Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-09
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The following interesting letter has
been recently received by Mrs. Ada +.
Hunt OF Augusta from her nephew.
Frank Hunt. who is with the 10Srd
Regiment in France
France. Dec. 90. 1917
Dear Auntie
Have just received the two boxes that
YOU sent, and believe me it was a fine
box and | was pleased to get the things
100. lhose Wristers are just what I
have been wishing for as we are having
some severe weather. 1t showed here
two days. the 25th and the 26th. The
wind blows most of the time now and it
is bitter cold. The sun has only been
out one day since l have been here.
On this IS what you call sunny France.
1t doesn't make much difference to me
whether il Is warm or cold. l am
dressed warm enough so l don't worry
much. like here and am contented as
can be. Our work is new and very in
teresting and I pity the Germans very
much when Uncle Sans we'll oiled ma
chine gets them started on the run.
We are all anxious to get to them.
Wait until you see the papers telling
You we have got them on the go. Ha.
ha' | will be right there with first Of
them-all | care is to get my share Of
them tefore they get me. They won't
get me il / know it either.
] have been laid up with a spraineii
shoulder. | was week in the hospital
and then Thanksgiving came and I
heard that our company was going to
have q great dinner and / found my
clothes in a closet where they hide
them, put them on and went down to
the company to eat, oh and such a feed,
turkey, stutfing, gravy. pudding. pie
and cake. We had about the same for
Christmas, only we had nuts and can
dy. When ! got back to the hospital
they said ] never would get out until
the doctor let me go So the next day
the doctor asked me about it and l told
him what / went for and all he said
II don't blame you l asked him if |
could so back and he said yes, and (
wasn't long getting back either new
en- went out on the line until the day
before Christmas. am glad am back
again for do not like TO be behind the
others.
I have had a pretty good record be-
fore | went to the hospital for ! never
missed A formation since l have joined.
! | Will have an honorable discharge il
doing right ever gets fellow one
We have 3 big Y. NJ. c. a. hut here
AMI there is something going on every
night. They have boxing tonight up
there. 1t being Saturday night we fell
lows in our billet are taking turns shay
ing each other and taking Il bath. TIE
billet | am inNs q shed and we have a
stove in it. and it is nice and warm
The people use us fine. 1t is very inter
eSting u WaAch them at their work
They have no ovens in their stoves and
most Of them use fire places. They
wear wooden shoes, and the houses
here are very old. have heard the his
tory of this place from a fellow that is
connected with the Y NJ. c. A He said
that some Of the houses We're put up in
Caesars time and believe him They
were made Of stone, flat ones, and pias-
tered 50 they look like concrete. The
roofs are nothing but rocks laid over
tapping one another.
dent know what the women Of the
States would do if they had to do the
Wori, these women do here / am
GIL dld tHcS Nouid lttiul away llitJ
work at every thing and strong. Why
4 they are stronger than most men. it
! is funny how they plow here. they nave
4 an tx and horse, one in front Of the
| other. the pillow is just like our walk
I ing pillow only they put two wheels in
front and hitch the plOw TO it. Every
! barn has a thra shing machine in it and
tina, is run by q horse under the scat
/ fold going around on a pivot and there
Z is a press of cog wheels to make il
thrash.
Every hing is old fashioned. ! do not
know what they would do if they had
some of the modern things we have in
( the states. Do you notice | am using
\ the tablet that was sent in the box d?
4 You tell Mildred, Leta, GLADYS that |
thank them very much for their gifts
and yourself too And little Donald
YOU tell him that the Nabiscos tasted
cood. | would like to be with you all
tonight | will be there another Christ
mas night and will remember this one
too. ! will send you all a souvenir just
as soon as | get paid off again. / had
TO spend ali my other for shaving out
fit and other things | had to have 10
keep myself in condition
[ Was glad to get the Vaselne as T
have the chilblains often. 1t is good
for them. Don't forget to write and
let me know how you all are. l have
written more than | ever wrote at one