The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-03-15

sent with the box, giving the names of
all the boys, and put that on exhibit
tion also. When the fair closed, they
placed them in their show room, and
have them on exhibition all the time.
But the best thing about it is that
they have sent us large box of candy
as Christmas gift, which was shipped
on the transport ''Buford." So you can
imagine us making ourselves sick eat
ing "Lowney's chocolates" And what
started as joke ended up quite nicely
to our benefit. Well, have received
the camera at last, and it was in per-
feet order. [ have already taken 10
pictures this morning. l took several
pictures of the natives during one of
their celebrations. All day the natives
have been celebrating, and it is the
widest thing 1 ever saw. A number
of the native women were dressed in
dance in front of our quarters. ltwas
the most disgusting thing have seen
in long time. l hope you will not
worry so much now that you know l
am relieved from all military duty,
and am teaching school. will prob
ably be on this duty nearly all the rest
of my time over here, so don't worry
any more, as 1 intend to return home
as good as 1 left. l have lots of fun
teaching the Filipino boys how to
mangle the English language. Capt
Evans came in while l was teaching,
yesterdays and was very much surprised
at the progress which has been made.
1 never thought l should like teaching
much, ESPECIALLY this style Of
teaching. At present 1 am using
'object charts" and [ have the boys
read the lessons in English, then
translate into Spanish, and in that
way they learn to know what the words
mean. I have had several offers from
the higher class of Filipinos in town
to pay me if 1 would start a class in
English, but hardly think l will at
present, as my time is all taken up
with teaching, and studying for my
examination. l will close for this
time.-[Ben.
It is Just two weeks now since !
wrote last, and as it is Sunday and my
off day, thought would write again.
/ am just getting over an Old-fashiOned
| tOOthache. 1t kept me in misery two
weeks, and my face finally swelled SO
that had to go to the doctor and have
it lanced. 1t feels all right now; but
this climate is awful hard on teeth.
1 am having a vacation during the
Christmas week. Last Friday all Of
the officers were down to school to see
the result of my work. They were
greatly surprised at the progress made,
and the doctor gave ii dollar to the
boy who had the best record. 1t GER
tainly would surprise you if you could
see how quick these boys are to learn,
and how we'll they remember every
thing which is taught them. Last
week we received word that there had
been an outbreak on the Island of
BohOl, an island about 10 miles from
this one, and 25 of our men were Or
dered there at once. A day or two af-
ter we received word there had been
an engagement with the insurgents,
but had none killed, although l.
Company of our regiment had three
killed and four wounded. The company
one detachment in Bohol, 95 men on
mounted service, and garrisons at two
towns north of us. The detachment
at Minganilla is to be withdrawn the
LIST of January, so that will be slight
relief to the men. l am missing all
the fun by being on special duty, but
[ think / enjoy teaching school better
than chasing insurgents over the hills
and never catching them. We are
| having fine weather now, and the
nights are grand. Our quarters are
close to the sea and we catch breeze
all the time. Isuppose you are having
of the natives told me a snow storm
struck this island many years ago, and
killed most of the natives. L was
sent to Cebu, yesterday, with two
prisoners, one of them a native muir
derer and the other one of our 'men
who had become crazy. AS soon as
we arrived in Cebu 1 turned the SOL
der over to the hospital, and the
other to the adjutant general, and
then took him down to the pier and
put him aboard the transport Penn
sylvania, enroute for Manila, where he
is to serve life sentence. 1t made me
think of home when l boarded the
transport, and saw number of Amer
lean women on it. They were the
first / had seen since | left Manila Is
months ago. was glad to see by the
papers that Mr. kilbourn was elected
to the Legislature, and proud to know
that the people of Washington knowa
good man, whether republican or dem
ocrat. Our boys are all crazy over the
election. You can't find a Bryan man
in the company. Judging from the
papers, the republicans will have every
Unlng UIlclr own Way Ill CIle 81 I'll COIl-
gress, and about the first thing that
will come up will be the army bill.
They need a good sized army over here
to take care of the Filipinos. Will
close now, hoping to hear from home
soon.-[Ben.
Maya, Cebu, January II, 1901.
Received your letters of November
20 and 30 also Florre's Of November q
and was very glad to hear from you
since DecemberS. Most of the delay
in the mail is at Manila, they hold it
until they have good supply and then
ship it on the first transport that sails.
The Fitzpatrick arrived at Cebu day be-
fore yesterday but we have not beard
anything of our Christmas boxes. as
yet. If mine is on it shall get it in a
day or two and will let you know.
Lieut. Hunts wife came on the Kill
patrick, and nearly every native i'm
town turned out to see her. They can't
understand how the American women
have such small waists. [ suppose
everything is quiet after election. We
are having great deal OF excitement
over the proposed army bill, which
provides for a larger standing
army. Well, if the United States
intends to keep the Philippines, an
they can't do anything else, they mus
l., ha