The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-24

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d All dom don't know soye inst ta got AZ aud
gong to take music Lessons soon. Win
love to Mrs. Foster and tho raps.
lima Chandler.
Black Jaqs springs, Texas. Tear Happy.
/ hammers: Ny papa Is q subscriber Of the
| gear Old Post. and 7 love To read the Hans
m,ltIs ever So much counted the dos
| number. Now for the contesti | last my
| t"le f9r Christopher Columbus. school ont
| Aprll H. and We had an entertainments
was IN seven pieces. / will send an album
| Guide well your thoughts.
| for they are heard in heaven.
J see the waste basket has its mouth open.
| 80 VIII ring OF. "Trilhum."
Allentown, La.--near Hapryhammers:
/ think Columbus was the brgyest Tor he
MAS 2 poor boy and had no friends while
/ washington was rich aud had many
friends. Well. | see some of the Hans say
Washington was the greatest man because
| Ne never told lie. Now. Haps, how do
( you know Columbus ever told lie?
sec the Haps are telling about their pets
/ b, ma'f tW Va cat and dog. Ny. eats
,',''''' - ElNSN, tue utE name is Rover.
ne can tell you howdy and jump and speak
Tor bread. send INV love TO Mrs fos.
Ter and the Hans and remain a Louisiana
/ Hap. ! am II years old aud my birthday
/ comes In the cold month Of December.
Ethel Harris.
Houston, rexas Dear uappyhammers:
Nlll you kindly allow me to be enrolled
as member of your baud? | viii cast
! my vote for Washington. lie was willing
/ 10 give mp his life for his country. and
suffered many hardshlps AS for Column
| bus, he wished for fame aud honor. Re
/ sides; ! have no doubt that some one else
would have discovered America love
to read very much, and | think parents
| should he very careful that their children
roster enjoyed her trip. I suppose YOU all
know that Houston was named for sam
Houston. like to read The dreams very
, mHch. Love TO our Kind editresss, and the
, haPs. Frances Roussel.
Briggs, TeIas.-Dcar Hapnyhammers:
| ms is my second attempt to write to the
Hans clue. ! am afraid you will get
tlred of my coming So often. but | wanted
Ia enter this interesting contest and east
my vote II is hard to say which was the
grrater man Columbus or Washington; hut
think Columbus WIS, because, in his time
/ lh' vessels were all so small that II was
| dangerous To- be out at sea in them. aud his
! hGn We're an Jhe thne threatening to throw
! MN overheard II he did not return to
spain. But. Notwithstanding all these
hardShlpS. the brave Columbus pressed on.
ward. ever hoping To md shorter route
this great American continent Had " NOT
| Iecu Tor MN some other explorer would
naigG discovered It and our entire, history
! July -, is my birthday I will be Il wears
old am going 10 have a doll picnic. We
wish some It The lIans could be CIV with d. us
| Wei, Haps, | will give you a rest.
Lizzie Horn.
: Armagh La.--Desr Happyhammers:
am II years old, My father takes Thc Post,
| aud | read the lIappyhammers' page /
Wlu relate one Of my dreams. One day ]
was Wing IN the hammock reading; sud
denly ! fell asleep, | thought ! saw n
small door under the window. The door
was opened aud a lot Of people came oui
ot II aud tried TO- climb into the hammock
,th'y seemed I" be. dwarfs' where was.
but were unsuccessful When they found
that they could not climb 10 where | was
they brought ladder aud placing It
against the hammock climbed In They
| brought ropes and tied my hands aud feet
asked them what hey were going to
do. They said that they were going to
tax" m" 10 their king who would put me
in prison I did not like to go To prison .
The thought Of It made me sicI ard angry spsry
so / gave a great Jump and landed on THE
floor. J aVOkc and looked FOR my door
My mother laughed ar me and said I was
dreaming. SHmmie, would build a larger
| BOAT next time. Bessie Campbell.
Beech, La.-Dear Happyhammers: The
\ contest is now Who was the greater
Washington or Columbus?" I viii vote
| Tor Washington, If Columns mad not
found the now world some one else would.
and II would have been lust the same
/ d" not say he was not great but Washing
ton was the greater. Although he had
nigh temper, he kept il under control n
he was rich 10 begin with, that did not
/ keep him from being great Mrs Foster
please write more about yonr trip Saw
| lIaps, let MS quit writing dreams 20 often
ana write something more interesting. Did
any If the Haps see n snake In a hottlcY
| have. There Is q woman living close 70
the school house and z crowd Of girls went
M there and were looking at cano icsso-
mine she had in q bottle md ground rat
tie was In there and 1t scared us ALL 100.
I But they killed IT, WnodbIne, ] hope you
have not gotten into any more scrapes
certainly enjoyed Mrs. Fosters letter 7
will be IL years old September Z Much
love to Mrs, Foster and The HapR. true
| Hap, Joyce Holmes.
Loyelady, Texas.-Dear Happybammers:
! Well HapS, | once more enter the arena TO
say a few words in behalf Of brave old Co
/ lumbus In my last letter 7 promised 10
show that, judging by the things that cach
I Of those men accomplished, Columbus was
I the greater. Washington by leading the
/ colonial forces n victory established the
nation which has grown to he tho great est
/ In the world, and which has done more
| for liberty and for tho uplifting NJ mankind
| thsn any other nation Of the world These
! things are indeed great. hut the things ca
| lunbus accomplished are greater. nv cross.
| ing the Atlantic ocean he showed the PEG
| pie the foollshness Of many ~ their super
! stltions and thus gave a great impetus 10
/ the reformation. BY discovering the CONT
| nent OF America he opened a refuge TO
| which many of the best men Of Europe Ned
and these men comprised the army which
| Washington led, and without which he
could do nothing, So You see everything
| Washington did was a result Of what Co