CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-11-17
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We have q guitar in our quarters
and keep it going nearly all the
time. Our quartette, which l told
you shout, has broken up. ss our
tenor is sick with typhoid fever and
we won't get another because We think
too much of the sick boy. / had a
letter on the way stating the circum-
stances of the fight and surrender of
Manila When you wrote last. which !
hope you have received.
This is hard place to keep clean,
but l manage to keep some Of the
dirt away. ! have a native who does
my washing for six Spanish cents a
piece, this is only three cents in our
money. which is very cheap. He
washes shirts, trousers and handker-
chiefs all at the same price.
Six of us had passes one day last
week and started out for good
time, some one suggesting we get 4
small canoe and go to Cavite, dis
tance of eight miles across the bay.
We spoke to a native at the dock
about the trip and price, and then got
aboard This canoe was 25 feet long
and 35 inches wide, and nine Of US
were in it, includiny 2 three natives.
We started dowr the Pasig river
and cut into the bay at 8 o'clock.
We landed at Cavite az II o'clock ami
went to dinner. Our dinner cost US
fifty cents Spanish money. which was
cheap for the amount we ate. There
was chicken, roast beef, oysters salad.
bread and oranges. After dinner We
went and saw the fort and the broken
walls which were caused by Dewey's
bombarding. One hole caused by one
of his shells is large enough for a
team of large horses to pass through.
AT | o'clock we we're in our little
canoe and padding for one of the
destroyed Spanish warships, and landed
|or rather EN- Jarked at 1:20. All but
. small portion Of her deck is under
water, SO we we're unable to get many
Souvenirs, but we all picked up some
thing. if it was only nail. picked
up block of wood, which l will show
some day when L get home" 1t
Was the aagship. but now the worst
wreck you ever saw.
n After seeing all We could here we
addled to the U S. feet and went
1 The great monitor Monterey
"a looked her over from bow to
stern We first took a look at the
large guns, and when the sailor
opened, or rather removed the cover,
| nearly died. l could have crawled
right into it. She has two l2-inch
guns in the fore turret and two 10
inch in the rear, The Monterey is a
wonderful piece of machinery. See
ing it alone is worth all the hardships
we have had. We thanked the sail
ors, and after giving them some cigars
got in our canoe and started back.
The wind was blowing pretty fierce
and the waves were coming high for
80 small boat, and as we went on
the waves came higher and higher
until the canoe dipped great deal
of water, and the natives as well as
ourselves expected a soaking. Totell
the truth We did get soaking from
the water splashing over the side, but
not from the boat capsizing. The
swells of water would carry US way
up and then we would go way down
until we could not see the mast of a
ship or building of any kind. By
and-by two of the party got sick. and
like all seasick people, fed the fish.
and fed them well, as we had had a
choice dinner and lots Of it. Of
course while this was happening We
other four boys were telling of what
nice fat pork We would have at COM
pany mess that night, which made
them feed the fish still more.
Say, mother, and lids as well, you
must rest up so as to be ready for me
when return, because am going to
keep you up for thirty days telling
what did. and what DIDN'T see.
You ought to see me. |
look like native. or. perhaps, sCsn-
en- City alderman. We have been for
tunate enough to obtain set of box
| ing gloves to settle all disputes.
often have laughahle disputes, and
consequently have to take the gloves,
and have shown some Of company G
boys how to use them; but the other
day l had them on and came in con.
tact with a pretty good fellow, but il
was too late to back down, 50 l said
u thn bpya Now / am the reform