The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-02-11

death.
/ don't know what day this Is or
the date of the month, but yester.
day 1 took stroll over a hill for
about two miles and we came to a
green banana patch and went a little
further and came to a cocoanut
orchard. We came to a lemon bush
and got about fifty lemons off of one
bush. They grow something like a
gooseberry bush. Tie bananas
grow on high stalk one bunch on
stalk. The cOcoanuts on high tree.
The top is something like cornstalk
and on top Of that is the tree and
cOcOanuts. l have not seen any
orange trees hut some Of the boys
brought some to camp and we ate
them, but they were not quite ripe.
l went to Cuban home and they
made motions for me to come in and
| went in and it looked like Olden
times. Just the same AZ you see
pictures of olden times. This house
had no floor, but they were as com.
Portable as we are in their Olden time
house.
l also saw place where they
make lime, and If you would see
this place you would think you were
at show. The Cubans work for
Uncle Sam and we don't work mud h.
They do the most of it; they are the
best people to work ever saw. The
ground, rs far as / have seen, is
something like limestone rock and
is very rocky at some places. Where
we are camped Is grass and weeds,
but they burn up in week from the
hot sun. This is bad place for
shoes. You can wear pair of shoes
out in week on this rocky ground.
1t cuts the leather like knife.
The weather is fine over here. In
the middle of the day it is about 100
in the shade and i'm the evening and
at night it is cool. AT night you
have to cover with two blankets to
keep warm. In daytime you almost
have to 90 naked. l think this is a
fine place. 1 am satisfied so far.
The only thing that bOthers me is
the day of the week and the date of
the month. / don't know what to-
day is and can't find any one who
does know.
This is not our camp. We are
here for two or three weeks; we 60
to Colon, Il town about thirty-five
miles from here. We are waiting on
our baggage. The ship HAS to be
unlOaded first and then we leave for
Colon. We will go by railroad. We
are camped in dog tents on the side
of fort, captured by the Americans,
on the Matanzas bay. We had
pass in review in the city this morn
ing, and it surprised me. There are
some fine houses in the town, they
are one and two stories high. They
have no windows, only iron bars
like Jail or prison. Inside they
have as nice place as any body.
They have some Of the finest furni-
ture you ever saw. They paint the
houses just like they do in Kentucky.
The streets are narrow and are laid
like brick street.
There are groceries of all kinds and
any thing you want here. The
streets are lighted by electric lights.
1t is the prettiest place ever saw.
When we were coming back from
the review we came near having
trouble with the 18th New York
Regiment, but it quieted down.
This is the regiment that caused the
trouble in Lexington, KY. when we
were camped there.
1 have just found out the date
of the month and the day of the
week. 1t is Monday. / mail this
to-day, the 23rd. This is all l
have to write this time. Will
tell you all / see and all can write
about in the next letter.
Your loving son,