The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20
An Interesting Letter.

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0regationsl minister from Indisna
proposed Z tOsst to the captain and
and crew of the ship, and the band
played the American and German
natiopsl airs. After the second course
this great ship, Of which all were
proud, was toasted, and other tossts
followed to loved mes in the old
home and to thOse ia the western
home. We kept the menu cards and
other souvenirs OF the OccasiOn.i Al
ter the dinner q collection was taken
up for the benefit of the orchestra and
the widows and orphans of deceased
stewards. The water is measured
every hour now, and or account of
the chilly weather we are wearing
Overco ats, or in in the cabin reading
the daily press by, wireless. At 8
D. m. we cab see the light houses ia
England aud France,
Today, May 80, we remembered as
memorial. dav for the heroes of our
country. At six in the morning the
engines stopped, and as we came on
deck the beautiful coast of France was
ia sight and we could see two villages.
A steamer of the Ell. A. came to US
and took passengers and mail to
CherbJurg. It is a fine day and ev-
eryone is on deck, and q French war
ship aDd several big steamers are in
view. At | o, m. we landed at South
ampton, but were about two miles
from the city. Here we saw seven
English warshiDs. half q dozen torpe-
do boats and one submarine. The
and Notifications also looked fOrmid-
able with cannon pointing in all d.
rectiOns. These big sea dogs are
ready for action at any moment Be-
fore coming into Southampton we
saw q warship shooting at a target,
and We could see the shots as they fell
, on all direction about the boat: later
the target boat pulled alongside of US,
and we could see the holes fired thro'
the red target floating behind. 1t is
quite an interesting sight to see the
passengers disembark. Here we also
unlo lded a large amour of sill yer
bars, each weighing 100 lbs, and each
man could only carry one. There
must have been q half car load, the
work being watched by 40 officer all
the time. The trunks and ba9gag e
are unIoaded from one boat to anoth.
or with netting worked by machinery
Everyone is glad that only one more
day and we will be in Hamburg. A
band concert in first cabin in the al
ternoon and . dance in the evening
for the secOud cabin. The revenue
officer of the German government
comes on board here, and the trunks
are put in the Railways for inspec-
tion, and tickets free of charge are
given to first and second cabin pas.
sengers for the train ride from Cuex-
hafen to Hamburg. the third cabin
Hamburg with the boat. We enter
! ed the North sea about II D. m, and
We have had = busy day of sight-see-
ing.
At ! o'clock the next mornlng the
looking over the trunks. We now
pass lots OF steamers, and also the
light ships one to six anu can see in
the distance Cuxhafen, at which place
we arrive at 5 p. M, and are greeted
friends to see them of for Hamburg,
which we reached at $50, and where /
lost my friend Joe R~oggenbock in the
big crowd of people, and a. it was
useless to look for him we wentto
the hotel.
Sunday June l, I lief. hotel for depot
at $50 for Neubrandenbury, per fast
train, and arrived there at lis D. ID
and found my folks we'll and in good
health, but q surprise to them all as
they did not expect me for two days,
but parents know their children
though their faces have changed from
q years, the old mother tongue is
still the same aud that was what
gave me away at the first words.
| will write about Germany
later.
[ commenced to visit but know very
few, | did not know nv two sisters at
all. This town has CHI anged so that |
did not know it gain, but found my
ola home again without ANYBODY tell
ing me.
On the 5th my parents will celebrate
their golden weddi ing al which time q
presentation Of q big photograph from
the Duke Of Neubenbury Sheltz with
his authorized signature, which will
be presented by the Clerical. delega a.
ton Of the church. [ zee lots OF
soldiers, and every mail carrier has
. uniform on, also every man on the
railroad: [ see railroad engines small
er than our little dinky used at home
for switching pulling fast trains. 1t
looks so odd to me as our engines
are four times as large, their coaches
are SO funny too, they are trying to
initiate our cars but fail to. l. saw
. sleeping car and q diner attached
to our train. but what q contrast be-
tween here and ct home Here they
think that it is the best ia made,
but had to laugh over it when I saw
it. | will close this letter Tor this
time, will write more. FRAN