Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-05-15
NED IVEY IN FRANCE,

sweet chocolate at u. >. prices but no
milk chocolate nor chocolate creams.
[ found some of the old fashioned |
chocolate drops, not as good as your
Zoe a pound, and the price was "weet
frang," Francs pound; fresh al
mOnds for franc quart, fresh ripe
dates and figs, not the dried and pack
ed stuff, and lots of such stuff. Prices
on most things here are very reason
able and we have plenty Of money ex-
cept the boys who think they can
play craps, and poker and they never
have any thing.
The Toys are talking what they are
going to have to eat when they get |
home. Nicholas wants grapefruit ev-
cry morning and Shorty is going to |
have stack Of pancakes mile high. |
All Bot wants is to get married after
the war. He wants home and quiet.
So it goes.
Yesterday we got lots of mail. To
day our Co. got but one letter. Re
ceived a note from Will Carter and
will watch for the sox. Three or four
pair will be plenty as [ have several
pair. They are great. Have used my
wristlets a lot here. Grill said yes
terday his Wristlets were the best
thing he had. The weather has been
cool the past few days and the wind is !
damp as we have the ocean on three
sides of us at about equal distances.
Expect you wonder where we are
located. Of course that I can't tell
you and even if I could it isn't on the
map that you have at home, so you'll |
have to puzzle it out for yourselves. |
Good job for you Mr.. Geo. Quigley as
you like puzzles. For several days we
didn't know ourselves until we found |
complete map of France over at the
Y and then we found it easily enough. |
Did | tell you Of our pleasant trip
across the channel? We had a lux
urious English cattle boat and were
on it two nights and day. The eats
were somewhat limited and the boards
in my stall were rough and hard. The
chambermaid wasn't very considerate
of us as she provided no straw or per-
haps the previous load of cattle ate it
all, [ don't know. If they were Eng
lish COWS they sure did We had an
English convoy and had no trouble at
all, in fact [ slept like a log both
nights. A great many Of the boys
were sick as the channel is very rough
and our boat small
We landed about a. m. and march
ed about 3 or miles up hill to rest
camp. Some camp! We were tired
and worn out and had to sleep II in a
tent on wood floor. Small round
tent, Just room for our shoulders
around the outer edge and at the pole |
our feet lay piled in heap.
Next day we marched down town
and boarded the train" Don't think
| am criticizing or poking fun at the !
I II,
they had to give us, never for a min
ute, any Of them can have what I've
got and welcome, but everything is so
unusual that it can't help but sound |
, funny to us Americans.
The train was made up mainly Of
box cars, one-half the size Of ours.
and are marked $40 men or s beasts"
Well we had no beasts so in we went,
35 to 38 to car. Some corn beef
Corn Willie, Red Horse. Pink Mule.
Bully Beef and hard tack was tossed |
in the car, filled our canteens with
water and away we went with a |
blooming train half a mile long and |
10 or II legs hanging out of each door.
At every station we threw hard tack +
to the kids "Biskeet" Merci! Merci! |
they would yell. Well our trip lasted
about "a hours. Slept CD on the floor.
Frances beautiful scenery is very
much like Wisconsin-lots of hills
and trees and rocks. Everywhere we
get glad hand here and they are very
glad to see u.s. Never will France and
the U. S. have trouble if the popular
vote has anything to do with it.
Well we pulled in about p. m. and
tho ''Y' people met us with hot coffee
and apples That tasted good. Wood
en- shoed kids and felt slippered WO-
men gathered around to welcome US.
Marched miles to our camp, an all-in
bunch Of boys. Next day we just
cleaned up and rested.
The church steeples are wonderful
pieces of architecture, so elaborate
and all Of stone and cement, no
shingles and such. We passed SO
many that one couldn't help but no
tice.
Sunday p. m-Well this is Easter
and has been rather lonesome Sun
day. Expect at home everyone who
has new rag is out showing it. We
got no new clothes but this country
is not starving. Some things may not /
be up to normal standard but Germany
will never starve us out. Just you
pSOp10 save Ou CIlS IlS ". -
government tells you-waste the rest
if you please. Some things are not
needed here and some things are too
perishable to ship. They rot or mil
dew in the warm moist deep holds of
the ships. Some are too bulky in pro-
portion to their value, etc.
Support your Red Cross, Y. M. G.
A. and don't forget the Y. w. c. A.
There are coolies Of girls who really
need and require more than we chaps
and they are doing real work and be-
lieve me the fellows appreciate the
girl in the blouse, breaches and put
tees.
1 have no need for anything but
matches and those are tabooed from
the mails and express I believe, if not
send me a hundred boxes of the pen
ny box" kind, red heads preferred.
They don't get damp like the others.
Our Easter menu-We each had /