Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-17
CHRISTMAS IN MANILA.
Harry Donovan Writes How He
n Spent that Day Ii the
Philippines.

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The folio wing Ia an extract from Il
letter from Harry Donovan written
Dec. 81, 1893:
""During the afternoon Of the oath
one Ut the bows On tn" headq uarters
detachment went over to my COM
pans and brought me Christmas
box from Jamestown. had already
received gifts from Mr.. and Mrs.. A.
r.. Davidson and Miss Nellie, and
from Barney Burton at Little Falls;
and from Mr.. Vim Davidson and
M. MacRae at Hutchinson. How
very kind that they should think "f
me. In the evening I got qutIez
and drove over to the Walled City IN
which Co. X Thirteenth Minnesota
is stationed and received my box
from home. Great was my jpy thnt
evening when git back here to
headquarters. spread out my
boxes and presents and read Mays
Christina le, ter and sang to myself
thu patriotic Songs (part Of them)
she enclosed. and had a good. proper
Christmas ev. c. IT, bratiOn You see,
] opened the boxes and had my little
celebration Christ mas Eve. as well
knew the frat few hours OF the NOR
row would he full Of work. Both
boxes cont ain"1 excellent and most
practical assert mants. The box
from home, which May packed, could
not have been improved upon eAcept
by the addition III u brttle Of vase
dine to use on my rifle. rannOt now
stop to thank you individually for
the contents OF the box. but do
thank you al fr your loving
thong tfuln~ss. 1t made my heart
glad.
Later that evening the detachment
got together In quarters and made
merry with delicious Winds which
sume nf the boxes had contained. 1t
was a jolly gathering and reminded
me IN some ways 1T our "spreads"
at Carleton college.
Christmas morning da wned bright
and pleasant. I worked till 1000 Il.
IN and then at,ir+d in white linen.
or ather white duck. fresh from the
oaundry mans hnn.ls. went to-
church. The services were conducted
D.! Chaplain Pierce. U =. A.. In the
dhoD,e Oi an Engleh r~sident-Mr
Wilson. IT wss tho service of the
Church OF England accompanied by
. good sermon.
When church WI. over I went to
lny company ana had q grand din
ner-all l wsptpt III every thing-as
and thoroughly enjoy
obIe a meal A. l ever ate The occa-
sion y rs d reunion TT the Darlington
Quxrtet. viz, Marley. Kelly. Will
aian}s and Donovan. W. spent part
Of the afternoon Ut Manlry' y quarters
1n Ermi,a; and during the last two
hours Of the afternoon Captain
TO. A, N. Dak., took Manly
and me for a drive about the city.
Captain Moffett IL inspector Of pris-
Ons, and he took us through the
penitentiary. IT wn1 very interesting
ln every way. While there ! saw
MnjOr Bean OF the Thirteenth MIMI,
no is now In charge of the prison.
Captain MOffett presented me with a
cane which has a history-at least
the wood it r. made from has - his-
tory. The "xarrote." a Spanish
used in the prison, to choke
Victims to death, has beel. made into
cares. etc, as Uncle Sam has no
lur, her use for 1t In its original ca
pacity as means of executing
Climin ala, sometimes they were
criminals, hut frequently guilty OF
no other offense than being alive.)
and the cane which the captain gave
me was made from the back piece of
fhis machine. You may be sure l
prize It highly. Ii Is by far the hest
Of the few relics or souvenirs which I
bave had time to acquire.
1 got to headquarters from the
drive and visit to he prison just ut
supper time. l worked part OF the
evening. but spent the greater part
81 the time In reading Byron and
0AViug little literary and musical
Of my own, US I was
perfUrmer and audience and spec
Gators oil In one that night went
to bed happy In the knowledge that
my first Christmas on dbreign soil
0ad been most enjN ably and profit.
ably spent, and that home friends
6ad been 70 kind and thoughtful"
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