The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-16


Now lets send in our nlckcls, and make
more cripplcs happy tin not one IS teri.
! think / hear some one say, | wish she
would lchyc. 80 | viii close, WIN bFst
wishes for an Lionel.
Rancho Texas, Dear flappthammcrs and
MIS- Foster: The last time ! wrote Mrs
Foster called me a girl aud " m0dc me- a
little hit angry. hut ! have got over II. rs
tho Hans are telling their dreams VIII
toll mine | dreamed I was "recks Bad
Boy nnd had chnm lust IKE. his rhnm,
too and we Thought We would lcorh ia he
q ntsts SO We could mn teeth. our nrsi
experiment was This. We caught one of
hts mothers old nous the oldest one we
we thought the old oucs most likely not TO
have good teeth, So We picked her Nh and
looked In her mouth, / Snid To Bill that
was my chum's name. you know "Bill,
she has not got Il sign Of tooth ana VIC
viii never learn q thing from this old
hon. Don't Won think that she needs o set
Of ARTIFICIAL teethF Then Hill said That he
expected that she did. because she IS 50
old, But there is no artihclalst tas he
called thcml In town and | don't know
what to do about IT," Then told him hat
we could make q set, | supposed SO we
found some rat teeth aud were punching
holes In the old heu's bin when my chunS
mother came out with the broom and said;
Get M and feed the chickens. for II is
getting late" why don't some OF the
Haps write big dreams such as climbing
cahhngc heads ON ladders, etcf | am not
many women one can hardly decide who
is the greatest Miss ESsie CollcpS you
aud your noble band are doing grand work
NJ present and hope YOU will continue 10
do SO. ! would like 20 correspond with
some Of the Haps OF Il or rs years of age
aud the corresponding secretary Of the
b. u. c. Yours aS ever, y. c. Glover.
nialyine. Texas.-Dear narpyhommers:
! am very foud VI reading the llhpS' page.
but as ! am a now member | will not try
OIL al
] would vote for the Hans leader. ! VIII
trA and give you Hans some dots on the
en- tlvation OF tomatoes, 0s / live Ia the TO.
mato country. that Is. part OF t.. MS |
think tomatoes could he raised all over
Texas. Tho tomato seed Is urSt planted
In hot bed that Is, IL YOU want 10 ra
them for the markcu or furnace bed, that,
Is whore Won can USE the heat of lire to
bring the plant mp, aud protect IL from
90 weather; same way about the hot he'd.
II is dug out about twelve or hftrcn inches
deep or more, and hllod mp With cotton
seed, or anything that win create q heat;
then rich manure is placed ou top OF that
aud seed planted. Place vour frame around
it three foot plauks ON the north side ana
on" foot plank nu the SOUTH, sprSld n
sheet over the frame and If il Is very cold
put hnc straw over the sheet and your
seed viii vomc up MS though II was In thd
mouth of May. When the plant has formed
four ar six leaves II Is ready for the cold
frame; hut IL would not be a good idea to
plnnt them until the last Of February and
ih' llNi 'l Nihi''i " ''''A t'''N'
something that resembles inc not ped
though 10 is colder. because II has not me
heat about IL, After the plant gets older
ana tougher II IS then trnnsplanted 10 the
cold frame. where. of course. II Is Shioldnd
from an the cold that can lac kept ont d.
The cold frame rs very largo frame made
/ 20 hold several plants placed two Inches
apart see now ! viii have 20 continue
/ this tomato question " | SO through with
/ h.. We have got the tomato plant ~ the
/ cold frame / will begin ~ the cold frame
/ In my next letter. A would-he Hap,
Willie r. HalomHn.
/ Uich Island TcNHs.--Dear Huppyham.
mprs, WIN YOU admit little southern girl
! into your happy bandY | Will describe q
|lulc of my ne Ca the ilapS and then
perhaps they will know me better, was
F, horn I'm Hays county. We then moved
/ down tu Brownsville. Then we crossed the
/ Rio Grandc aud went over into Mexico,
and lived AT Monta Morelns for some im"
/ Then moved To other small places not very
far from there. We then untCrluuk t'
make the long journey down 10 IuNpan q
small but old town, between Vera CRUZ ma
Iampiro We made IN" trip IN q wagon
II was tho first wagon that hnd beer
through that part Of the country Tor thWlA
years. II would take M too nurh spar'
To tell how many ups and downs we eN
Vcrlcuced on that long mp. we, stayed "
TuNuan seven years, when yellow. ioXl
took The town, and VIC hnd 70 get oAt. We
sold on our stock ard took an American
f, a There