Decorah-posten., 1903-10-13
On Silipino.6ut
@erlcr 8repe meS en- nprif Gut
Wabiion Spipnibip.


glao, at en- liben @itt paa SiIippt.
nerne snifeoe at forreiponbere meo
en- Gut / be Soreneoe Stater. San
bopoe albrig | lit 2ip facet ct 9rep,
beo oct. Den t2aarise Carl g.
Sopben, Son at Sobn g. Sopopn I
Raoiion Sopnibip, IGite Spfor.
bringen % iatte Jig til at ifripe til
6iliptnogutten; benne ipureoe itrar;
MI bar De TO perlet fem, Ter 8repe,
og Der bar uopiflet fig ct eanife for.
trolist Sorbplb melem Dem. Den
unee SiIipino er Is aar. San fri.
Der en- for lin alber eg ltopifling
itIPoounlig pen % soet Saanoifrift,
og bans gngeIif er iaa goo, at ban /
bentte Senieenbe ganr Sen fIinfeite
amerifanife @itt en- bsi Gang.
Sslgenbe er ct al De iibite 9repe,
iom lille GarI Sobben bar mobtaget
fra i'm filippinife Sen:
Balayan, Aug. Io, 1908.
My dearest friend
Your most welcome letter was re-
ceived in due time for which l thank you.
/ will write to you now and hope it will
reach you alright and yourself in good
health and safe from sickness. l was
really pleased to hear from you; besides,
! always thought a great deal of my
American friend, whom / considered so
bright. My wishes are that he may grow
up to be q great good man. We are suf.
fering much here for not having a drop
of rain and the crops will suffer on sandy
soil 1t is always hot, and beside this
the locusts clouded about the fields and
ate the riceblades. Pour years ago in
the Revolutionary war the people were
starving to death, because the Spanish
soldiers destroyed and burned all the
property they had and killed many Filipi-
nos. Now every town and city have good
schools and suppose many Filipinos are
going to de educated men. The Filipino
boys are very fond OF going to school.
am attending the High School here in
! Balayan, and | am in the first grade. !
study Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography,
IllSLOIt dIu >iNh ooNSA III ohd iSAt
week we are going to study Algebra and
Geometry. The High School was begun
on July 20, O We play baseball and
football and other games. We have one
game, called Pussy wants a corner"
and the other is Bird, beast or fish,
We have also many good sports here,
because it is too hot to stay in the house,
when it is dry season. We often have a
IL lz-o a-J ~1....o ..o
take a small boat and go fishing. We
can catch fish about the size ofyour arm.
We celebrated the fourth OF July and we
got firecrackers, Roman candles and sky
rockets. l think you celebrate the indie,
pendence dav every year in America,
We celebrate every year the birthday oil
Rial and Washington. Rial is one OF
the patriots here in our country, and he
was the wisest men in the Philippines. He
was killed by the Spaniards in 1909 His
death brought sorrow to the people and
made the F~ilipinos angry to the Spani.
ards Then the fight began. The insur'
gents drove them to Manila and the
Americans attacked them in Manila bay.
The Spanish feet were destroyed by the
American fire, but none OF the American
| ships were shot. The Americans won the
victory. Well III close this letter giving
nv best regards to you and to your
| schoolfellows, and also to your family.
Hoping to hear from you soon, and bid
you Good bye and a sweet Good-nigt.
God bless you all!
Your loving brother,
ARTEMIo LyANo.
Balayan, Batangas Prov,
Luzon, p. l.
Address me here in Balayan.
I sent o. some dry flowers, to show
its size and color. II smells very sweet
when IL is not dry.