Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-18
WayIand Kier Sees Many Trout

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kier have re-
ceived the following letter from their
son, Wayland Kier, who is sat Win
chester, England:
March 6, 1918.
Winchester, England.
Dear Mother and All:
Just came down to the office and
there isn't much to do, so will write
you a few lines,
Today was certainly some swell day
We took our blankets out and aired
them and swept out our hut. 1t was
dinner time when we got through. We
then went over and had dinner. 1t
was so nice after dinner that another
fellow in our company and myself de-
cifed to take a walk We sure took a
walk, too. We went down to a place
that used to be q trout hatchery Well,
talk about trout. / saw trout aR sizes
from c inches up to rs inches long.
1t is & private fishing stream now. /
spent the NEST of the afternoon just
sitting there watching those trout
swiM around. Gee, it sure Eade me
think of those fishing trips andy and
! [ used to take. The water was just
as clear as a crystal and the birds
were singing. It sure seemed like d
| spring day. 1t is about the prettiest
place and stream I ever saw. We in
tend to go down there again in day
or so and see if the people will let
.us fish in there FOR an hour or SO if
/ we pay them for it. | don't suppose
Tthey Will, though. We were almost
t]tempted to go down tonight and try
ITO get some for breakfast Ha'! Ha!
] It surprised me in the first place to
see trout in this country. | sure new
er expected to see any over here
When the fellows told me about it,
why | didn't believe them. We must
have walked about Is miles altugeth.
er. Anyway, I am sure tired tonight
They opened up an American COM
missary here last Monday for the
American soldiers, where we can buy
American tobacco, canned peaches
and pineapple, dates, candy, crackers,
ginger waters, and soap They sell it
to us at the American price without
any tax on it, which Is sure good of
them. Yesterday afternoon we went
up there and bought a can of peaches,
one can Of pineapple, three boxes of
crackers, one can of salmon, two boxes
of dates, and some American smoking
tobacco. About 9 O'clock last might
we took all we bought down to the
office, sat around the stove and ate
it. Maybe yUu think that American
stuff didn't taste good to us. Believe
me we sure had some feed-the best
one since | left the states. That isn't
saying whole lot, though. Ha! Fla!
Yesterday was just as cold as real
cold day in Tire winter time over in
Wisconsin, AS I said before, today is
just like spring, so you can see the
changeable weather we have over
here. It is liable to rain any minute.
I was down to the Y. NJ. G.. A. and l
see they had a couple Of papers from
the states with the first news Of the
'Tuscania being sunk. I suppose the
papers were fun Of it for while over
there. Don't forget to send me some
of them. It was just a month ago last
night that we were torpedoed. 1t does
not seem that long to me, though, for
some reason or other / never will
forget it though, as long as live. Ha!
Hat
How is. everyone at home and in
Baraboo? I suppose it is the same as
ever around town. Well. think I will
close and go to bed, as that hike made
me pretty tired. Hoping this finds all
of you in the best of health, I remain,
Your loving son,
WAYLAND KIER.