Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-29

of the outfits because they had to hike
rainy, snowy, wet and miserable
so you can imagine how unpleasant
1t would be to hike and sleep in the
open With me, however, it was diff
ferent. We would ride in the lorry
to some nice town and get rooms in
the houses of the civilians. I'll new
er forget the first feather bed I
crawled into. 1t was in a dandy
warm room and the bed was about
four feet high. There was a feather
bed under me and also one over me.
besides beau coup" blankets Every
thing is real old Dutch style. The
Luxemburgers are very friendly and
hospitable. They give up their own
rooms to us and invite us to meals.
They surely can cook and bake here.
You ought to taste these Dutch pan
nikushen. You'd eat till you'd bust.
They are sort of pancake with an
pies in the middle Every city and
village we passed through was dec
Grated with flags and paper flowers
and signs of welcome. The inhabitants
would give us the glad hand and the
kids would grab us by the hand and
walk along with us for a ways. We
followed the Moselle river for quite
distance and then followed the Sour
river to this place. I can't begin to
describe the scenery either Luxem-
burg is on one side of the river and
the slopes and mountains are covered
with poles on which hang grape vines.
It is wonderful to see the intensive
farming that is done here. Most ev-
cry bit of land is steep hills and
mountains and they build rock walls
four or five feet high to keep the dirt
from washing down. These rock
walls make the hills look like a great
stairway. Not an inch of ground is
wasted and things seem to grow up
out of the rocks. 1t is very pretty,
too. The lower attitudes have green
grass( at this time of the year, too)
while higher up on the mountains
there is snow. On the other side of
the Moselle river, which is only about
fifty yards wide in some places, is
Germany Germany looks the same
as Luxembourg and we crossed one of
the bridges so / have been on Ger
man soil. The houses are built of
stone and brick and are kept quite
C1Odn1 AC1C.
told you some time ago about a
theatrical company that was made up
of fellows picked from various out
fits in our division. played cornet
last night for them for the first time
and like it fine. They asked Col. Orr
if | could go with them and he said
he would let me if I was willing. /
am glad to be with them because thc v
make side trips and play in various
towns. so I'll be able to see more
country in that way I understand
they are going to put the show on in
Paris soon and if they do it will
mean good time for all of us.
We didn't receive any mail on our
journey from France so | received
quite a bit when we arrived here. I
received my Christmas box and ii
was fine. Only few of the bows
have received theirs so far. The cake
and candies were in excellent condi-
ton and tasted so good Some OF
the boxes were broken but mine was
o. K. During Christmas time there
were sure lot of home sick boys ov-
er here. My box was the only thing
that made it seem like Christmas tC
me. I am in the best of health and
enjoying myself but long to be home
But l must not let myself think of ii
or l would get the blues. Jesse