Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-05-26
80 was preached At the Christian Church
on Sunday morning, Mr.. Burt Jones and
Miss Henerietta Jones are members Of
the class. Fl
KNOXVILLE NOTES.

KNOXVILLE NOTES.
Mr.. Emanuel Spears Of Charlton visited
over Sunday with Miss Myrtle Cooper.
Messrs Harry and Willie Kay and VIM.
Jones visited in the city LIST week.
Rev skanes and family moved to o.
kaloosa last week. a
Mrs. W. P.tByrd expects to be in at
tendance At the conventions held in Des
Moines soon. ".
Myrtle Cooper expects to visit in Chari-
ton when school Is out. n
Decoration day will be the 3Oth inst.
the people are preparing to have : fine
| time. ''ss7' II.
The Twenty Century Minshels will
play here soon, tits composed Of home
boys only one co!ored boy in il.
A LETTER. FROM Mr.. BYRD.
Ny dear wife and children ;-I am now
one-half miles East OF Pasay and to-day
March Goth has been little exciting We
have been exchanging shots with the
rebels nearly all day it ceased for q while
about supper time but has commenced
again we are expecting an attack any
time. last night just as l retired the
bullets came so fast and thick l put my
=,
head on the ground for safety while l
am writing the bullets 60 whistling BY
Our forces attacked Malolas today and
we give them hard fight April 1st l
tried to finish this letter on the 3Oth of
last month but the rebels broke into. my
arrangement. Company D took shot
at them ] 1T my gun and went 10 the
trenches shooting for the first time al the
enemy, / am not proud ofitI would not
feel right to kill them. wish we're at
home among Gods people to spend Easter
you do not know how hungry ! get for
spiritual food there are very few christians
in Company D that are living as they
should close to my cook stack lives .
family Of Filipinos who are christians. /
cannot understand them or they me but
they have found that am follower Of
Christ I bought 24O eggs for Easter
breakfast we will have beefstake aid
eggs if the rebels do not interfere. There
are two Filipino woman who sell beer
cigars and bananas out at the camp. Que
is widow about 40 she il rather good
looking but she smokes do not know
she chews bestalen OF not, the nut turns
the teeth red she wares three diamond
rings. On Easter it was very hot here,
The dinner consisted Of beef, brown po-s
tatoes, bread. ten and rice marange, It's
the opinion Of most Of the regiment that
We will leave in three months the rebels
are shooting andI have to Low bridge.
The two women who sold beer ect. we're
not satisfied SO they went to selling keg
beer they sell 9 to 8 barrels day some Of
the boys got drunk SO Captain Butler fined
them. April 4, do not feel well to-day
| have rheumatism in my right arm my
arm is Very sore and has been since JAN
uary caused by slipping and striking my
arm on railing; to-day has been ex-
tremely hot we have plenty Of dnck eggs
but not many hen eggs they are nearly
all banties. Bert Barns has the small
pox it IL very bad here. John Turner Of
company H has this dreaded disease and
cannot live. The way people are buried
here is peculiar. when person dies his
friend have 10 pay Is cents q year for
five years after that they reduced the
but in case the sum is not paid they will
take the skeleton out of the vault and pie
tho bones in one corner of the cemetary,
there are Wagon loads Of bones there,
some Of the Americans have deserted and
Joined the rebels one man is reported 10
have married a wealthy Filipino and had
to JOIN there forces, several joined be-
cause they could not whip Uncle Sam.
April Z. We can get no such fruit there
as at home they have no lemons Iowa
good citizens are afraid we wont be
rilled and are olamoring for us to be in =
cattle. we have slept in the trenches for
8 weeks with our clothes on and then tol
the people to say anything l wish they
were here. April Il, John Turnes died
to-day Of Small Pox. he died true and
noble death that of soldier. We are
still longing in hopes Of getiieg home
soon. Good.by from your husband.
s.E.. w. p. BIRD.
CLINTON ITEMS.
Mrs. P. P. Taylor and sister Mrs.
Spencer spent last week in Chicago.
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