Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-05-18


to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Slesser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almanac Byrd, o,
Montgomery Co, visited the fnmil,
OF the lattcr's parents, Mr.. an,
Mrs. VIM. Hart, on Roe's Run, sew
r cral days last week.
Ernest Gorham, sister Mis-.
Maude, cousin Miss Willie Gorham
OF Millersburg; Mrs. Walter Wha
ley. of near Bethel, visited relative,
in and near town last week.
Miss Maudc Gorham and cousin
Miss Willie Gorham. of Millers
burg, visited the formers sister
Mrs. Walter J. Whalcy, on lowe
Flat Creek, first Of the week.
Lewis Schwab, aged S5 years
who has been making his hom,
with his daughter, Mrs. l.. Il. Slcs
ser, for some years, has been quit,
, poorly for some days, though re
ported improving Tuesday.
Elder and Mrs. r. Il. ID. thinner
man left Monday for visit OF
some months in Kansas. Oklahoma
and Missouri. lie promised to write
IA few letters to THE OUTLOOK about
what he sees and learns in the
West.
Y Guy Ratlih, Of near Sharpsburg,
member Of the 2d L. s. V. Enoin-
GERS, will be mustered out of the
service at Savannah, Ga, May 18th
and will return home the Goth, Ia
1.-THE qualification Of his parents and
T<isnds.
c. II. Hoon, who has been con
fined to his room by illness for
some weeks, is able to be out again.
to the qualification of his many
friends. Miss Lutte Hoon, his
granddaughter. accompanied by her
teacher, Mrs. Fannie Talbot, was
up from Sharpsburg few days ago
to see him.
Il. J. Reynolds, of New York.
President Of the Standard Lumber
Co, of Rodbourne, near Morehead.
Rowan Co., attended Court here on
business several days last week.
His company is composed of large
capitalists and exports a great deal
Of lumber. Mr.. Reynolds is a very
pleasant gentleman.
Green Adams and daughters Nan
ME and George, of Mayslick. Ma
son county, came Saturday on u
visit 10 his mother, Mrs. Mamie
| Hess, returning home Tuesday.
Though he has been successful in
farming in Mason county he ex
poets to move his family here next
year and engage in business, as the
school advantages here are bette,
for his children than where he lives.
F.as. .i.E "ni,.~2ls;,-. Ha:! ,
Jaro, Philippine Islands, March
%, 1S99.-To the Editor of TnE
OwINGsvILLE OUTI IooH-Dear Sir:
| am Bath county boy and from
the Blue Grass, now soldering in
the faraway Philippine Islands.
Will you spare me II corner in your
paper to publish this, for the ben
eft of my many friends. to notify
them that | am still able to eat?
As long as Il soldier can eat he Is
.. X.
belong to Company A, 18th U.
5. Infantry; was stationed before
the war at Fort Sam Houston. We
left there for New Orleans, April
18th, 1898. We lay there for over
month, expecting to go to Cuba,
but were ordered to San Francisco,
Cal, to go to the Philippine Is
lands. We had pleasant trip en-
route to San Francisco. Our stay
there was of short duration: |
sailed in the second expedition for
Manila under Brigadior General
Greene. l was on board his flag
ship, the China. We had a very
pleasant voyage, considering every
thing. The first day or so out the
boys looked little blue around the
"gills," and at one time l thought
the soldiers all came from the me-
tropolis Of the U. s., judging from
the number Of times the city was
called. But old salts tell me that
is a natural ailment, but soon passes
away, which it did, and our
"chuck" 1.-THE army term was mod
erately good, owing to the limited
means of cooking it well. 1t was
a long voyage, and when we sighted
Manila Bay We felt just like any
way we would have faced any old
thing to set foot on land once more.
We arrived in Manila Bay July
18th, landed the 10th, having been
on board 35 days. 1t was a grand
sight as we sailed into Manila Bay
to see those huge monsters called
"Dewey's fleet" lying around in
the water. Then by looking over
the port side towards Cavite you
could see the wrecks Of the once
Spanish squadron) fine fleet of
Montijo. 1t was a sight, but We
were not there to gaze and wonder.
We soon landed in tugs and cas-
Goes at Camp Dewey, close to Ma
late, where we lay under fire Of the
Spanish guns until Aug. 18th, when
we captured Manila. We had sew
eral small battles before, but they
amounted to only a few killed.
This fighting seemed to me to be
all fun.
We went into Manila with bands
playing and colors flying. 1t was
a grand sight. But it was sad
sight to see the Spanish officers
wiping tears from their eyes as the
Stars and Stripes were run up over
old Manila. Our duty had then
just begun, policing tho city and
doing guard duty. Just picture
yourselves among hundreds of peN
pie trying to tell them something
when you can neither understand
them nor they you. Well, we had
this to do until we moved our reg