The Jones County news., 1918-11-07

i the snow never gets over two feet
deep. cant imagine how | stood
the shock, and the raised Ia South
Mississippi too, have been out all
day gathering wood and doing like
the ants, preparing for winter. a
sweater feels good most any time Of
the day here now il Is only the 25th
OF September, | can see them plant
log me right now, froze stiff, but
fortunately for me, aud unfortunately
for some, have plenty Of good warm
clothes and where am now there is
fire place and | think that | can
make the winter very well, but you
know that conditions change over
here real often but suppose that
you stir get the Times-Picayune and
and can see the changes each day.
heard that there were several boys
from around Moselle over here, but
so far have not seen any OF them,
but II may be / will see some Of them
before peace is declared.
Doc IL you were over here YOU
would starve as all these people are
their own doctors and take charcoal
for any thing that they happen TO
have a4d l suppose that it must cure
them as l have not seen any Gene
teries since | have been here, but !
don't think that any of them dies, as
/ see old ladies here every day that
are at least 30 years old and as Emett
j Grayson saws; They are as active as
a cat" they all seem to appreciate
what the Americans are doing and all
try to do anything that they can FOR
us, but we are not accustomed to their
ways and that goes TO make things
disagreeable.
All that are not able to buy a COW
buys goat and they take as good
care of the stock as the American /
Jake OF their children, can you INA.
: CINE me eating cake of goat cheese
; and drinking a bottle of wine iol
supper, well that Is exactly what did
, | will admit that ii was rather hare
at first, hut this IL war over here and w
} have 70 smile, grit our teeth and ge
/ ahead, but that can't keep us from
thinking what you people back II
/ the States are getting to eat, ans tax
only consolation we have. is that vi
t may be back there some day, but W.
all realize that 1t will be long Ions
{ tune before we can greet the Statue
r of Liberty again, but God knows tina
o she viii look good when we do get 4
e see her again.
4 | suppose that an airplane BATH
/ would be wonderful sight to you pc,
/, pie back in that peaceful country
Y but over here we have. To get acc
r customed to any thing that pretaiu
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m with for four long years, and don
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q. the thing will be over soon, l mea
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