Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-09

glon.
His children are Josephine,
wife of Thos. Wilson. Frances,
residing in Mo. Valley; Catherine,
wife OF Thomas Kinyon; Mary,
wife of e. B. Ryan. residing in
Boomer township, and John, re-
siding near the old howe.
Funeral services will be held at
Honey Greek church, Friday at 10
a. M, leaving the house at 8 a. m.
Friends of the family are in
vited to attenk.
The following letter was received
this week by w. A. Jenkins from Mr..
Foster, who formerly lived in this
county:
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. %, 1899.
DEAR FR1ENDs:-I will try and an
swer your welcome letter. which re-
ceived today, and was glad to hear
/ from You l am well aud enjoying
myself as we'll as car. went over
to the regiment This morning to see
-Kaulens, but he was up to see the doc
Flor. All the boys in the regiment were
vaccinated the other DAY and their
arms are giving them a little trouble;
kaulens is among them. suppose
will be in the same fix in q few days,
but we are getting so we can stand
most anything lately.
Well, have been in Cuba about q
month now; seems like Six. This is q
fine country, although it is covered
with rocks and hills. They can raise
most anything here in the winter time;
l don't know what they can raise in
the summer. They have lots of fruit
oranges, bananas and pine-spples. l
don't know IL all of them live on fruit
OF not: some of them around here live
on what they can beg and steal.
The people are two different races
black and white-but they are all the
same. Part of the people arc as white
as the American people and lots of
them paint themselves that way. They
live like Indians, with horses, cows.
hogs, chickens. and everything they
have, in the house with them. They
ride their horses in the stores and get
what they want and go.
They have some fine houses in Ha.
vana; they build them out of kind
of cement and rock. Some of them
have floors made out of granite and
marble.
The streets are awful narrow and
crooked, and we can hardly follow
them. They have two wheeled carts
to haul their truck ON and little mules
to pull them. l have seen as many as
five mules to one cart, one ahead of
the other. want to get some pictures
of these teams before come back if l
can.
The Spanish had forts all over This
country, and good ones. too. Qi3 Nor
70 Castle is q fine place Ct would
have been hard place to- take if the
Spanlards had not eaoagh before VIZ
came here. l am kind of glad they
got enough before we came here, for {
fellow would have stood a good show
of getting his head cracked II he has
any lighting to do.
Well, got to SEQ some Spaniar
: anyway. The day got here ttrer
we're two Spanish boats loaded v i'll
soldiers ready to leave. | think the
were glad to get away from here, an
we were glad they were going.
These Cubans would like to RI IN tn
American people out of here { the
only dared to try 1t. If there was an
trouble with them the soldiers woul
kill every one there was in sight. fo
they have been here long CROUCH {
have no use for them. If lots of tn
boys had known what kind of peopl
. they are they would have staid a
a home and let these fellows fight 1t Out
r l don't know how long we will hav
q to stay here. One of the officers sal
last night that four regiments were t
9 go to Washington, to be there on tn
22d of February for celebration, an
q that the Third Nebraska was to be on
]. Of them. Well, don't care how 500
;. we get out of here; have seen all
& care about. Going to Washington is
4 trip on water. do not like that wa
9 of travelling. Although l did not &c
q sick coming over l am afraid l wi
d going back. Most all of the regimen
d got sick when they came over; Ia,
|. lens said he vas sick.
o Well, it won't be long before we u
It to go home now. Theye won't be yer
9 many sorry o. It, q little of this lii
o will ga long way. 1t will be goo
I. lesson-one that we will not forg,
J. very soon. have seen lots of copptr
" and lots Of things wort.a Seeing, b,
n have paid pretty we'll for it
+, Well, l am not with John; he Is {
j. the regiment and l am still at the
!, vision headquarters, and / think wi
3, stay there until the regiment 20,
u back, which will be pretty soon,
e think-at least, hope 80.
J. l was over at the regiment tonip
., and the report is over there that '
e would leave for Washington sbout Il
e first of next month OF very soon aft
- nou Iov Th,ts;., tho .,-..k -, i.