Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-30
IN TRENCH, CAMP, FIELD
FRENCH HAVE GOOD CROPS ON
SMALL SCALE
TRy Arthur y IasDerson SelieS-sur-( her.

FRENCH HAVE GOOD CROPS ON A
by Arthur p. Jasperson, Selles-sur-Cher,
Dear Mother and nd Sister: l havnr received
any mail for nearly two weeks but think that
! am about due for some very soon, probably
this afternoon. Got letter from Aunt julia
in the last bunch Of mail that l got. She said
that they were all getting along alright, also
that two of the ottum boys lHattie's brothersl
had enlisted in the army. You know they are
both under the draft age Its been beastly
hot during the last few days and today is the
hottest we've had this summer / don't go
out to drill but here in the headquarters
Office I've felt uncomfortable all afternoon.
Hot weather is unusual though; generally
quite cool.
While reading one of the Aberdeen papers
this morning. l noticed the name of one of
my former ro0m-mates in the list of men of the
July draft called for service. He always had
a great horror of even the possibility of get
ting caught in the draft. / guess that he
thought that he was too important in the
commercial world to have his time wasted in
the army. He was manager of a FIVE and
ten cent store. IL tickles TO see that kind
get grabbed in the draft. IL started raining
yesterday and has rained NEST Of the time
since; about like fall rains at home. l am
at the same work that I've been at since
came here. From all present indications III
probably stay here all winter. unless the war
should happen 20 be over before spring.
think that the kaiser and his bunch ought to
soon see that they getting the worst of it,
One Of the principal events of the day is the
much the allies have advanced the day before
We get the European edition of the New York
herald and Chicago Record and a London
paper every day. We usually always well
supplied with ali kinds of reading matter.
We get magazines etc. from the Red Cross
and X. c.
The French people have good crops, at least
in this section of the country, this year. OF
course farming is a much smaller scale
than AT home. Everything is in small patches
between the vineyards. They sell garden pro-
ducts two or three times n week in the market
square here, and sell lot of it to the soldiers.
1t brings n much bigger price than il does in
most places in the U. 5. ! had to pay two
francs (abOut IS cents) for little musk melon
that could have been bought in most places in
the U. s. for less then half that amount
We have had about three days of almost
continuous rain, about like the fan rains at
home. OF course. everything is still green
and the country looks fine with its vine
yards full of ripenng grapes, and the little
gardens.
still working at the same work that /
have been at since | came here. No present
indications of going away from here; may
stay here for the duration of the war. One
would think that the Germans would soon get
disheartened and want TO quit, cause they
are sure feeling the weight Of a superior force
now. | havn't been on a leave yet Would
like to take one t. Nice some ether south
ern France point around Thanksgiving, hut
don't know whether it can be done or not
Might as well much of this country as
l can while | am over here as | don't suppose
that will ever come TO Europe again