The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-11-21
rs ENJOYING ENGLAND.

Tie Herald publishes herewith a
r received recently by Mr.. and
nj H. W., Bishop from their son,
IS Nd located in England, in which
ives his impression of Johnny
rs baliwick:
Somewhere in England.
rest Folks
his is Sunday and good day for
"a iting letters but with the day
Post gone am only going to write
am about 5000 miles from home
wish that l could knock off the
,e zeroes, and it would not take
an long to be sitting in front of the
An lace with the rest of you folks.
think that l could keep you
RAJ rested in some of my recent ex-
ences and travels, but those will
to keep until after the war.
am very much interested in
land and think it one of the
VI tiest countries that l have ever
Of 4 a in. One reason is that England
toll had so many hundred years in
ato ch to lay out her macadamised
ell always, and which are all lined
tn hedges and shrubbery, that is
no i'd out in such form that it would
q rake a person think of the foliage in
1 california. :.
4 Every piece of ground is under cul-
! tivation of some sort and it shows
thrift on the part of the English race.
Not seeing any waste land like you
do in the states makes that much
more of an imposing picture.
This morning one of the fellows
from the university of Minnesota
who came down with me and myself
took walk up in the hills back OF
camp and we were well repaid for the
trip. The country as a rule is very
rolling and the grass is still green
here with flowers here and there and
it is hard to realize that winter is so
near at hand. Also we have turnips
cabbage and other garden truck
growing around here and it seemed
funny to me that the cold weather
had not affected it yet but guess that
the reason is due to the fact OF the
heavy fogs.
We are right near a small village
and all the buildings are of brick or
stone either thatched, tile or slate
roofs. The banks, stores and all
shops are in dwellings along narrow
streets. The small shops are very
interesting to me and they 40 busi-
ness on such small scale compared
to the way we do business in the y. 8:
The English people are very ac-
commodating to US and we are IN
with Australian. troops from New
Zealand who are very interesting.
Most of them have received wounds
from active service in France.
Went to church at the Y. M. G. A.
this afternoon and heard a Very 'n-
teresting talk. Also some EnSlsn
girls gave very fine musical concert.
Some of them wore all black which
is very much in evidence throughout
England.
The YIN. man from the U. S. gave
the following definition for U. S. He
said we always thought that it meant
us but that in this war it means to
the Germans Unconditional Sur
runder'' which is right and you may
hear many reports as to how soon the
war is to end but think that quite a
ways off yet. And it will take a
while to settle up things after it is
over.
When you re ceive this l will be in
France as we go within the next few
days. And hope that you get all my
letters that write you as soon as
/ have time and get settled.
/ haven't received any mail from
home for so long but as soon as l get
settled hope that my mail and pa
pers will come regularly. And you
must write to me very often.
This is all for tonight but with
best of love to you all,
Your loving son,
Harold.
H,rold N Rishop, Battery F, 1877 FA