The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
WANT TAR HEEL HAM AND
CORN BREAD.

Fort CASEY, WASH, Feb, %, 1900.
DEAR Mr.. EDITOR We'll, here
we are buried, cut of, 80 to speak
from the rest of .he world, away up
amongst the snowclad mountains, the
beautiful Northwest of this glorious
country of ours. OF course, we are
still soul and body faithful and loyal
soldiers meath the grand old stars and.
stripes, that proud, liberty-inspiring
banner of heaven blessed nation. You
may we'll believe that we appreciate
the honor 1t conveys and feel consrain-
ed to explain like the ancient warri-
ors OF the Roman Empire, whose con-
ception OF greatness and earthly glory
was to have been a Roman 1--WE are
Americans And again we cannot
but be convinced, that good
old Uncle Sam feels quite safe and per-
fectly at ease, knowing that his fertile
soil, his honor and welfare are 80 jeal-
ously guarded and protected from pos
sible intrusion and insults OF foreign,
antagonistlc hordes. Spain knows that
Auginaldo Is aware of it and for the
rest of the world-well, go far az they
are concerned, the time has arrived,
when we need but say :-"Get off the
earth )"
But as we rather desire to give you
and the dear readers of your valuable
paper friendly, warmhearted greeting
from the three 'Tarheels' of the far, far
away, let us drop eulogizing and the
dangerous subject of politics and
branch of into more conventional
and perhaps more welcome theme.
1t is evening ard the radiant sun Is
just setting behind the gigantic range
of roey-hued mountains, which glow
in the departing solar light like huge
peaks Of sparkling gold. What grand
awe inspiring panorama. We are
sitting here on the veranda of our new
~ finished barracks and are stru OK
with the grandeur and magnificenc
of God g sublime creation. Puget Sound
on which our post is situated, is tonight
wonderfully calm and silent. Some
times, in fact, it is not an uncommon
occurrence, this water becomes exceed
iDgly stormy and boisterous, so much
go even, that shipping has to be tenn
porarily suspended and outgoing yeas
els seek the safe refuge and retreat OF
some quiet haven. Port Townsend, q
city, which was once in the height OF
boom, and has the advantage OF an un-
commonly beautlfuI, spacy harbor, lies
directly opposite from us, whileSeattle,
the Queen City of the Northwest, 10 on
ly 30 miles up the sound and Victoria,
=. c., 60 miles, but laying in the oppo-
site direction. Excepting perhaps the
continuous heavy fall of rain and the
somewhat lonesome character OF the
pace Itself, we are able to state, that
lie here is indeed agreeable. AL.
though In the middle of winter. we
have had but very few cold days. That
in itself is of course an advantage not
to be despised. The army-grub, alas,
ls still the same and consists chiefly OF
hash, slum in full dress and overcoats.
These expressions may be somewhat
foreign to your readers, but we have
no doubt that they can be duly en-
lightened and will be able to find the
proper definitions in Websteris una
bridged.
Well, az We sit here In silence, smok-
ing our pipes, filled with red old North.
Carolina weed, thinking of one thing
and another, our thoughts wander In.
Cure Gold In road.