The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-27
This Yank Was Shell Shocked You
Can Believe It.

| Can Believe It.
Shell shocked and gassed- that is
what the record says happened to the
soldier boy whose letter appears below.
One might infer that his bean is not
affected, but his spelling is simply
awful.
| Nantes, France, Nov. Is, 1918.
Deer Cloudy:
speerd sum redcross envelopes toda
| so thot ide loosen up little an write
to an ole time friend. just want 2
drop u line or 2, to show u that ime
still on the Ease Nv this erth an abel to
uze NV theze meemograf peanoes. /
| was writing along the uther da when
the boss Nv the out fit came along an
sed after watching ME- a mint, ''say
kid IRE gitten along fine and there
onlie thing lakin to make U handle
on tibet thing & thets pair (2) Nv
boxin gluvez - NV coarse blusned
| & sed thank u SIR and he walked ava
an LATED himself. i CESS he feels
| pritty good to think heZe abel to hold
| such good man az me on cheep job
| like this; but Nv coarse ine workin
| the u s. government NOR then am
| d him so aut to be willn to do the
best can
| i suppose u folks has arcade herd
| that the germans sined the armistix the
uther day i meen about ore weeks
| ago an must say that we had sum
| time here after they did it. all the
| frogs in nantes was drunk and dressed
| up for ore days. have got let
| ters frum bill dick since hez ben over
hear an to tell u the truth cloudy,
got this morning askin me cum
| down an see him. Nv coarse u no that
! hiz wife Amt hear with him so mabe
/ that why he wants to see me
the ajutant called up hear the uther
day and sed he wanted all the dope on
all the cashuals that we had hear who
was in b and c classes and he sed the
recon he wanted it wuz that they was
goin to b cent hoam in few daze!
wei lie be Frank with u cloudy that
sounded pritty good to Ur.z trooly cuz
ime in b2 class so spose u wunt git
many more letters from franse.
we'll cloudy. didn't hav much to
say when Started this so NV coarse j
amt got az much to say now az i had
when started : but at the same time a
fello kin git lot NOR on NV theze
sheets than fello wood think for so
hope u will be kind enuff 2 take that
into considerashun and not call me a
Tyre when call this letter
lasnite Ymca man wuz in and he
sed -yung man! see Ure wareing a
woond stripe. WHARF wer u Hit & i
sed-wel mister lie tel you; wuz
gased an shelshocked an got mushene
gun bullett in my foot afternoon be-
tween half past 8 and oklock and if
that amt doin e-nuf Ure cuntry in hat
an our lie bye u the best drink in the
house an he LATED and sed well CESS
Ure rite Sun, u win, and then he went
out | stood thare or 10 minits
after he went out wunderin whatinhell
i'd don and gessif ide hav been per-
sistent e-nuff 2 tride 2 find out, ide hav
been standin there yet in the same spot.
well old timer; az sed bed amt got
much say this time. so lie hav to kwit
rite hear cuz it's rainin ole mades out
side az our ole friend an o-Wurker:
dave simp-sun used 2 say ide like 2
tel u anuther | cloudy hut spose aut
to kwit now seeing sed was goin 2.
Civ my luv awl the boys and tel
them ime wei an hope they r the same.
so long! ole kid; CESS sent u my ad-
dress wunce but seein its u lie send it
agen. hope it amt rainin as hard
4 over thare az it is hear cloudy but out
side of that the weather is fine. we
havnt had eny rain hear lately til today
except feu daze last week an the
week bed. But my motto is to think NV
the present az much az u can and let
the past and feuture take care Nv it.
self; cuz u no man cant vary wei be
doin things at the present that's goin to
be dun in the feuture when he don't no
what they are; but will say l thing
cloudy an that iz-that j do lots NV
things at the present sumtimz that no
shoold have ben dun IN the past.
so long cloudy lite when U kin. i
rename ure ole pal.
| RyINK