Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-25
Letter From the Philippines.
NAGA, CEBU ISLAND. P. /.

NAGA. CKBU ISLAND, Z. J.
To THE DEAR OLD REGlsTEK-As lying in
our quarters and have nothing 10 DO. We thought
we would write you few facts ABOUT these Islands.
The island Cebu Is about sixty miles long and an
average OF twenty miles wide. VI the whole island
there ISN'T level ground enough tor an UmDry TO 0ud
his shack When II and We want 10 60 from
one town 10 another have to pull through the mud
up eyes They call TINS the dry season. out It
il as wet as any beer barShy alters ever sold
IL rains every day IN the week and on SUNDAY tor
rarity helierstay lust came IN from nils TINS
morning with three monkeys and two ooioS. don {
know wnere ne got his DolUs but he said ne scared
the Umbry so bad he so fast he dropped his hight
ing tool.
We had fine thanksgiving dinner We had bohok
turkey eonding lgoat) DaoDouI lhogl eeiog tesss
bohoI lCnocoate and all the silvaso loeeI We could
drink and oeno let ana GgarrIoss lSIgaIsl TO
smoke. We took a town one evening called Toledo
We only had sixty men We killed about twenty
Umbrys and wounded We don't know now many
Helterstay was wounded IN arm and Was supposed
10 be dead IN his tent We ali sItung around
talking wnen along comes Heiterslay singing.
"All these Elplnos look like to me.
But Que mt with bullet you see;
And with my old hTagJ orgensen trust
| brought hIm down to bite the dusL"
He is all night now. | glad TO near that the y. &
W. Railroad has quilt new freight depot. Heller
stay and were out scouting the other DAY and we
ran across a snack with TWO InsuTTeGIos IN IL one
ran one way and one the other yelled to Heller
stay TO get UmUTy ana / got mine. lhey were
old kTag outlets, they mad 10 come 10 uHie
and each got me Oolo from them
We have more monkeys tnan Moan hao' anu VIC
are going to have menagene when We come nome
IL isn't very tar TO bUTneO nom mere. We are gong
down there and get = WHO man. we are also sOlhs
to get Us a rIupno senOTiIa for spouse ana Asnu-
organ-and won't Hgure Mateh iOE Us
we are IaUle 10 strIke onepheIdstown most any ume
after cold weather IS We are getting OLD santa
Claus ready Tor Christmas. | often wondered "heie
old Santa came nom, but now know he comes rIsht
from here. heieTstay says he hopes DOozy '" won
freeze ms legs wanting the essings ne PROMISED
him. and NJ X. K. won't 90 barencaued waning Tor
ms nat
there must be something over here TO fatten TEL
low weigh 100 pounds and helIerstay weighs I75.
don't know -. unless II - ram showers ana
sunshine. / don't know what else. When we hTst
got mules III Leou the natives didn't know "hat 10
make Ot those long-eaTed things. When they were
unloading them from the boat a couple OF them got
loose Inc natives were standing around IN little
groups with eyes and mouths WIDE open. and when
old lack got loose Il seemed though he knew the
natives were AFRAID OF MN lie threw back his ears
stuck out MS tail. threw up his heels and then he
gave a yee-naw- haw-haw In minute you couldn
native sight
We nave a swell band. but all they can play is "A
hot time" Marching through Georgia After the
bali" and part OF Dixie Well, will have TO close
for this time. hope We will know some more facts
by the next tune write. By the time you get TINS
Christmas will be over, but wish you all 4 merry
Christmas and happy new year From TWO Shep-
herdstown boys, l. u. H. AND - w D