The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-04
PLEASANT LIFE IN FRANCE.
Interesting Letter Written by Newt
Morton 10 rs Sister Hiss Joan
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shaving to studying French, |
will write a few lines. If there
are mistakes, don't blame me, as
it will be the fault of the band.
never could do anything but
listen, when | hear music.
The war surely gives the car
toonist lots Of material to work
on. | received several comedies
of Camp Meade a few days ago.
They were taken from one of the
Harrisburg papers and certainly
were funny. 1t reminded me Of
one an English Tommy" told
me about one of their soldiers
who was washing some mud from
his clothes in the trenches, when
an officer called out, What the
'bloomin ell do you mean, washin'
in the same water we have to
sleep in?" and another they
tell on newly arrived Sammy"
who was walking along with his
eyes On the road in front of him
when he happened to pass a
Scotch Highlander with his
"KiIties" on, doing guard duty
at the side Of the road. The
Sammy noticing only the skirt,
raised his hat to be polite and
was about to converse with the
maiden (O" thereby almost
causing international compiica-
tiOnS.
Work is going fine. It is very
interesting to note what changes
a few months make. When |
think that only o few months
ago. one could walk up the road
toward our Camp without seeing
anything to attract attention but
pine forests on both sides of the
road except now and then to see
a Frenchmau pass on his bicycle
or a French woman walking along
busy with her knitting, glancing
around now and then to call
Alier! to her OK team which is
yoked to a two wheeled cart
(about the only style Of wagon
used) loaded with ferns gathered
in the woods and used for litter.
Farther on, perhaps, one would
pass a peasant patiently watch
ing his herd of cows, busying
himself making baskets from rye
straw or a kind of meadow grass
bound with shreds cut from
briars, making a very neat look
ing job. Undoubtedly, off to one
side, one would see a flock of
nice white sheep grazing among
the pines. The flock is being
watched by dog and a peasant.
The shepherd is busy with some
thing and one finds when going
closer that he is making yarn
from the wool. He has a bunch
of wool wound on his arm, and
carefully separating it into a mar
row string with his fingers, he
gives the ball on which he has
the yarn wound a little spin,
then testing it to see if it is
strong, he continues the same
process over and thus utilizes his
time which, otherwise, would he
taken up wholly by his flock Of
sheep.
But now there is much more
signs of activity than we expert,
enced before while watching the
few, but ever busy French peas,
ants. To the side of the same
, road that before was quiet, there
now is a narrow gauge railroad
, running to the station of The
4 small village not far distant from
: Camp, and dinky engine with
2 its string of big cars loaded witt
, lumber, goes screaming by. Tht
\ buzz of the big motor trucks hai
even ceased to be a novelty tt
= the little French children. Fht
: maratime pine trees SO mucl
S priced by the French are rapid!
g being felled and as rapidly takel
!, by log cars to the mills whicl
f have been established for tn
purpose of transporting them in
to all kinds of available materia
S for war purposes.
n There are also others beside
t our COMPANY. in this section an,