Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-17
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ing | wanted So | went On down 10 a
farm house and bought some bread
and cheese and milk The bread Was
rye bread and il tasted mighty good
We ate il there and also drank a
hottie Of VINE. II cost as tW0 frame
40cl tor four Of Us. and Ne had all
We wanted 20 eat Tor Ice apiece. which
We c0ulaE d0 in the states
II is NOW g.3u p an and The sun is
iast setting. Z, will not be dark anil
about II O'Clock and il IS daylight At
81 a. m. So the nights are very
short at tins season OF the year
n seems odd TO Us 10 10 TO bed az
daylight and gel up al daylight In
fact Il We want very much sleep ~e
would never see the moan.
The climate here is very cool. espe-
cially At night The days arr pleas
ant hut the nights are too cool 10 be
comfortable without an oyerc0at.
Everything necessary seems 10 ne
n,entffm on course there are some
things that are scarce. such as tobac-
co. which is very hard 10 get. Ii II
were not for the I. VI. c. A, We would
20 without lots Of things They run
The canlepns IN the camps and they
are 10 be found wherever soldiers are.
They are certainly great help to us
Bnt. as you know. | always did praise
them Every hil NJ ground mat can
h, used is cultivated here Even IN
the city of Bfe't The people have plow
cd M their front yards and planted
iam. The French are cafainly
there. and they are putting up a
great fight We are All trying to
learn French Whenever one OF rs
find n new French word we teacn The
other fellow how to say it, and ne In +
turn springs il on a native and 20 HIS .
inter disappointment the native does
not 7now what he is talking about
Dut that does not discourage us.
We try il on the next one with JUST !.
as much confidence, and aIlef about
SIX Or eight trials We begin to think
The French don't know how TO speak
Their own language. or course We
would never admit that We mispfo
nounce IL.
We have great time trying 10
buy anything. The people don't
know the value of our money and we
don't know he value of theirs. There
fore. someone usually gets a bad bar !
gain Sometimes II IL the French, but
more often II IL the American. They
think q nickle is worth more than a.
dime because II Is larger and some.
times We can get ahead Of them IN
thai way, but present them with
dollar bill and that's when they get
you.
This short changing Is very rarely
done mtenl onaly. but done through
Ignorance or exchange,
Well, mother, II Is nearly bed time
and so must quit for this time,
Remember. please do moi worry |
about me- am feeling fine and eat
Ing like a horse and really enjoying !
myself even though | am in the army
Write me often and send me long
letters If YOU get the chance please
send me some tobacco for, as | have
said before. il Is hard to get.
Lots and lots of love to You and
dear old dad and Anna-Mae,
SERGT H. II. CARPENTER.
Co c, l2Jh Inf "A. r. f., via New e
York j
Segt. Cassidy.
IN letter 10 his mother, Mrs A. :
Gas Idly. as Washington street Ser
geant j J Cassidy OF Company G,
aays;
D4n Mother
last a few lines to lei You know q
that we are both line aud hope this ,
letter finds YOU all the same We ar Y
rived over here last week. 80 Il isn't II
so had After wn rest for few weeks
Ne start to work This Is a nrp,ty +
country around where wr are. About j,
pyery bonee oyer here ynu can hpv,
wine. II Is Joke to see some Of these g.
French neonl4 win m,r money and
we are mst ~ mad with ,hejrs They
have theh harms riehl IN their hon4oq !
over here. II was SIRE som. trin 1.