The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-09

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XIII several armadlllos. would.bc Han.
Annie Billngsley,
Garrison, Texas. Dear Happyhammers.
| INpn mas been taking The ost Tor n long
/ llhe anu | enioy reading the mage yp y
hauep' mt I never could rake up courage
sHough 20 write until tonight. | like to 20
| 10 school very much Hans. | spent Christ
mas with my uncle at Eniporla. went mini
ing aud shot an the fireworks ] wanted 10.
many of you Hike TO go hunting ana Hshinry
DO; We live in sigh, Of Wonders creek,
uhu II mas a good many hsh in it. | viii tell
iou srMtthlhg about our little town. II
nus tNehtS-nne business houses, two hotels,
Two coal mines and 3 brickyard Nell
lapS, as this Is my first and / am getting
seSSpy l VII ring of. Love to all the Haps
1Au 'N's' roa8i Clarence Green.
Eagle Pass, Texas Dear Happyhsm.
istciS' i've IN thr country and my papa
~ the southwestern part of Iayalla rounty.
lhlS Is a line country but IL the Hans
| cpuld see II now they would not ihink
| Of The country now, IL is very dry We
! nave an artesian well and have plenty OF
| water for the stock. go to school, we
| nave small school. because there are
1 nQt a few people Of this country | surely
/ like to go TO school like 10 read GOOD
ppG@E S. Come again, Ledona Marshcl. II
| N Mp you. Aoq surely. write nice letters
/ What nave you been doing since we heard
( from you last? How is your school If
mas been very cold out here. ana don't
IKE cold weather. Roxa Ware.
Brandon, Texas.-Dear Happyhammers:
Hello, lIapsl Here ] am again. / will vote
~ ~ ihe contest | viii vote for Miss Clara
Barton. notice that some Of the, Hans
voted for Mrs. Carrie Nation. don't think
maj she did anything great. She smashed
Anew lew saloons, but they were built again /
,nlhk that she ought TO have been in the
INSANE asylum think that Lula Cole
ana Lille Carter ought to think again
before they vote. | don't think there is any
nhrm IN dancing If 1t Is carried on RIGHT
NY iaNDrlle authors are e.. A lIeaty. Mary
. Holmes Opie Read and Rosie n Carey
tnlnk that the HapS ought to vote for
s s" american woman Instead of voting
lor some queen or duchess. WIN some one
sehd me the song The Dying Cowboy?"
VII exchange for it either az these,
Mhen the .Violets Bloom" "Only Playing
i'f' again. etc Charlie Owens.
Palestine, Texas Dear Haps, The other
day went out on the lawn TO read After
l had read about four chapters | Law down
! anu was soon asleep. Soon / began to
/ shrink and kept shrinking fiji was about
| an men IN height. As | soon discovered
| httle golden whistle by my side in the
! primrose, | picked 1t up and blew il and
Just as ! did so myriads Of butterflies came
tuttering around me. There was one very
large one. about foot long, picked me up
between his fcelers and few of TO q large
cave with me. When we got inside the
cave began to kick and slap furiously and
awoke TO find was humping my head
/ against large tree. as If l wanted to XIII
inHhSeH. ! cast my vote for Clara Barton,
Come along, Haps, with your nlckels and
/ your votes for Clara Barton Adleu, Haps
l remain the Haps' friends.
Jennie Wren"
Rcfugio, Texas.-Denr Happyhammers:
/ We have a pet cat; its name Is Tabby; It
catches rats and mice to eat Papa takes
me Post; like TO read the letters.
/ think some of the Hnps write nice letters,
| put 1t seems that ! can't lind anything
| interesting. We spent the summer down
| az the bay last year and had nice time.
/ We caught fish and crabs and went in
bathing nearly every day and Went to
dance about four times a week The con.
/ test is now, WHO is, or was, the greatest
/ woman born in the Nineteenth ccnturyT
: / suppose Queen Victoria win 60 down
! In history as the greatest woman. but
! don think SO, and am going to cast
| my vote for Miss Clara Batron, She has
| consecrated her life to the good Of all
/ natious: Victoria only to her own. | will
! close. With best wishes to Mrs. Foster
/ ana the laps, am us ever true Hap,
George Anna Rogers.
/ Aldine, Texas. ~ Dear Happyhammers:
What kind of time did you Haps nave
/ Christmas? ] just had a grand time.
6 T to rG@a the laps R9gG ana also IKE
| lCur letter was just inc. / think Essie Col.
Z leps writes good letters don't You Haps?
! ], like our new contest but will not vote
this time. We have had lots of cod
weather here | live thirteen miles from
/ Houston 1t is q nice town. Tn nearest
station is two miles away. II has a store
and pa'tothce. ! haven't any brothers and
but one sister. She Is married l have
five nephcWS and no niece. Mamma and I
are by ourselves tonight Papa is gone
Lula Colo aud Lille Carter. / don't agree
WIS out Of her place. Now, don't you.
Elaps? Come again Arthur u. | know
you are all tired of me, so | Will go. Good
bye a true Hap, Noru Woodland.
Guadalupe city, Texas.-Dear Happyham-
mcls ] am very glad Eddie Bel Letier
| has got her chair. How l would like to SEQ
E l rolling around In 1t. II must be dread
cents for John " Stocks | chair "" S Mns %
long before our other letter was printed we
thought it had been miscarried. Was glad
to hnd you had received the money. Our
Uncle sam Manford, papa Of Annie, thar
Bessie Short spoke uS, was called to a bet.
ter home on the 10th OF asst month. He
was an unusually ahectionate husband am!
tuther His place leaves q vacancy which
/ can never he Tiled How thankful children
should be who have their parents left to
care for them.
Old 81 has passed away,
I And 81 has come our way.
Lat us this new year our duty do,
And live more as Jesus would have us do
New H1ps,
Marshall L. and Jimmie w. Manford.
Lawn Blun, TeXas--Dear Happyhammers:
] saw that one girl wanted some one 10
describe sorghum cane grinding | win
Try. \ day or two before grinding they
begin stripping the cane. some strip The
cane and some haul 1t to the mill The
mill has rollers inside which mash the
Juice out of the cane and large lever on
end Of the lever which pulls the mill ana
makes the rollers turn This mashes the
Juice ont OF the cane and there IS somebody
! 10 feed the mill and there Is barrel under
| the mill to catch the juice. aud when tho
| barrel is full they put 1t into a kettle
| which Is placed over a furnace The fur.
| mace is made of brick and clay aud there
/ is a chimney TO let the smoke out of It.
| There is hole In the furnaee 10 make