The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-12
SOLDIER Boy WRITES FROM
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"

In a letter to his father, Mr. VIM.
P. Fisher, of this city, Owen Fisher,
who'is a member Of the American Ex-
peditionary Force, now in France,
tells little of his impressions of that
land. Mr.. Fisher states that a
Christmas box shipped long before
Christmas was not received until the
day his letter was written, on Feb
ruary 10. The delay was caused By
the large accumulation of mail and
Christmas boxes, making it almost
impossible for the Christmas goods to
be delivered to the soldiers on time.
Extracts from Mr.. Fishers letter fol-
low: ,-e-s
r TN France, February 2, 1918.
Dear Dad; 49, 81 -.
81 received your letter of Deem
Der 26, and was certainly very glad
to hear from you again. was Ger.
tainly sorry that you had to take the
cake out of my box, as it would have
been very acceptable to me. Sweets
are awfully hard to get in this
French town, and when you do get
them it takes nearly a months salary
to pay for them. / have taken
OUT dACC III IhO OOAuASAt >
and Sailors Insurance Fund which
Uncle Sam has provided for us.
when you send me box again
please put in some gloves that will
stand hard knocks and rough uses, as
we cannot get them here. l would
also like to have some candy and
cigarettes, as it is almost impossible
| to get either here. This is strange
country to me- The fog is so thick
here at nights, and even on some OF
| the days you can hardly see fifteen
| feet ahead of you. I hope to OF
| back in good old Paris, KY, some OF
these days. Not a good prospect. And
| lust think that it takes at least two
months from the time / write to you
| before 1 hear from you again, so you
have to figure that far ahead, al
| least"
Under date of February 10, young
Fisher writes:
81 received your letter last night
| 1t was some time in getting here.
! also received the box you sent me
| Was very glad to get it, but for good
ness sake, I don't know what 1 an
| going to do with all my stuff, as
have no place to carry it around will
me. 1 wish you would send MT
| some matches, as these French
matches you get here are absolutel!
no good. I hope 1 will soon get thu
| box you are going to send me, as
am needing some chewing and smok
ing tobacco. Oh, dad, you just don
know what a great thing it is TO
the soldiers to get tobacco. W.
would as soon have it as food SOM
times. 1 wish you would put wha
you are going to send in small PACK
ages. as we have better luck in get
ting them. They are not stopped Of
the way. Some of the boys do no
get their packages on that account.
81 told some of the boys abou
the tobacco you were sending me
and they were as glad as kids abou
il. Just to think we are going Z
get some real, sure-enough OLD Ken
lucky tobacco once more don
think much of these French girls
None that l have seen yet nave ap
pealed to me. So don't worry 10
fear l might bring one of them nom
with me. l don't have much time t
see any of them anyway, so it doesn
matter about the skirts
Il am feeling fine and dandy, an
all the others in our command ar
we'll and hearty l would like
write a different kind of letter, bu
YOU see we are on duty, and haV
been warned not to write anythin
concerning the army or its NOV
ments. So, as havn't any news tina
would interest you, will close, hol
ing to hear from you again rel
soon"
Fisher is member of the U.
Signal Corps, his full address bein
"Owen D. Fisher, Co. D., 4O9th Tel
graph Battalion, Signal Corps, Anne
lean Expeditionary Force, via Ne
| York N Y"