Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
LETTER FROM DAN
Over Here,
August 5, 1918.

.llt q flea and he aint bug; but he
Las many of the characteristics of
!3,h. He inhabits parts Of France
and Belgium, and all the Americans
LAT inhabit those parts. He jumps
l'.e flea, flies like a bug, crawls
l..ea "cootie" and bites like the
Goyil. He is legion. His principal
SPORT is to torment innocent and
u.oilending Americans by putting
i. use all of his three means of To-
notion, Using as speedway the
gS0n of numerous of the aforesaid
mericans, who, along in the mid
de Of a summer day, have hied
tmselves to some shady place
It so much to be in the shade, but
avoid interruption by some Off
who might have an entirely di-
Gent opinion as to the proper
~ of spending a summer after
in) for the purpose of meditating
and sleeping (mOstly sleeping). His
a-o redeeming feature is that, un-
&a the majority of the other in
l..tants Of this continent, he is no
s9ec;er of persons or personages.
IS black i'll color and black in
legt. He is long and slender, as a
F..l0wy maiden, and sharp at one
ed, as is sometimes the case with
tongue of the beforeinmenti0ned
aaiden. He is neutral in the pres
e dispute, or rather, he fights on
i sides (as we'll as other places
helps the hun to keep the allies
ertalned in a most unpleasin6
IL uAet,; out at the Same time he is
o.her reason why it is desirable
e speedily lick the Kaiser so that
may be rid Of two pestiferous
..a>teS at once. He is certainly
t direct cause of many cussings
th are heaped upon tie head CT
chief Hun, for lie puts ire in
'e who are not Irish and guile in
y 5uiIeless. For, you see, every
thing that is unpleasant in this
t"sneSs is taken by each Sammie
as direct affront to himself from
t. Kaiser, for isn't the German EN-
I1ror, and what he represents, re-
sible for our being here?
I tonight you should be awaken
cd from your slumbers by til e
IIzzzzzZ PLOP of Betsey- bug
%.n5 around in your room, and
laaIiy buttinG ia;o the wall, or the
2 oI your bed, just il agine that
IL ere somewhere over here, and
',. here is q hun air raid in pro
i'.5 iog It vii be a miniature ex-
IL Pie oi hat very thing. I have
l@'cr heard two sounds that listen
more alike than one of Jerry s
les and q Betsey bug, the PLOP
= !elscy aS she hits the head Of
y" ned, you cen imagine is the
i1',lu8 OF q bomb in the distance.
inst you hear is the Bzzzzzz
-zzz EZzzzzZ, Of Jerry's engine
,ae distance, then the shafts ol
4 back and forth across the
Fan5. as the 9unners search him
'" amol8 the stars, tlen Blon
b!om binG, BIom bing, zip
+.'Ip, when they catch him il
~ Hsht and then when he get
'I YOU Can hear plipplippiippiI
'''.Ae machine gun opening W
''ieAd JerrF, and later, if yoi
rpeA 10 ne anywhere in the neigh
I'ood OF the huns objective, yoi
mighty apt to hear a noise very
mar to that which proceeds from
=. oI The mica mines back il
'Soh when the boys have gottel
=" eiGht Or ten holes and shoe
l' Glass. ''''N ''''
'aefe is but one sure way O
'".'ii9 Jerry at this game that h
""''A8 to cheat you out of you
sleep and that is, when yol
moonlight night coming OF
'eC early and get to sleep be
{c.' 'elfy pays his visit, then, if h
et too darned close to b