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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25

D. B. OSBORNE ant crops with
which to feed and clothe our army
and navy; the armies and navies of
our Allies-our own people at home
and the peoples of our Allies in Eu-
rope.
Failure would bring disaster to our
army and an untimely and unneces-
sary death to many of our boys who
have gone forth to battle in defense
Of our liberty
But, Mr.. Farmer, we know that I'M
der the great responsibility placed
on you by our Government, that there
is no such word as fall in your vo-
cabulary and that nothing short Of in
surmountable provdential causes could
prevent your answering fully to this
responsibility.
However, maximum crops can only
be had by the judicious and intensive
use of fertilizers, good seed, thorough
cultivation, and labor-saying machin-
cry.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
s. AND BOX

19i7-19 go down in history as
the most ruthless Of the age......
Joe Gray carries an Irish wake
nose as a result Of a fall on The
ice ..Just now is the Geth-
semane Of the void war.
We are GLAD TO have some more
foolishness from Buck Snort,
which will make .us laugh these
cold nights. ...... Rabbits were
picked up like walnuts Tuesday,
as they could not make their
getaway in a foot of snow .........
Everybody was loyal Monday,
and closed up. Even the mechan-
ical department of the 1ndepend-
ent went cold, and thereby saved
o couple of scuttles Of coal. .......
Even if it is a bad day bring
your hogs to the towns Saturday,
and sell to those who want tc
buy. We know Selmer and
Bethel Springs will have some
nice ones for sale........, The Mis-.
sissippi river, from the head te
FNatchez. is either frozen over
or desperately gorged with ice
A number of boats at Memphis
were crushed like egg shells. 49,.
THE sun made an extra effort
Wednesday to give US a LITTLE
warmth, and succeeded in melt
ing snow on roofs sfacing it,
smiling phiz........ Coal, owing tx
the weather, did not reach the
quantity that was expected o.
needed. ....... If a severe winter
linsures a big crop, won't thu
coming one be a buster! ........
Judge Everett came Monday ant
adjourned circuit court until thu
regular May term. ..Seimel
High School, like most in tht
state, adjourned Monday fol
three weeks. ...........If the Hun!
should break the French line ant
march on Paris, would they thel
not be in a fix to hold territory
not prepared with groundhol
holes. Hurry up our boys
They can kill a Dutchman onlant
like they can shoot a sqrirrel''
left eye out..-.,. Blackjack Woo
|
and an open fire place beat ca
load of coal somewhere on thu
line"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Lumber

Rough Lumber, Framing, Boxing,
Well CURLING, Fencing, ETC., at rea-
sonable prices. Can fill any sized bill
on short notice.
SOUTHERN FARM CoMMIssARY,
at Rose Creek.
p. @. Address: Selmer, R. /.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Fatal Accident

Walter Sowell, aged 27 years,
while ost hunting last Friday, in
crossing a ditch, his gun accidentally
fred, shooting to fragments his hand
and arm. He did not reach home for
an hour, and was so weakened by loss
Of blood that he died soon afterwards
He was an industrious farmer with
wife and two children. He lived
near Falcon.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Registration Of Germans


of the German Empire or Of the I'm
perial German Government, being
males of the age Of IA years and up
ward, who are within the United
and not actually naturalizsd as Amer
lean citizens, are required-to register
as alien enemies.
2. Said Registration will COM
mence at 500 Am. on February
4th, 1918, and will continue on each
day successfully thereafter between
the hours of 600 am. and 800 pm,
up to and including the 9th day of
February. 1918, at 500 pm.
3. Persons required to register
should understand that in SO doing
they are giving proof of their peace
full disposition and of their intention
to conform to the laws of the United
States.
Every registrant should read care
fully the form Of registration affidavit
handed to him ard ask the registra-
tion officer for explanation on all
points not clear to him before at
tempting to ill out the blanks. Reg
istration officers are instructed to
give registrants all possible aid in
the way of explanation and advice.
Each registrant is required to fur
nish four unmouuted photographs of
himself, not larger than 3 by 3 inch
es in size, on thin paper, with light
background. All four photographs
should be signed by the registrant
across the face of the photographs,
so as not to obscure the features, if
the applicant is able to write.
Three blank forms of registration
affidavit must be completely filled out
by the registrant of his represents
tive with the exception Of the blanks
indicated to be filled out by the reg
istration officer and the description of
the registrant and the placing of
finger prints on the blank and must
be produced by tie registrant per-
sonally to the registration officer and
be signed and sworn to by the regis
trant in the presence of and before
the registration officer, who will fill in
the description Of the registrant and
supervise the fixing of the finger
print and the attaching of the photo
graphs. II the registrant cannot
write he must make his mark in the
signature space and afix his left
thumb print in the space provided
opposite the signature space.
The finger printing is method 81
identification and follows the prac
tice observed in the Military and
naval service of the United States.
The registrant is hereby informed
that he must again present himself
before the registration officer who
took his oath after 10 days but be-
fore Is days from the last day fixed
for registration in his registration
district to obtain registration card,
upon which he must sign his name,
or make his mark, and place his left
thumb print in the presence of the
registration officer.
4. All German Alien Enemies are
directed to appear before the Post
master in the locality where he re-
ceives his mail on the above dates for
registration. Should the registrant's
place of residence be SO located that
he receives his mail from two post
offices, he may elect at what post
Office he is to register. but he must
Immediately notify the other post
Office of his election.
| S. A. TREsEvANT,
/ U. s. Marshal,
/ Waatorn n;tcg of Tonn
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25

Btato o. Ohso, City OF Toledo,
Lucas County. %.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
II senior partner Of the firm OF r.. ].
Cheney q Co., doing business in the
City OF Toledo. County and State afore-
sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Swern to before me. and subscribed
IN my presence. this 9Th day Of Decem-
Der, A. d. 1885. A. W. GLEASON,
(6eaD Notary Public,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
#. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25

Chairman Of the County Court Geo.
Prather is severely i'll at his home at
Rsmer with pneumonia. His doctors
and relatives are seriously alarmed
at his condition Thursday as we 90 to
press.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Milk Cows For Sale

We offer a few fine young milk
cows with young calves, at $65 to
STE each; cash or terms.
SOUTHERN FARM CooNHoUND KEN.
NELs. j, E. Williams, Mgr,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25

Small farm for rent two-room
house, stable. garden. spring water,
l5-acres good land. Apply at this
Office.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Notice

You can always sell your mules to
GRAY BROS. at Adamsville or Sell
mer. Want them 151 hands high.
ii GRAY BROS.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Change Of Schedules, Mobile &
Ohio R. R.


We are authorized to announce
CHESTER A. SCOTT candidate for
recollection to the Office of Register,
subject to the will of the republican
pirry.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-25
Mr.. Farmer

Mr.. Farmer.
The above picture
exen1plifies t b Q
vital Importance
of your position in
the World War
The fight OF free
dom and democra-
cy against German
autocracy..
u pom you | g
placed the grave
responsibility Of
producing abund-
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10
Ney. Use for the x-Ray.

Interesting experiments have been
conducted at Munich and Vienna in the
examination of old portraits with
Roentgen rays. One Of the curators
of the art museum used the X-rays on
an old Madonna portrait and discoV'
cred evidence of a later overpainting.
In Vienna Prof. Max Dvorak applied the
same test to a picture of the Man
.egna school, which had been badly
disfigured by later attempts at recon
I iructlon. The X-ray photograph dis
closed perfectly the original contour
Of the painting.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10

Brine valky, kterez tato zeme
nese, zvyseno bylo jeste v posled-
nj dobe nezvan5m hostem, spaniel
skou chfipkou, kteraz die 1sudku
lekafe jest tezsfm typem obyGejn6
chfipky, inhuenzy, poeatkem I'll
my pravidelne Sc dostavuji. Oso-
ba, spanelskou chfipkou onemoc-
nela, zakousi vice bolesti a rnz-
n5ch nepEijemnostf nez v pfipadu
chfipky bycejne a jakekoliv zaned
banf m1ze mfti osudne nasledky v
zapeti.
Pfedejiti chorobe i v tonic pff-
padu jest rozhodne prospesneisi
nez leGeni. Zdravotni komisaf
mesta Chicago, DR.. Robertson cd
porucuie nasleduifcf ku uvsrovani
Sc move teto nakazy:
Zachovejte stffdmost v jidle.
Odfvejte Sc peGllve. Varujte Sc
nejmensiho nachlazenf, j jen tako-
We, jez 'husi k6zi" pc tele vyvola
va. PeGujte o stale provetravani
obydlf i mfstnostf, v nichz PRAGUE
tie. Nenavstevujte mfstnosti, kde
mnoho lidi Sc zdrzuje a kde venti.
lace jest nedostate6na. V loznici
meite pc celou noe alespoh jedno
okno otevfene, aniz byste Sc vsak
rrIvanu vystavovali. Udrzujte 81
nohy y teple. l We dine varujte sc
vseho pr6vanu.
Jste-li postizeni chfipkou, "a
chovejte pfesne nafizeni lekafe.
Zdstahte v posteli, pijte horke jen
n6poje, udrzujte Toinou stolici !,
neopouStejte obydli dokud dplne
uzdraveni nejste. Zanedbani le
kafsk Sch pfedpisG m1ze miti mel
Gasteji IA nasledek zanet pile v me-
teAsi jeho forme, an telesny sys-
tenn chfipkou znacne jest seslaben,
Pfiznaky spanelske chfipky
jsou: Nahle mrazeni pc tele; prud
Ike boleni hlavy; bolesti Y zadech
pc celem tele; pocit vseobecne ne.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10
How Many Cubic Feet In Ton Of Coal

How Many Cubic Feet In Ton OF coal7
Here Is a little information which
will help you to solve the vexing prob
lem that is apt to be a hardy annual
that is, how much coal to order IN
order to fill the bnnkeis, but without
having to put some In an old barrel In
the clubhouse. A ton Of egg coal con-
tains from t~hirty-two to thirty-eight Gu.
bic feet, averaging about thirty. five. By
measuring the cubical contents of your
bin you will be able to estimate how
much TO order to fill them. This may
be done by multiplying together the
length, breadth and depth of your bin
Popular Science Monthly.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10
J. A. MATUSKA
BARBER and HAIR DRESSER
Oscar Janda, manager.
TABOR. 8. d.
New York 10 Oldest CITY.

new YORK 10 Oldest City.
The oldest Incorporated city in thu
United States Is New York, fncorporat;
ed In 1853. Boston, although settled
In 1880. was not Incorporated till 1922.
having passed through the Revolution.
airy war and a long interval besides
without a city charter. Other Ameri.
can cities were Incorporated as fol.
lows: Philadelphia, In 1701; Baltimore.
In 1855; Pittsburgh, in 1919; Cincin.
natti, in 1919; st. Louis, in 1922; New
Orleans. in 1905; Detroit, In 1924; In.
dianapolis, in 1881.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10

volnosti, bolesti v krku.a horeGka
dostupujfcf 10l az 1O4 stuphG.
Phi pravideln6m prIb9hu nemoci
krise dostavuje Sc pc dvou al
tfech dnech a zachovavsjf-li Sc
pfesne rady lekafovy, zahy dojde
k 1plnemu p~ozdraveni.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10

Poslednf ned9li v tonic mesfce,
dine 81. ffjna, zaveden Dude v ze-
mi opet normalni Gas, totiz hodiny
posunuty budou o jednu hodinu
zpet. Posunutf nasich Gasomern
jest zcela snadne, vsak pfi tom
pro hodiny nebezpeGne, nevime-li,
jak pocinatf 81 81 name, abychom
hodinove dstroif neporouchali.
Vsechny hodiny bicf lepe jest
ma hodinu z~astaviti nez ruGicky o
hodinu zpet pesinouti. Nebo NH
Aeme u hodin bicich rucicky poz-
volna o jedenact hodin ku pfedu
posunovati, dbajice vsak toho, ably
spravne hodiny, phl a ctvrt hodi-
ny odzvonily. RuciGky bicfch no.
din nemGzeme posinouti zpet, aniz
bychom bicf dstroji neposkodili.
U jinych hodin mnzeme ruGiGky
%posinouti do pfedu O II hodin, j
rucicky o hodinu zpet posaditi,
aniz bychom hodinovemu dstroji
znatneji ublfzili. U budiGku mu-
SINE rucicky jen o ii hodin vpfed
popohnati a teprv pc te budfGek
naffditi. U hodinek kapesnfch
nebo zapestnfch posunou Sc rucic
Ky pc iich uvOlneni O hodinu zpet.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10

Scotland, 7.-Minule pondelf Sc
diva blazni pfedjfzdeli ma automo
bilech jizn6 cd mesta. Proti MIN
jel EN-. Mehrer, ktery Sc Jim w.
hnul, ale byl zasazen karou a ODE
Sc pfevrhly, a kara Louis Novaka
Sc rozbila ma cimpr campr. Pr.
Mehrerova m4la r~oztrzenou tvaf,
jez byla j sesita nekolika stehy;
James Pilaf ma ranu ma Have q
Louis Novak, jenz vrazil do Meh.
rera, dostal do zubd, a Jungmann,
ienz Sc S MIN p~fedjizdel, vyvazl
bez pohromy.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10
RHINE zprdvy.

Dante, 7-Velke nest9stf Sc sta
10 v rodine Jerry Kruberta, jenz
rentuje farmu Zenfskovu, minulS
Gtvrtek. Pr. Krubertova toho dne
sla dojit kravy a zanechala til ma
le dftky ma tn chvfli donna: 4 roxy
stareho synka, 2 roxy starou hol-
ciGku a 6 mesfcn stareho kojence.
Hoch "a nepfftomnosti matky ma
Sci sirky a zapalil papfry kosi u
kamen. Vedle staIa 5-galonova
nadoba S kerosinem, ktera chytla
a vybuchla. Hosik jakmile uzfel
oheh, bezel k matce a sdeloval j.,
Re nezapalil. Matka hned mela tu-
Semi a spechala k pffbytku, avsak
do witt nemohla, nebot pfi otev-
fenf dvefi, plameny vyslehly tako
YOU prudkostf, Re nebylo mono.
Ia malou chvfli budova byla pro.
menena v hromadu popele. Pc
nestastnfch dftkach bylo nalezeno
pouze neco popele. Krubert v tn
dobu mlatil ma farme Johna Sou.
kupa. Pohfebnf sluzby "a dftky
Sc odbyvaIy v presbyterian koste.
lie v nedeli a popel ulozen v nado.
be do zeme ma hfbiteve; obfady
vykonal rev. Junek.-V sobotu
odpoledne Sc pfevrhla kara u far.
my Lloyd Brena, S lidmi, jenz jeli
z Washington Springs do Yankton
Muz jenz karu ffdil zhstal pod ka.
rou a dive zeny, jenz S MIN jelly, "a
volaly o pomoc pc telefonu. A. J.
Fillaus a John Cihak jeli IA pc.
moe a muze vyprostili. Mel dive
Zebra pferazena a rameno vyklou.
beno a byl potlucen ma obliGeji.
Damam Sc nestalo mic.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-10

Yankton, 7-Ony ctyry devcata
ktere pfee nekolika tydny prchly
z domova a byly nalezeny v LIE
Mars, Iowa, jsou jiz donna. Jsou
to Mary Westhorpe, Is let stsra;
Naomi Case, II let; Irene Hamlin,
Is, a Olive Seeley Is. Devtata
81 umfnily jeti do K%alifornie, kde
hodlaly obdrzeti praci phi pohybli
vych obrazech. Jelly do Sioux Ci
ty kde Sc ubytovaly v hotelu a
kdyz Sc tam objevil otec pryne
jmenoyane, prchly zadnimi dvef-
mi a ujeli do LeMars, kde Sc uby-
tovaly v nocleharne. Ma to Sc SEE
mainly Sc ctyrmi hochy, kteff je
wall ven ma v5let v automobile, a
celia ~spolecnost pax ztravila dive
noel We venkovni skole u Remsen.
PAX Sc vratily do LIE Mars, kde
vsechny obdrzely zamestnanf, "a
pax pfijel serif a jejich otcov6 a
wall je domu.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11
CHURCH NOTICES.

ST. Michael's Episcopal church. Rev
Francis Foxcroft of Boston will occupy
the pulpit Sunday. Services: Com
munion $ o o'clock; sermon and com
munion 1890; Sunday school at 10
Unitarian church, Rev. F. Q. s. Os-
good, pastor. Service Sunday morning
at 1890 Subject of sermon, Unwearied
in WellDoing. Sunday school at 1l.45
All are welcome at both services
First Church Of Christ, Scientist
Emerson building, Elliot street Sun
day service at 1915 a. m. Subject
Adam and Fallen Man. Wednesday
evening testimonial meeting at 7.4J
Reading ranm open daily, except Sun
days, from , to ) o clock. All arc vel.
come.
Confessions will be heard Saturday
afternoon at $50 and In the eve
ming at 80 in st. Michael ; Roman
Catholic church. Masses : saaaapaA.,sl
$50 and 1890. Sunday school at tn,
Oak Grove school at , clock, also :
first communion class at St Michael :,
school at ) o clock. Mass each morn
ing in the church at clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11
Tho First Whipoorwiu.

Last night | heard a whippoorwill the
first one~of the year,
\ wild, and melancholy call that echoed
loud, and clear;
And as listened to that cry that
touched the night with woe
1t carried me across the years to days
of long ago.
| saw an old farmhouse with its velan-
da long, and wide,
Where often at the close OF day, with
loved ones at my side,
I've watched the moon rise up behind
the tree-tops on the hill
And heard across the deep ming gloon
the call of whippoorwill.
All, me, the years are flying past, my hai
is growing gray,
Old dreams have fled, old friends ar,
dead, old pleasures passed away
Sometimes | feel that nothing's left 0
times that use to be-
Except the lonely whippoorwill-th,
whippoorwll and-mel
Whitney Montgomer,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Rev. Francis Foxcroft of Boston will
occupy the pulpit Of st. Michael's Epis,
copal church Sunday.
Rev. D. J. Guest will conduct the
chapel service at the Retreat Sunday
afternoon at clock.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
alliance will be held in the Unitarian
parish house Monday afternoon at O
clock. A full attendance is requested
The last meeting of the Brattleboro
Ministerial union for the season will be
held at the home of Rev. D. E. Trout. 9
Williston street, Monday morning at
9.45 o. clock.
The graduating class of st. Michael Is
Parochial school elected the following
class officers yesterday: President
George W. Shea; vice president, Mary
E. Grady; secretary, EVELYN NJ. Austin
treas, Elsie NJ. Danvew.
Recent depredations on the Valley Fair
grounds have come to the attention of
fair officials, who issue warning that fur
Their happenings of the sort will result in
legal action. Some of the paraphernalia
of the high school track team has been
stolen and damage done to some of the
buildings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11

Those who believe in Seeing America
First will be more than satisfied with
the scenery that makes Hcadin South.
the new Aircraft picture which is to
be shown at the Princess thcatcr on
Monday the most distinctive film of
the season.
Besides taking YOU on tour from Can
ada 20 Mexico, from the sun beaten des.
crt of Arizona TO the snow-tipped
mountains Of Truckcc, Cal, showing n
broad sweep of the Mexican border.
there IS an uudcrcurrcnt of fascinating
mystery and romance.
Fairbanks Is an expert horseman, and
his riding scenes at the head of 200
cowboys are intended to thrill the most
blasc patron of a thcatcr The real Mex.
lean border at Nogalcs was selected a,
the background for Hcadn South. dis
closing views Of conditions that will
cause endless comment.
For these scenes q special train was
chartered from Los Angeles to Nogale,
which included eight Pullmans and /.
freight ears, transporting over 200 PEG
pie and an equal number of horses
among which was Smiles, the famous
Fairbanks pony, who has a number o.
strenuous scenes.
Ginger, the Alaskan malamute, VIII,
is Fairbanks S favoritc dog, was takcl
on the trip and on several occasions wa
given up for lost when he was on hun
for prairie dogS.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11
TO PROVE RIGHT IS MIGHT.
Gov. Graham Tells Conference This War
VIII Settle Issue

MONTPELIER, May H-''When this
contest is settled it will be settled for all
time, Gov. Graham told crowd of war
workers at the second Vermont war con
ference here yesterday The settlement
will prove the government added, that
right makes might and that might does
not make right
Among the speakers at the afternoon
session were Maj. Rutledge Smith OF the
national council OF defense and Arthur
Bestor. president of the Chautauqua in
stitute. Last night Carl Nrooman. as
sstant secretary of agriculture, Fred Wal
colt. vice president OF the knickerbocllcr
trust company OF New York and Rev.
Laughlin Mclean Watt, pastor of St.
Stephens church, Edinburgh, Scot, were
among the speakers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11
ADJUSTMENTS.
Attractions at the Movies.

Western picture, Cavanaugh of the
Forest Rangers, and a Mack Sennett
comedy, Friend Husband. featuring
Charles Murray, are the attractions at
the Princess theatre today. On Monday
Douglas Fairbanks in Headin South
will be shown, also Through Alaska
with Burton Holmes.
A Night in Arabia, fouract drama
Muggsy III Society, a comedy, Selig
Educational, and Pokes and Jabs in
The Collectors, a comedy, are the at
fractions at the Empire tonight. On
Monday William Fox presents the Fox
kiddics in The Babes in the Woods, al
so the Ford Educational, as the attrac
tiOns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-11


Letters dated April >, April Is and
April 20, written in France by Sergeant
John j. Clarity of Brattlcboro. have
been received by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. Clarity Of 80 Clark street. When
the first one was written Sergeant Gar.
rlty was with Company A, lOlst ma.
chine gun battalion, but in the second
he speaks Of having been transferred
10 Company d, l02d machine gun bat
talon.
In the letter Of April he saws he
never felt better in his life. "Whcn I
get near the Huns he writes. ''it
makes my good old Irish blood boil. /
have been on some trip since | wrote nv
last letter, and it was corker; it
couldn't be beaten by any army in the
world. The Goth division is the best
division in France today. The National
Guard has made reputation here that
the regulars cannot surpaSs. We have
had the real test and we met it like
veterans, and we have vet TO see the
army that can beat us. The trenches
Is q good life in some respects and in
others just the opposite. Nothing looks
hard 10 me now; the harder il is the
better like il.
Writing on April Is Sergeant Clarity
says: "Therc is no more healthful
place in the world than just where we
are az present, right on the first line.
and we have 40 much confidence in our
selves that wc feel Just rs safe as if we
were az home. That is the kind Of
men good old Vermont has fighting for
her here. There are Vermont men in
every branch of service in the 26th di
vision, and Vermont ought to be proud
of II. because We have been recognized
by the American and French generals
rs the best division over here. We Ger.
tainly have fighting men with us. We
have made raids time and again with
out losing man and always bringing
back prisoners. The Huns have raid,
ed us, but have always met with warm
reception. Sometimes few would get
back, if they vcre lucky, but nine times