The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-08-22
- Bout and a Letter from
]''q' OAK, Dandes.

sluee, local manager of the
h'ffls SINE. IN plant in this city, has re-
Coe- N0' a,a following interesting letter
csir'd .,, 'n, S. Oles, former student
rOf' " ~ here of that Compan, and now
|sooo ,". Engineer Corps in France;
Ee'D wv w. sIugg: Your very good let
Deaf MI, bo oiher day and this is the
|ter came Gance that l have had to an
|, err 1r'' ,. ,,. | wrote to you last, things
|seet wing along very fast here.
|bs,s '9' have a full house here and in
We '.M YOU would think this lit
|tbs ia' '' NV The reports we are doing
HE bs,ing the best record of any
|ooi ,la' The twentieth. | am still
cou. ,te woods looking after the
|ga s.0= hue King, and although it was
|lsl 1s a~' 1os guess | am getting along
|o I... +, Iae,a4 received one little raise to
.h.nk Of it will enclose a
Nh''l --.Ii,ertags which came on some
|cOd2is -..rll5,f that we have to put on
|fel1 Sol know we have an acre of
|oyI ''I Ten pigs and l think that is
go -r far bunch of lumber jacks.
|e5'5 ..,er is called calcium mag
|ft5 ' f.ulzrr containing lime and mag
tSa .,s and in American money it
|pr wv ,b..t ga per ton and it is ship
SEN ,.. lndred pound bags. 1t is
E'. 3u4 Fesembles ground limestone
We .-s. 1t is not lumpy and is
-5- ao .lue, as for results we will
golHi .,.oit until we dig the potatoes.
hsS5 ,.sa+ts- here is very hot especially
Jus ,-.-1on We start work at six
D a. r,5ra.rt and eat dinner in the
u y. a, .rycu so we get considerable
NO'-' 5sf,r. -la awful heat of the after
|a'u X 1--we a very good swimming
aq~ ,.as surely is lifesaver after
lu' .ioa, To-day we start drilling
'J-P -a,r long absence. do not
-. ,,,s. i-j means but l hope that
s.1re il. 90, through we can also get
.a be show. We as engineers
Dp oa.. 5ur turn in the front line.
o. .a..-s thai we are allowed now to
.,,.t... where we are located and on
+ r.r .s .re between Bordeaux and
5o.. border. | think that is
W. '..I because it makes the folks
w. '..@. f. little better if they know
IL. been having some very good
..... lore lately. The first game
' .1Wgs and we have had two |
u-- .aug games and also a to 0
,,.. vent twelve innings and the
ts.---r .t We won our game 9 to 2.
Tt .q.....r itam has only lost one
--... r.. dis season. With base ball
l, IN Hany paper and 10 1-2 hours
,r+ 4. N / am pretty busy and 1t
-.... W- 20 Just that much faster.
I'm -.. .se copy of the paper Just
,.., what we do nights
lance to see quite bit of
e..., 4r5und here and it surely is
TIE farmers have their hay
,,..-t.. ...v are now harvesting wheat
.-. Have seen one American made
-s. nine, but outside of that they
# If t4gm work in the good old
t5a1- ray with mules and oxen and
3N fs -ees
sa now hoping that this finds
r 4r s9ur family in the very best of
ta- sometime when you are not too
rr ar..-. aecause a good letter is almost
sloa Is pay day. Very sincerely,
WILBUR S, OLES.
Ias- ample paper enclosed is volume
81 ~. brarlng date of June 20, and
rasd SOM where in France. 1t is four
sass. g1ll inches, and has an illustrated
haaag lyg inches, showing the activi-
.aa eft he engineers with axes, saws,
NsS e,... at work Oh an immense tree
4 ra4 engraved with the kaiser's well
| nM features. On either side of this
gsae lyme:
4 'tmY have one word,
lsqy au Bout,
t4s&e viii be our sword,
J-squ iu Bout,
50 by side with France
-- iet0verance,
,.sulu Bout.
yo-9aa, boys, hides deadly beast,
.as.4 au Bout,
.1na9oent lives it gloats and feasts,
dQsa ag Bout,
WITT axe and saw twill perish,
asql 4l Bout,
81ile Of again will flourish,
J4sll1u Bout.
The lrpal ments are well maintained
''d Us .caiWG editorial closes with the
blowing sentence: ''Be proud of your
9TrF but G, not scatter empty boasts
"lJl due election on the debt we
7l0t4!opr the battle-ground of the
's5s T. rs evidently self-sustaining on
'scT'pfions is the only advertisement
" appear d its columns is notice to
'alf folks, giving subscription rates for
'' months as Is cents.
I'll MANY Instances the boys say Just
'4a' they mean in real boy fashion and
-'g'csms and corrections of the pre-
''@ ISsuc were not ruined with the
WY pencil Of marked out in the proof
Il SHOULD MAKE
4 NdTTJTON EOu HIM