The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-15

| how much good work you are doing. what
grand and noble page this Is. l Joined IN
| SO. Haven't written but a few times, but
! nevertheless, have been n constant reader
Wake up some OF you dreamers aud tell
US some of you. dreams. Love TO all the
laps and Mis-. Foster. Yours as ever,
Big Eyes
! Hillsboro Texas.---Dear Happyhsmmers.
| | viii try to write few lines to the dear
/ lInps. How are you all getting along
Haps this hot summer evening? School Is
out; II closed Nav o. J am taking inusi,
now and think Is very nice; don't you
| lIapsy think Washington Is greater than
Columbus. because he was the arst prcsi.
| dent OF the, United States and he was
! good Christian man IN every respect and n,
would not tell lie and he tried ~ defend
and Keep his soldiers from starving an
| going to try and get me up club ant
do noble, work likc Miss Essie colleps. }
wa, WAS slad that Miss Clara Barton won IL
many Haps had nice Easter huntY | dit
tor one J helped hide the eggs from tn,
little folks and then helped the. tcacheri
found about eight or ten, had nc;
time April Fools day helped plsy Of
lokes on the boys and girls, have read
SSG ma@ f SSGns such FrS as Elsie
Crnsoe" nnd East Lynn. and eoo Sao M y,
others, WIN some 81 the ~ nap pSoa p msas
AFTER the Baii %sN tae 'gR,, hMSh songs
sizes sunny Tennessee. " Thn OF NM ni
COWBOY. Wicked Mary IN O. ,ddrnass
i HiSs sn aldian Neal. $40 Bots dare street.
spend with some Of the Hans ne Sstr Io core.
y wears old Wen, IL they wili write a srs o.
"uod'pSe' as ever. your friend.
Lillian Neal.
sherman, Texas.--Dear Happvham,,ers
GOOD morning, Haps. II is really so pleas.
s ANN In mere Ts that ! must stop and chat
again she has not visited us Tor SO Iona
tnat was almost afraid that we would nor
S Si noH NOR by her presence again am
SO we have subject for the contes, A.
last Who was the greater man. coinn,hSs
or WashingtonT' am glad our kind edi
eet fnGss ms Is seemingly very simple sub
Aet ululcult. ones suggested. | cast my
vote. decidedly for Washington Altbop,b
admit that Columbus was brave.
venturesonc man, l can not say that he
was any Drawer than our noble WaShinp
ton. When Columbus discovered America
tnese broad lands We're inhabited by saw,
ages, TO whom civilization was entirely nm
known So America was OF hut little value
70 any one until civilized people came hero
70 nve But what would the peopla Of mo
united states have done when the revoiu.
uonary war came on had NOT Washington
come forward at their time ~ need
Washington was our first president. and he
scr me example for his people to follow.
Of his Country. How many of the Hans
are reading Black RocEY" / am and 'ipI
mink II is very interesting would like
to to-, exchange songs with some OF the Haps.
WIN some one please send me the follow.
ing; The Dying Nun THE Creole Girl.
Better than Cold and The Moehe In tho
Goocoannt Grover, will send IN return
Jack and Mamie ''Norah parlng ~ or
any Others have. | Will send 10 cents for
the helping fund. Your old Hap,
Hattie Small.
sheldon, TexnsDcar uappyhammcrs:
Well, Haps. It has been a long time since
wrote to the page. don't know whcth.
or You know me or not, irst, | wrote to
and now from sheldon. We have moved
from crosby to Sheldon on TO n rice farm
NY NY papa rs foreman Of the farm work
some of the old.timc Haps have come
back. such Woodbino aud William
Vqught like the now contest and viii
vote IN IT, think that General George
Washington was the greatest In the war
OF the reroution-he was the leader II 1t
mad not been for him the United states
or America would not have been free and
February 80. 1882. lie was dcsccnded
from one Of the cavalier families that Inn
emigrated from England TO Virginia during
the period OF Cromwells rule. He received
q fair education and became surveyor
me hardShips and dangers ~ his work ON
the wilderness frontier developed bis now
crs, while the ability and integrity he dis
played attracted public notice. Ry the
death OF an elder brother he came iutn
possession OF the estate ~ Mount Vernon
on the Potomac, not far from the present
widow. a Mrs. Martha Curtis His services
IN the French aud Indian wars first
brought him into prominence as q soldier
His cheerfulness in time Of gloom and sui.
tcrine, his crossing the Delaware when
the ice was floating and taking so many
men prisoners and all his brave deeds,
which | have not space TO mention, make
him the greatest man ever horn. He died
on December IA. 1879. Well. ! guess I
VIII close, as | haven't any moro space
to write. As ever, sincere Haps.
Lonesome Girl.
Farrsvillc, Texas. Dear Happyhammers.
Good evening to you all; may | come IN
aud have little chaty II has been quite
old page, but don't s, pposc anybody is
very sorry. What are you all talking about2
The same old thing, dancing and dreaming?
] wish you would tell something more In
tercsting than dreaming and moro sensible
than daucing. And think all those long,
delightful rides on fairy wings and alrhhips,
and tours over land and sea arc mostly done
with open eyes While yen are in the ball
room. or travelling with fairies, you might
be collecting little TO- the helping fund.
What's the matter. anyhow Now some are
Haps and how I'll should send nickel or
two, yet they never send any. | don't say
all do this. hut some do. You may say,
"Wcil, why don't You send more" do
send an have. SO lets go TO work in
earnest aud see tho results for II VIC don't
work in earnest nothing Will he accomplish
ed, ] haven't very many flowers. but 1t Is
not my fault for / do love flowers Essle,
| can sympathize with YOU, for ! know how
you felt under all those beds, although that
kind OF an accident never happened TO me,
but something similar to IT, and anybody
Is most sure to get beaten when they start
out 10 get something back" on somebody.
I wish | knew what has become Of Mr..
DAVIS son Ghc girl lcetwer). think per !
haps some 81 the girls have pushed him
down the back stairs and he Is unable 70
get up again. But come back again, Mt
Dawson. ! like to read your letters II VI
am girl. good many OF you old writer's
have become hacksldeTs and 1t Is gettlng
time for them to come and make w Tor
lost time. Love 20 Mrs. Foster and all the
Haps. AS ever. faithful Hap,
Rising Star. Texas.-Dear Happyham'
mers: | suppose you will all t9ink ! am
In hurry TO call again so soon, but nave
been reading and studying all day ana am
so tired that | thought probably a cnanse
would help my feelings am socially Ia
clined anyway, 50 ! think you WIN readliS
excuse me upon my promising not 70 say
long. think hear some fellow farmer