The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
From Arnold Petrick
France, October Is, 1918

France, October Is, 1918.
Kendrick Gazette:
| Just line or two to inform you
that I'm still in existance. | have
mt seen Paul yet and don't know
whether will before we return to
the good OLD U. S.
I At the present time Pm in south
ern France near Bordeaux. I've
been there several times. 1t is
quite burg but rather ancient.
The streets are very narrow, the
walks being usually note more than
four feet wide. The driveway
doesn't exceed twenty-five feet on
most of them. They are all paved
with cobblestone. | saw the most
beautiful work of Frances sculp-
tors and masons that it has ever
been my lot to see. It's memoir
.ial to the State of Giroude in the
Public Square adjoining the quay.
A large white glistening marble
column rises to a height of perhaps
100 feet out of pool full of horse
dragons and babies. Of course the
water is shut off on account of the
war but the potential beauty re-
mains intact. The tower is topped
by the winged goddess of Liberty,
that is, Frances. A large platform
surrounds the base of the tower
dividing the pool and spraying
water into two distinct units. The
: base of the column is a large cube
of white marble surmounted by
four women, who are, needless to
say, very much devoid of sartorial
vestments of any kind. They are
placed at the four corners of the
marble cube and the beautiful
column rises from the centre.
Street car service leaves much to
be desired. 1t takes one approx
imately an hour to travel enough
: kilometers to equal about nine Eng
. lish miles. The cars are painted al
Il colors of the rainbow and are SC
{ plastered with advertisements tha
one must almost look twice to fino
{ the destination of the car In place
y of bell cord to stop and start, 9
horn is used. Practically all ths
|. conductors are women and they are
n very efficient in the use Of these
,, horns.
,. While | was billetted in a small
- village l observed many custom
> and practices here that seemed
'e very odd to me. For instance thei
method of shoeing horse TIL
v smith makes the shoe as a prelim
lle mary step, usually from a rod 0
strap of iron from I to 14inch wild
III by inch thick. When complete
&. (. it is very ponderous affair. Th
10 mailing on process is gone thru out
n side the shop on sunshiny days. Th
wife of the blacksmith holds tn
horse, the owner keeps the flies,
, starved layout capable of carryin
off a small animal, from doing s
Lo and the smith nails on the shoe ali
~ ed by his apprentice, whom nearl
- forgot, who holds the foot VI
:. Their horses range from smallt
80 than a Shetland up and are worke
ID on carts some of which have whee
~ seven and eight feet in diamete
Very few four wheel vehicles are
~ be seen in the rural districts. VIII
~ few | saw in Bordeaux had tt
horses hooked on tandem. | que
~ they think one horse can hold bat
\. a heavier load than two.
~ Say, if you wish to please hom
W. W. sick youth please put a separa
~ wrapper on my copy of the good o
49,, Gazette and send it. Without t
',' wrapper around the paper it W
CT not cross the ocean. My correct a
ere dress is below.
Dr.. So long, Farrier Arnold A. Pr
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