pae
. very much i've In IN, ne country a.
!" most OF the IIaps are telling about thel
$ pets. We have pets Tut | don't calm an
OF them. ono morning as vas riding I
with me: IL raa about mile and then cam
/, 10 a pond and threw me Oh right into
o and 1t seemed as II | would never get OF
q II WAS so muddy that when ] got one foo
2 out the other sank deeper III al last soni
h school girls passed near by ! called theI
: 10 come and help me. They canic aud th
= FIRST time they tried to pull me out the
= fell. and the second time We were all 6
/, well tickeled that could hardly do nnythln
:, and IL WAS the third pull before they 70
= me out. had 10 go nome and put on oihC
/, clothes. On my way bone ! met sever
70 of my scboolmates they asked me wha
a was the matter, | told them aud the
"a laughed nj me. When | got home my hors
j. MAS there aud when mamma saw me sh
y asked what I had been doing. told d,
,ee and she gave NE q good whipping. ha
" loed ~ loud thar my sister Hwoke an
asked me what ! was doing ] then foun
10 out It was only a dream was glad h'
II was. Geranlum
Victoria. Teras.--Dear Iappyhammer
u 7 beg your pardon for intruding again, b.
no | couldn't resist the temptation ~ wrltin
| The page Is 30 bright and CHEEKY ] can
pr keep away any longer good rain Il
70 here on the ith OF May but Il was n'
ne needed much. All ~ the farmers are bus
L, with their crops here some Of the cdi
10 is beginning 10 tassel and cotton Will fot
be sdnaring and there are many bcautlf
,. flowers in bloom. Philip Nolan; an Iris
. man made the first map Of Texas
a September 1895. the people were called
q vote on the question 81 annexation 10 II