The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-27
FROM NEWT MORTON.
Who Was Somewhere in fJiBH, On
The fOnrth Of May.

WY DEAR fARENTS.-l recelV-
ed three letters from you within
the last three o r four days, and
was certainly very glad to hear
from you, as that was the first |
had heard for some time. | am
glad to hear Pete, Jr., is getting
along so well. The aviation, |
think, is the best branch of SER
vice and s beyond question the
highest. | am sure Pete will
enjoy it.
We have been here since Sep
tember and have just realized we
are in Sunny France. We are
now having lovely weather.
Last Sunday our company had
a baseball game with a Canadian
Company encamped about -kilo-
meters from here. There were
two truck loads of US went over.
We had a fine trip and Of course
won the game. We went through
some pretty country. One section
of the road was particularly at
tractive. 1t was almost perfectly
straight for several miles. For
quite a distance it was lined on
both sides with Cork Oak; farther
on, these gave away to Syca-
more, and these, after a few
miles, were followed by Lom-
hardy Poplars. On our way we
saw some people moving. 1t
was amusing to see how they
had their horses and cows fast
ened to each other. The oxen
were yoked together and three
or four cows tied together and
another cow tied to the back of a
cart with a horse tied to the
cows tail; and another horse
tied to the first horses tail. /
am sending some snaps shots, so
Won can see conditions in la
Belle France. One of the
pictures will show you their
method of planting rye in raised
burrows. | suppose the object
is for drainage, as there is a
month or more of rain in the
Spring. 1t rains from the latter
part of March to MAY; and since
the section is so low and level,
there is not much chance for
natural drainage, so artificial
means has to be provided.
Pm not starved nor badly
treated. haven't been sick a
day since came lover here" ex-
cept one or two days / was a
little low in ambition due to an
attack of grippe. | suppose
Father is walking up real straight
since he has been made Captain
of the home defense. That home
defense outfit always causes me
to laugh. think of some of them
| saw last summer in Life" |
believe it is the only thing to be-
long to and have decided to join
it myself the next war we have
| CD imagine father could do
better at shadowing a min spy
(mince pie) than a German spy.
The trucks, of which you sent
me the picture, are the same as
we use here and, in addition,
we have some Ford trucks; of
course, no outfit is complete
without something made by Ford.
The scene Joe sent of the Lin
coin way looks very natural but
it cannot compare in beauty with
some of the French highways
which are lined on both sides
with ornamental trees.
We got the French women of
the vicinity to- do our washing
when we first came over here.
They did it at a reasonable price,
but they had a peculiar method of
doing it. They know nothing
about washboards or washing
machines. They have a smooth
board about three feet long and a
foot or 80 wide set up along the
creek. They pound the clothes
against that awhile, then paddle
them with a little paddle.
We had a good entertainment