The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13

iiered to make him King and Se Wouldn't
iet them live In town. bur would rather
ana y, IN tne country; have two brothers
THu VWo sisters. all younger than myself.
"Ni 10 years old. remain yours.
Ellen Pierey.
III Ross, Texas.-Dear Happyhammers: !
you a little trinket box II YOU Wish aud
sehd 1t to you before long | send a nickel
~ tSs lo earned BY raising cucumber vine
there, and asked hm to let me plant one,
and sold the cucumbers. Well goodbye
Love TO you. Ethel Haney
iskSF iSpn y read as sps
Pf9 be ,,d, am u years Cd. My. papa takes
SPEAK u h abe1f ,, Post some Of the Haps
T r., They drink milk out Of cup
lntlr halnas are Jack and Pet. our crops
T 1cev ahU S1nit. burned W, and we need ram
bo r3n2 GssD Te1{q , Happy hammers.
Il snort Whlle. 1t is so nice. | see some
oil oil inc Hapss are asking Miss Ella Mahan
!" ,, vic she was so bright and cheerful,
next cripple for a chair? We arc needing
E Eind So badly. ! thank you all for your
h'nu attention true Hap
Cold Springs. Texas Dear Happyham.
mers: VIII you allow little lO,vear-old
9oE 10 JON your band of boys aud girls?
! nave two little pets, just alike In color
together. l have lots Of cousins in this
great state. If they see this letter and
Mttte TO me | Will be glad to answer the
lette" Your new friend
Robert McMurrey.
:, oaknila, Texas.-pcar Happyhamnlcrs:
~ E,tI3 lulng IN this part Of TeXaS is burn.
ing up except the cotton. We have not
nuu ram since Sunday two weeks ago
r nave TWO pets-n little mule and a little
puppy. ! live in Burnett county. thirty
miles from Burnet. the county seat / ike
70 20 nshing very much viii n>k Tho
maps a question. Who is the Old AlcaI.c?
true Hap, grover {. BLACK
New London, Iowa.-Dear Happyham.
nlors' Here ] come to have a little chat
WIN you. Well, | guess I'm lost so far
from home Our contest is, WHO was The
greater, Columns or George Washington Z"
why, George Washington, I think. why
aon ! some of sou dreamers wake upI
haven't very many pets. ! have only one
hen, -FOUR ducks and eat. | will have to
close for this time. Edna Brittou.
Tanks, Texas--Dear Happyhammers
have been reading the Haps' page for n
long time. but have Just found courage II
write am a little girl IL years old Ny
little sister and went out and caught a
horned frog aud tied 1t to a tree while /
drew II; | suppose some OF the Haps necer
saw horned frog. They stay IN gardens
a i,!1 ca ii.l bugs aud worms, | have very
hWert little baby sister. Her name is An.
nc Florence, A new Hap, Ava Page
,Waelder, Texas,-Dear Happyhammers
ms is my FIRST letter TO the page. l have
% lou Il ,ii IL,
| to chop cotton? / do not like 1t very much
1 Wnen the weather Is warm. We haven
/ had any rain here the crops are about
/ burned up II 1t don't rain soon there
! won't be anything made With love to ali
the Haps and Mrs. Foster
Dora Brubaker.
| West Point, Texas-Dear Hnppyham
mers ! live on the Colorado river. tire,
miles from West Point. where canning
/ factory has just been completed and about
800 acres of tomatoes have been planted
| Ny papa Is a truck grower ana has six
acres Of tomatoes planted. We have alst
an orchard which contains 200 pear trees
and $50 peach trees. true Hap,
Carroll Green,
Wolfe City, Texas.--Dear Happyhammers
/ Here comes another Texas girl to join
your happy band of hoys and girls. lave
! ! can not stay back any longer | would
( Ike to correspond with some OF the HANS
I My age will he Il years the last Of July
wish some Of the Hap; would give me
Haps send me the words of Just on'
Girl|' Goodbye, Beulah Hodges.
Refugio, Texas.-Dear Happyhammers
| Mamma has hcen taking the paper for
number OF years and I surely do Ike t.
read the HapG' letters. some OF them ar
50 interesting think the Hqpe' page i
Increasing so rapidly, wish some of TIL
NTp4 K-n "a n md f.lI /,
dreams | never dream anything wort
telling Come again, Peter Snipe:" you
letter was SO interesting. wild Kitty
nave an idea who you are. true Zap
Emma Huddleston
Mineral Wells, Tezns.-Dear Hap 5yham
mers' am country girl, but / EMO
country life. l will describe Mineral Wells
IL has hve stores, one drug store tw
churches one school and one blacksmith
shop, Haps. will some of you be so KIN
as 70 send me the songs. The Dying Cow
boy The Gypsy's Warming" l will sen
in return any Of these: Just as the 81
Wont Down The Gill I Loved IA sum
Tennessee 'Bonny Eloise, Little Ne
shire Home" Wei, I must stop. As eve
a Hap Sophia Maley.
waelder, Texas.--Dear Happyhamneri
The weather Is very warm now and ! d
not enjoy 1t very much. see the col
bus or George Washington" | Will ca,
my vote for Washington. He fought
save our country He tried TO save III
poor soldiers lives so that he could say
our country from the kings power. an
he did Columbus discovered our couptr
aud ran the risk Of his life hut when i
died he didn't know but what he had di
covered a route TO India. Well. as r.
taken M enough space ! will close. NJ
age is Is years Yours truly,
Laura Brunaker
Eikhart. Texas.-Dear Happyhammer,
Papa takes The Houston Post and / EMO
reading the letters. How many of so
Haps ever worked with tomatoes? / hay
for one II suro Is a lob There have bee
, Ave carloads with tomatoes shipped frol
Elkhart aud they are loading another on
now. Last Saturday morning while Prot
, Buck was hauling his furniture from III
car over To his home the horses becani
, frightened and ran away. They threw I'll
wagon bed of and split all Of the furn
, ture; they ran little way further al
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members Of the Happyhammer Club of
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