The Farmington times., 1919-03-21

what this is and there we had quite
little drill and there were quite
lot of plum orchards around there and
very frequently we paid them a visit
to see how they were and if they were
ripe and if they were good. Well it
wasn't long until we got orders to
leave for the front. Well the Amer
leans had prepared for the drive for
most month so they threw over a
notorious barrage and that put the
enemy on the. move so the Americans
went over the top right with the bar
rage and took quite large number
of prisoners and guns. Well this
was my first trip up to the front but
made out good. We wasn't up there
but a few days until we got relieved
and went back into another little
French town for rest. The name of
this little town was Dorgemain. 1t
was near large town named Toul.
So we got a pass to visit Toul. Well
it was pretty nice town to buy SOU
venirs in, providing you had francs
enough. / managed to buy some. The
little town where we were located was
surrounded with vineyards. Well,
plum time was over so we had to Wis
it the grapes. We found that some
of them were on the green order,
There were two kinds of them. One
kind the French use for making wine
and the other for confeitene, or jam.
The latter were the sweetest so we
gave them tho best of our attention.
Well we proceeded to thrive good
then for most of two weeks. Then we
got orders to get ready to leave. We
went on to what is known, as the
Champagne front, and there we
reached our objective in very short
time. We took Mont Blanc Ridge and
several killometers beyond there.
We were again relieved and came back
for rest. We got few days but not
many so soon got orders to go to an
other front so we went on what is
known as Argonne Forest drive, and
it was our final drive. We made rap
id advence and wound up our battle
on the Meuse River. Well never for
get the last battle for | was in the
midst. Believe me l was sure happy
when the last shot was fired. If | ev-
er did listen for anything l certain
ly did then. Well then we were all
happy and SO next was to prepare for
long march. But we didn't realize
what a long march it was until we
began, and believe me it liked to got
my goat. Maybe you think it is nice
to view the country through which
you travel but that was a time when
| didn't view much country for | was
loaded with a large pack and equip
ment and wished it could be reduced.
Well we came to LuXemberg and on
into Germany and on to the Rhine,
where we wound up with what is
known as the "Watch on the Rhine.
| hope that all who read this sketch
or gains courage enough to complete
reading it, so l will explain the pecu-
liarity of the European people. The
people of England, France, Belgium,
Luxemberg and Germany are similar
! in custom, methods and habits of life.
But they are dissimilar to those Of
the U. S. These people weare quite
a lot of those wooden shoes. Well
those shoes look very odd. They make
people look very awkward and they
make quite lot of noise. But the
majority wear leather shoes. The lit
tie French boys dress little different
to those of England and Germany.
They wear aprons over their pants.
Their clothing is very scarce and their
food is not plentiful. What l men
toned above about the farm towns,
they are commonly spoken of over
here as villages. These villages are
composed of farmers. Those farmers
have their houses built close together
and some of them have little one-room
stores and others have cafes and there
they sell books, drinks, such as wine,
beer and a few other drinks. The
funny thing is they have their house
and barn built together. The build
ings are inhabited by people, chick
ems, hogs, cattle and horses. Well
suppose it is very convenient to have
everything so handy and there they
have it on the U. S. farmers. And
maybe one farmer will have one acre
and on that one acre he will have Sc
varieties of stuff growing. And there
is where he has it on the U. S. farmer
again. Where he has it on him again
is when his stuff is ready for market
he puts it on wheel barrow and
takes it to market. / think this coun-
try will be progressive one, though
as soon as they can get supplied again
This war has made change, thanks
to all who read this composition.
LEE E. HIGHTOWER,
Ambulance Co. Is, A. E. F., via N. Y.
Second Div, Germany.