The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-07
Mrs. Sara Hamilton Writes of East
ern YriD

CHI lip.
Mrs. Sara Hamilton, who recently
went to FIT. Monroe, to see her son,
who is in the navy, has written the
following interesting letters to Mr..
j. Hamilton which w our readers
Sunday Afternoon, Feb. 1S, 1918.
Well, as we are stopped here on
some account, l think it's trouble
with the car some way "a hot boxing
guess) will begin writing again.
We are over an hour late again. 1t
have sure been running through
cago, but now we are running
through Indiana and it is as rough
as southern Iowa, it seems that way
from the railroad tracks at any rate.
Judging from what | can see Of the
town from the depot TT. WAYNE
started again SO guess | will quit
writing and look at the country: It's
not rough here now east OF TT
Wayne, it seems as nice and level
as east OF Chicago.
Monday morning, s oclock--We
are running westward at the pres
ent, going to go back and then
around wreck that is ahead of us.
We are near Altoona, Penn, and
about five hours late. ! had to take
a sleeper on this line from Chicago
and maybe. you don't think ! slept
even if | haven't had cup of coffee
yet. asked the porter about going
to the dining car for coffee. He told
me there was no diner on as yet,
but didn't say when there would be:
! said was feeling fine but would
forgot to send a message to Lloyd
while in Chicago and DR.. Wales
said it would be better anyway to
wait until ] got to Washington and
then ! would know what hour to
wire him that ! would be in New
port News. So ! guess everything is
R i IS out hard Gr e ehf ees When W W
get into Washington at this way OF
travelling. Talk about parts of In
diana being rough, | didn't see any
thing to compare with this country
we are passing through now | will
have to stop writing now and look
at the country again: This IS a very
you get your geography and see
what mountains are here near Al
toona, Penn can hardly write, it's
like riding on the freight from
Blockley to Leon, only worse for
here we run through cuts and VT its
so dark cant see, to write m T., Well tains
these are without waiting, for. Ray
mond to hunt it up, and that is the
Winding around the susquehanna
river We have been having all
kinds of trouble, stopped again
now with another hot boxing. l
don't hardly think | will get to !
Washington before night tif then.) !
It's now 3 O'Clock p. m. The coun-
try is still very rough and rocky. |
The soil looks some like that of ours, !
only of a more reddish cast, some |
thing like in some parts of Okla |
homa, only not hardly so red We |
have now left Harrisburg and seem
to be going south (and | guess, we
are). | forgot to mention to Ray
mond how ! have seen the ever |
green's growing. on the mountain
sides. Most of the snow here is
gone and the ice out OF the rivers. |
see the chunks of ice lying on the |
banks. Most of the wagon roads, l |
notice, are gravel roads, only since
we left Harrisburg then they seem
to be dirt and not much better, ii
any, than ours at home. We are in
now and it's getting dark
so | won't see much more OF the
country. Will soon be in Balti-
more and am sorry that it will be
SO dark that | can't see any OF the
city. neither it or Washington.
The conductor says we viii! be IN
Washington at 7:45 so will quit
writing now and seal it up ready to
mail when we get there. And will
now eat a lunch.
From Mother. I,