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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25

Stoker, Texas Dear lIappyhammcrs:
We'll, HHps, 7 thought ! would step iu ont
OF tho cold rain and chat with you q white
concerning our present contest, VIZ, "WhiGb
do the most work. boys OF glrlsF II de-
ponds principally upon surroundings as %
whether hoys or girls either work VERY
much or not, hut any close observer ~
human nature VIII tell you that girls do
Tho most work Then. ono thing We mast
notice, ana that ~ We boys have various
kinds ~ work IN different places. ticn
when " raius we can saddle MP and ride
or gn hunting But tho girls have the same
work IN DO eoycu days In week n Ia the
same thing over every day. / Notice let
ter on the page this week from orr friend.
Arthur paw son. In which he seems 20
think that girls do llttlr or no work Now.
Arthur. your mother ana sisters Il know
YOU have both Or you would not write Ike
work for one week and thcn you would ~ r,
that has 10 do his sisters work haven
any sisters. so whom my mother COOS ON
am chief cook aud bottle waG5cr, and
J viii a. that any boy Nho docs the houie
work for one week viii vote FOR the girls.
Now. IN conclusion. viii say that ! VIII
have 10 hN cranky rs Arthur says about
those that vote for the girls, Tor I am
Going to vote tho truth regardless ~ what
others say So como on. nil " that love
equal lights and vote for rho girls Come
again. Maude Hnyis, and toll ne more
about tho Indians. Mra Annie Rurrnk
why don't you visit us again. Love To
an A true Hap, Ice Judd.
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Tckna. Denr nnnnyhnmmors

Hello, Hops have one pct Shepherd
dog: his name rs King: his hair is -four
inches long ana black MS n coal, lie Us
I'm pretty We are having some bad wealth.
or now I love to read. aud have just fin.
ished reading Elsie Dinsmorc." I think
II Is a good book. | will send you an album
NnrEn-
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Cherokee. TeIas.-Dear Happyhnmmcrs;
l viii describe the little town Of Cherokee.
it has eight stores and one drug store.
two blacksmith shops, one school house.
school now. ana there are about ifty.nine
scholars In my room Much love 20 the
Iaps and Mrs. Foster. Yours truly,
Mabel Ester.
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rIovdods. Tcxas--Dear Happyhammers:
WIN Won please let me in for few minutes
II has been almost q year since l loln9ed
THO IInuston Post almost ever since ! can
rancmbSr. I thlnl, Il is n good paper al
though | don't think II would pc Sp qS. nm
htmn"r nagc. Don't you think SOB Oh.
but Isn't the helping fund doing good
work ! surely hope II Will keen, up doing
tbnt wav Well lIaps how did you all
sncnd Christmas? ! certainly had a nice
time, I SEQ some telling Of their pets
invent any. EXCEPT . sweet iittle ,n,in.91yy
Srother's name Is Earnest | have two sis
ters md -FOUR brothers. live on the great
Staked Plains Of Texas, near Blnnco canyon
tnostly cat) I've three miles from th'
school house. am not very. high ln books
am only 10 years old. think we hgye ~
interesting contest. with love 10 al th'
Haps and Mrs Foster -
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anu y Eltl " never uonc.
When a boy comes 90 the house and
feeds his team he is through work for that
day, but tho girl has 10 fix hupper. and
when all nre through she hns To wash IN
dishes and TX everything for the morning.
or course, the bog is not supposed 10 do
that ] think generally the bows do the
most work, for most girls don't have -
work that u.s. hard work have seen
girls work lust as hard IA any boy when IL
was necessary.
ter conld see the sugar refinery I think
II awful pretty AZ hight when II is light
81 mp all over. I'm it lnnks IKE daylight
Como on, girls, and don't try to defend
yourselves lust because you are girls
but vote Cor the BOYS Hoping the boys viii
win In tho contest viii bid YOU all auC
Mrs. Foster adcu true HaA
Eva NJ, weldon.
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With best wishes aud success 70 Mrs
Foster and Happyhammcrs remain. 20
C, your loving Hap. Mep
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Gary. Texas Dear Happyhammcrs'
qunposo Won all have long ago forgotten
me. but two or three wears aTo J was
regular writer to tho Hans page, but dur
ing All this time I have not forgotten the
dear old Hnppyhammer club
was horn in rrNas, and my home has
been IN Texas all my ne, but during the
mast ak months have Travelled a grent
deaf over tho states Of Arkausas, Louis
lima. Mississippi. Alabama and Georgin. 7
have paid great attention 10 thc lands, va
rictv Of grain. fruit ana vegetables, I'M
provenlenta and people In general In all
these States Louisiana rs the finest cane
and rice country Of all the Ave; Arkansas
had tho best crop Nv general NJ any. Mis-
sissippi had fnc crops on the bottom lands
and number Of me saw mills In opera.
tion, Alabama Is fled with improvements,
such ae coal mines, iron foundries. etc.
lust as Texas viii be In the near future
Georgia has a number N tnrpcntne fac
tories cotton factories engages some IN
the fruit shipping business and also has
made very good crops. considering tho
"thinncss" AZ the land In general; hut
those CieorpiRns seem Ia cniov life lust
the same Ns We Texans do n they haven I
got ms good land ! spent three .onths IN
Grorcln and ! found hcr people 10 he n
good nice people M ! VAS ever among.
Star state NJ Texas Is the best / ever was
in. or expect 10 bc In. We have everything
and even more than We can mud IN those
StnteH.
Well. I will close for this time. hut will
come again and Just take ~ ono State AZ
time and tell you more about them.
with iovo 10 Mrs. Foster and MI the HnpS
and three cheers FOR ToxAs. | remain a
true Hap, Edwin Stanford.
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Rarrv. Texas Dear Happyhammers May
sfep IN and Join your happy band1
have been reading the fleps page Tor hve
~ iv Years hut never have gotten up
V,rgh courage 10 write until now. IKE
wrs Posters club talks and always read
,hSn arst thipk she can write such in
,Srestinc talks Rnt J must say semeth'ns
about the contest Wnlch 40 tne nos'
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Gntesvilln. Texas Dear Happyhammcrs:
VIII you admit me once more to chat with
you all? My last letter was not printed
hut / suppose II found plenty or room IN
the waste basket. Christmas Is over and
/ had very nice time. and hope the rest
year has now begun. and ! hope all the
Hans will try 10 be better bows and girls.
We all ought 90 try To live better Ia the
future than we have in the past for
one shall try to be better each day. We
ought TO make the helping fund grow more
rapidly this year than last am Just =
poor girl not able to HELM much. hut ! VIII
send Z cents. which ] think Is doing well
Tor me hut viii try 10 Do better next
time. Now for tho contest, which do tho
most work boys or glrlsT I will say the
girls; not because ! am n girl but hecaus'
/ honestly believe they do the most Ar
thur Dawson said boys had their sister
work 10 10 and their own II may be that
way az his home. hut as a general thinf
The girls 80 the hardest field work and al
the house work but the boys nothing bu
hcid work Poor girls have 10 60 10 tbs
COW uen lu the cold muddy weather hnf
milk old Browpy. old Spot. old Reddy anf
I'D Pidc while the boys 81 around tn
9re and smoke cigarettes. I've seen bow
eiass aud "primp' and comb at their hat
| half an hour: tie their ties and unite then
| until they were most worn out black AM
| ginss their shoes till you could see yonr
seif az N Won were looking In mirror
| then 20 in'their buggy, leaving their siste
al home and take some girl "a the party
| v,hIe their sister Is AZ home washing "
/ 10 NV foy his breakfast Now " this le'
Ter isn't worth printing thu waste hAskt
| Ssr 4nst have 81 for know n Won't 80
| the nickel and that Is the most importar
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Crosbv Tp1Hs Dear HAPPY amm'T5' 7
didn't Vote the other time. but viii vote N
this contest hope my side VIII win GIFTS
ont i'm tho field and sometimes help the girls,
Prentice Graham. You asked If anybody haa
your birthday. | have am IL. ana my
birthday Is November ~ All OF you dream
ers come oftcncr. Bycby ,
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Midland. La.-Dear Happybammers: IT
has heen years since ] last wrote 70 the
Hans pege hut II you have no objection
Viii write again. No Name are you not
rather hard on the bovsi OF course, there
are lot Of boys that would rather loaf
Than work. hut there are lot or girls
who would rather make Themselves pref.
IL With the hoys this time. not because
an one. but because l think they do the
most and the hardest work: How many
Ills arc there that want their brothers
~ bcin them do somethinc after they have
worked hard all day7 "Oh. brother. ge'
w. bpcket az water" or "Help me with
no dIahes" or something Of the kind.
And most n them do 1t chcerfully., 'Rhod.
nrick Dhu" that was quite dream OF
i,,Ts mt I would not care 10 have very
many Of them. i raiqSd all DAY Soo NeS
Years day, and everything was hooded
aonntrv hut would not Ike to live hers.
have been here four weeks, but viii
soon wander away to summer skies. VIII
hest wishes TO the Haps I remain an old
H. Wanderer
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Perry Landing. Texas Dear Happyhnm-
mers: llaps, I Just couldn't stay away any
longer for the page is so Interesting /
thought | would be honorrd II YOU would
very Interesting one, aud very hard one
10 decide As for the girls, some do moro
work than some boys, for some girls have
80 work and work hard. too, and there
are some boys that don't have 70 work ~
all don't say that II IL this way all
tho time for II isn't Generally the boy =
work Is harder than the girls, but the
boys work Is
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Hugo. Texas-Dear IIappyhammers; ny
father owns a ranch and have some cat re-
and horse Of my own. ] live one mn
morning 10 school | have one pet dog
named Blue. and he surely * mean amour
hitting anyone when they come about the
house on foot, or at night. WIN love 10
all the Haps | remain, ,,-,,,.
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MAY your life he long and happy
May your enemies I've few,
And Your Joys be lust az many
As the Glittering drops of dew
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Greenvine. Texas Dear Happyhammers:
7 sec tho contest is, Which do the most
work boys or girlsi' I wifi cast my vote
for tho girls think that the boys %
rirls do moro Como again all Of You good
writer's and drcamers. ride 70 school u
is one mile ia the school house. ! VIII
close. Eula HARRIS
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Mecca. Tcxas.-Dear Hgppyn6aain,,nnyy'1 M M
am little boy u years 40 oia nv s ourselves
deaa one hrotber and two sisters married l.e1s
made two bales OF cotton ms ss year we are are
arr poor ,n ~ Two railroads before long. y
"ln ,e,ting cold ana lot 81 rain has 4 9inlo
bad roads etter IL qSe b ppF name,
league girl u have forso'I N shs sees this
NJ" Vrite what Is ynur napa { .hn,o
H. mana had an Uncle Abuer league tneiV'
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thrisimnS apd happr New Ncnr wish
Apnit ~ you wero Herr tu spend Christmas
lyay Win mo tor I nm stranger here
W. have liked IN Oakviile. Live oak county,
until ! was ~ years old aud then papa
moved M here SO we have not boon mp here
long, aud | do not know any one I VIII
have 30 spend ghristinas by myself, but l
knox We win have a pleasant Christmas,
Tor We always 40 Mamma ls baking cakes
todny MS / snpposo most ~ our mammals
are doing live OIL ranch. ana ride horse
back great deal ! often 90 With papa
20 the pastures and enjoy the ride very
teach MS az home, Now. isn't that nice to
Go 10 school that way. 50 you can be With
going to school2 We livc near the uondo
creek ana Frlo river There was very good
pecan cron on this ranch this year. They are
al gathered now and ready for shipping
VIII hrug this uninterestlng letter 20 a
close true Han NJ. l. 5.
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good work aud ] am glad that am a
member ~ the club feel that am hon
orcd Mrs. Foster, you wrote your hrst
club talk Tor The Post on my birthday
was ~ Years old. I will bc ~ the 9Th
" next February and want the FIAps 10
give me nice birthday party. ! guess
settler can understBnd my letter sli
right have not nsed q bit Of tail
language lwieh that Dalton and Ieona
antrei would write me letter for my
nluhday; we may he some kin Good bv,
HenH Susie Cantreli
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Germantown. Texas Dear uappyham
mcrs; After n long absence | viii venture
IN your interesting page again. ! am glad
to see that Won all are SIN progressing
nicely, not only with YOUR interesting let
iers, but more with your helping fund, and
YET am not satisfied With &C. Just look
dear HappShammers, VIC are over ROpo
strong, and yet our fund does no, average
Sl.Jo weekly Suppose we would make
II q rule that every member OF our club
would hc reuired to pay cents monthly,
same could he paid every three months
10 save postage. II seems as IL some OF
our dear Haps Joined the club lust for the
sake Of writing lctterq aud seeing them IN
print Would like TO hear from other haps
on this subject and see " can't hud
some way " making our helping rupd
grow faster notice We have an inter
estlng subject for discussion hut as I have
been OBTAINING YOU quite O while already
| VIII not cast my vote, besides II Is nj.
most little too difficult Tor me 10 decide
| VOL. | will close by telling YOU that I
am teacher now, | have taught since
my sixteenth year and on the nth ~ Feb.
ruary, ! will he 10 So you see, I'm al
most getting TOO old to write to your
! page but ! viii gladly help you "a much
! as possible with your helpng fund, The
( object 81 our clnb, and ! will watch your
proceedings with interest. Hoping that
| your band will exist long. and thanking
! Mrs Foster FOR her kindness, patience and
| advice she has shown and given, remain.
! your forgotten Hap, FRITZ Meyer.
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Evergreen. Texas Dear HappyhinIm,!moGLrSs;;
lave been thinking Of writing lone
time. but have just picked up coar rag,
enough think the mage Is in r5r HirtI
fast am years old who i has ( my nip1n
and om1 have m%S Two pets, They are two llttle
ciI Thcl- names are Polly and Dl5Xie;;
one Of the Hans Cay Ice san Gb I6ye ''t I"
Mrs Foster and all the lIdns:, ne"
HAP
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FLORENCE, Te1as-pear H En9p gH od nccp
WIN you let little PoS " BOYS VS. and girlsl
lmhto b S1unr takes The Houston Post ana amen
snogP D readas the Hans page yf little sster
We live in Florence h Rlore %l's has has fine
ana one '' started to school IN septemheoesp
S BEFORE was years old and t 9aTf fourth 1T
going ever since, ! am nov had Pheasant
grade bnne iii YOU iaps had nice Chris l,
mas saw letter in Tine r Ssalh lroI udeii.
enjoy reaui"s YOU Victor T. Bobo'
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Hereford, Tcyas-ps59r ,,r iaPg ~ to school
Here 80, comes nv astndies very well New LIAR is
s sft 10 yoa a ait w have yer5 iaS rc R0'ss
Hereford and ma IKE doIl buggy and a story
Claus 4r9 tbInf the girls do more work t9S rn
boys boys fh s Az qcYY anG ad the ono nSyn hF9t
slow, don you ,trnn itih got down on BIS
my oos S{ to saw his prayer and when ne gPI e
n np mamma asked him what n Rvd saw;
told her he salu s'aH' Louise.
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close. I'NI" TI0'T ~
Stockdale. Texas. Dear lIapuyhammers:
have been thinking for 2 long time I would
ike to Join your happy band. try TO make
happiness ovcrywhcrc 60, am only y
time Christmas We had two weeks vaca
ton. have no pets at all. but ! have two
little brothers. one IA md the other Is &
birds arc very preaty Naomi Gonger.
Flkhart, Toxrs. Dear Huppyhammcrs
II is New Years dny. II Inns ra'nc an
morning do not 60 10 school nov, BE-
cause have been working. (Which do the
most work boys or clrlsi' think the
boys do The hoya got wood feed the
horses and COWS. aud work in the neld.
| THE girls lust wash the dishes and sweep
! the house Love To the Hans,
Hall Arnwine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-03
ORDERS TO THE G. A. R.

For Ninth Regiment Monument Day.
 Department Commander Morgan C.. Bulkeley has issued the following order to the Grand Army of Connecticut: Headquarters Department of Connects
 cut, G. A. R.,r X
 Hartford, July 29, 1908. s General Order No. 6.
 The following staff appointments are hereby announced: Henry E. Taintor, Post 50, to be assistant adjutant-gene- lral, vice John H. Thatcher, resigned, to take effect August 8. 1903; William H. Whitelaw, Post 50, to be acting quar- ttermaster- general; A. w. Webster Post 13, aid; John Landega, Post IS, aid, and J. K. Bucklyn, Post 5, aid.
 August the dedication of the mon1- mert of the Ninth Connecticut volun- teers in New Haven takes place, and it is earnestly requested that post com rnanders urge the comrades to attend if they cannot appear in post organiza- ton. 3
 Railroad fares have been fixed at a fare and one-half for round trip.
 t The monument will be erected on Bay View park. the old camp ground of the Ninth in those days called the Cedars on Howard avenue. The parade will start at 10:45 from central green.
 Comrades of the G. A. R. will report at Foote post hall, No. F, on Court street, in c. A. R. uniform and white gloves, where places will be assigned them. Y "talH
 The feeding of the comrades will be within two hundred feet of the monu- ment and especial pains are being taken to give the best of satisfaction. It will be a memorable occasion and it isthoped the G. A. R. will be large factor in the affair, appearing in large numbers in the parade. Department and staff off, cers will report to the assistant adju- tant-general at the Tontine hotel in full uniform except swords, and mounted, to take part in the parade. By command. MORGAN c. BULKELEY, f. Department Commander. JOHN H. TEACHER,
 Assistant Adjutant-G General.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-03
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
Intereolonial Railway Route Through al
 Summer Paradise.

Intereolonial Railway Route Through a
 Summer Paradise.
 A visit to the free art exhibit, which the Intercolonial Railway of Canada is showing at No 700 Chapel street, was a pleasant surprise to a reporter of this paper Saturday, as indeed 1t was to the large number of visitors who called to inspect the beautiful views, and learn from the obliging gentlemen in charge, how easily this Summer Paradise, through which the Intercolonial runs, can be reached, and for such surpris- ingly little cost.
 The pictures shown are bromide er- largements of the finest type of photog- raphy, and the scenes shown are places .of fanciful and charming beauty. sea side resorts, salmon and trout streams, mountains, valleys, lakes and rivers, where the eye of the artist may revel with delight, and the sportsman may feel confident of securing trophies of his skill.
 The pictures include many scenes Of great beauty and some wonders of na- ture that are really not known to many of our people.
 This is the last day of the exhibit here. The pictures will next be shown at Providence. and afterwards at the fall fairs in western Canada. It is a fine piece of enterprise on the part of the railway management sending so fine an advertisement of their attrac- tions into American territory.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-03
OBITUARY NOTES.
Mrs. William H. Way.

The many friends of Mrs. William H. Way will be grieved to learn of her sud- den death, which occurred at her home, PIT Exchange street, on Saturday after noon. She rose Saturday morning in the best of health, and while assisting her daughter, Jennie F., who was going to Litchfield for her health, she was taken violently i'll with pains in her head. Medical aid was summoned i'm rnediately, but was of no avail. She had been an active member of the East Pearl street M. E. church for a number of years, and also of the Kings Daugh- ters' circle, connected with that church. She was model wife and mother, and will be grealy missed in the home circle.
 Besides her husband. those who live to mourn her loss are her four children, Mrs. William F. Bishop, Charles l.. Way. William H. Way, jr., and Jennie F. Way. also her mother, Mrs. Harriet M. Benedict.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-03
WALLlNGFoRD.

Saturdays recorded real estate trans fers were: Julia M. Doolittle to D. Francis Allen and Hobart B. Allen, three pieces of land, twenty-five, five and sixty-six acres, with buildings, at Pond Hill. known as the Charles F. Doolittle farm; George G. Dickerman to Edith c. Lane, house and lot 65xs5 feet on Academy street.
 Two deers have been seen recently on the east side of the town. At George Williams they were seen in the bushes not far from the house, and at Rollin Talcott's they were in the yard near the house, They were fine specimens and seemingly full grown. They have been seen in other sections of late.
 The Wallingfords defeated the T. A. B. s of Meriden at baseball on the South Colony street grounds Saturday after noon by score of to |.
 pr. McGaughey expected to get home from Block Island Thursday, but was delayed one day on account of the dam age done to the steamer Block Island by the heavy sea on Wednesday, as the boat did not make any trip on Thurs day.
 Rev. J. Owen Jones writes from Grey stone, County Wicklow, Ireland, that his health is greatly improved.
 A son was born Saturday to MT. and Mrs. l.. Morelle Cook
 During July there were three mar riages and twelve deaths in town.
 MT. and Mrs. Delano w Ives and Charles I. Parmelee and family are at Short Beach.
 Judson Torrey and family and Bur- ton Conklin are at Block Island.
 Miss Edith Backes is visiting in New York.
 The selectmen will hold their regular monthly meeting to-day.
 Morgan Dickerman has returned from Park Hill. N. Y.
 Miss Florence A. Wells is taking her vacation this month. Miss Nellie Hall will act as organist at the Baptist church during her absence.
 Mrs. Bessie Stevens has returned to Melrose, Mass. X
 The Misses Mary l.. and Clara A. Todd are at Nantasket, Mass.
 Miss Ethel Bartholomew left Satur- day for Boston on a visit.
 Mrs. John A. Cook is home from Mid dleboro, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. George H. Rowden re- turned Saturday evening from a trip in Maine
 Mrs. j. W. Welch and children and Miss Emma Holser are at Savin Rock for a months sojourn.