Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-10-09

+. d. Heald ID putting water In the
building where his son Carl lives.
Jefferson Farrar has been digging q
we'll.
Fairfield Farrar Il on the sick list.
Mrs. Gilman Wheeler Of Bangor, who
has been with her husbands folks this
summer, has returned home.
FROM A SOLDIER BOY IN CHINA.
: FIRED ID. Morse, ksouth Paris boy. has been In
the regular army II yeas, and 70 nov Qusrsss
master sereoant OF Company, fourtee1th
breaks and IN riots u homo. In Cuba and in the
Philippines. The following Arc extracts from
lcttera written 70 his mother, Mrs. Q. A. Eddy
QUARTET PAco GALE REAL, p. {.
July 10, 1900.
DEAR MOTHER I'll drop you line 70
let YOU know that We are OF TO China
the 18th inst, to Join the Allied army.
We expect 20 have . bsttle or so but as
We are getting pretty used to that we do
not mind Il. We expect 70 sail by the
way of the Suex for New York In the
coming fall 30 think II Il good thing
for us, though hate TO leave here for II
10 getting to BE- like home.
You would be surprised to drop In
here and see females Of all degrees and
all ages from years 70 100 years smok-
Ing cigars on the street. and 10 corona
tas (carriages.)
Wal, marin, how Ia your health. hope
it Ia a. good ~ mine. How 10 aunt b
getting ons Give her my love, also the
kida, and tell Bertha that will send her
the frst pig tall that l get hold Of for q
souvenir.
We 70 aboard the u. 8. Transport
Sherman on Saturday, and sail Sunday
for Hong Kong, where we coal. Il IL
about coo miles from there We sail into
the Yellow Sea and land on the PENN
sula OF Cores, where We stay . week,
then We steam by the Tsku Forts and
land at Ten Tsln. Then We will be
about 100 miles from Pekin. All the
naval forces and marines are under COM
mand Of Admiral Seymour Of the British
Navy. The land forces are to be COM
handed by . Russian General. As far
~ we can learn, the powers will send
the following troops, viz. Japan,
Al, 600; England, $4,000; Russia, 10000 ;
France, 10000; Germany, $1,000; Unit
ed States, 10000 regulars, and 5000
navy; Italy, 5000. And We are sup
posed. 10 20 up against about 5000, 900
Chinese well armed but not disciplined.
We have no fear rs to the result. Well,
marin, I will close and write from other
counties u I can. Good by, love to all.
sm yours sffectionstely.
r. ID. MORSE, the same old chip.
July 20, 1900, Mid Ocean on China Sea.
DEAR MoTHER:-We are i've days out
from Manila and should nothing happen
will reach Nagssaki, Japan, In another
day. We will then proceed by Corea
across the Yellow Sea to the TAku River,
where we will leave the old Indians for
good. We will then 20 10 Tien Tsin and
then to Peking. thought you would
like to keep posted on the famous 18th
(ahem Give nv love to all mnst
close a. tho ship Is rolling frightfully.
We are just opposite Of the globe from
you.
Nagnsski, japan, July 20, 10 o.
DEAR MOTHER I'VE arrived in port
this morning at s O'Clock, and II In the
cutest little harbor l ever saw. 1t IL
egg shaped aud only about two miles
by one-half mile wide. The city IL built
from the shore right upa big plateau
and hiss ffty Thousand OF population,
and they are the most jolly people you
ever saw. The harbor was crowded
with shipping from all nations. When
We steamed In we passed close TO the
French Battleship Jean Bart, and the
English Bsttleship Powerful and the
German Cruiser Idcalia and you ought
to heard them cheer as. As We passed
by, our band played the different nation
al airs.
On board Indiana, July ~, 1900.
DEAR MoTHER:-We are now into the
Yellow Sea, and about sixty miles west
Of Corea. We could bee the extreme
southern point Of the Peninsula of Corea.
II was only succession Of high sand
dunes or rocks but It 10 q break In the
monotony Of events.
There IL strange war vessel about 10
miles on our port quarter and she has
held that position for hours. We can't
make her out bot the chief officer thinks
that 1t Is the gunbost Nashville, acting
as our convoy. Just before leaving
Nagasaki Q cable message came 10 from
Taku, China, saying that the 9th U. 8.
Infantry (the only U. 8. troops now
there) got into q fight and lost their
colonel Uiscum), two captains and
twenty-five enlisted men, with seventy
i've officers and men wounded. tap
pears they run out Of ammunition and
retired TO swamp and awaited night,
then retreated.
We viii arrive at Tsku tomorrow
morning.
There are eight companies Of the
fourteenth,-E, r, I, X, L and II on the
Indiana, and g and Il on the Flintshire
e. British bost), also Light Battery r,
9Th Artillery, (Riley's Battery on the
Flintshire. I am In charge Of the mess
while on board, but i shall 60 into
Burnside's scouts ~ soon - we take the