The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-02-20
EAST BELFAST.

Miss Rachel Stephenson is sick with a
cold.
Mrs. Velora Robertson fell while doing
her work last week and dislocated her
knee cap.
Lorenzo Patterson left recently for
Standpoint where he has employment in
the shipyard.
Congratulations are extended Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Larrabee on the arrival, Feb.
18th, of daughter, June Rebecca.
Mrs. Ora Richards of Swan Lake
avenue had jar of mince meat stolen
from the porch where she left it to cool.
MIR. Richards, returning from his work at
the Sherman mills early in the morning,
discovered the empty jar
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Shaw of Mitchell
street received message Feb. 18th an
nouncing the death in Boston of her
daughter, Miss Adeline Minnette Shaw.
aged 27 years. She was employed as
stenographer in Boston several years. She
was found dead in her bed. Death re-
suited from acute rheumatism of the
heart. For the past year she was en-
ployed as stenographer in the Commissary
Department at Washington, D. C. She
was born in Bangor and was educated in
the public schools there, graduating from
the Bangor High in the class of 1912. She
was natural linguist and could speak
several languages fuently. She is sur
vived by her parents, two sisters, Mrs.
Leon Bergin of Pittsfield and Mrs. James
W. Crane of Dennysville, by half-sister,
Mrs. Joseph Curtis of Boston, by four
half-brothers, Harry, Kenneth and Irving
Shaw of Bangor and James S. Shaw of
Portland, Oregon. The funeral was held
at her fathers home, John E. Shaw, Sc
Webster street, Bangor. The bearers
were Leon Bergin, DR.. James W. Crane,
James Curtis and Roy Mason. The in
terment will be in Bangor.
, Ralph E. Strout, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank B. Strout of Searsport avenue,
who has been over seas since Sept. 1917,
as chief machinist of Battery C, 1O2nd
F. A., was for several years member of
the Massachusetts, State Militia in Law
renee, Mass. He was in Texas six months
when the United States had trouble with
Mexico. The following letter has recent
ly been received from him:
Pouilly, France, JAN 10, 1919
Dear Father: Have Just received your
two last letters on the same day. Am
Just writing few lines to let you know
that we are still in the same place, but
expecting to move in few days. OF
course l don't know in what direction,
but am hoping it may be towards home,
if only for a short distance: for l expect
it will be big job to move division of
about $4,000 men the distance we will
have to 60 to get to a seaport. as the
railroads are being rushed to death and it
means a lot of work, so you had better
not expect to see me very soon. Am
feeling fine, and just at present have
fine place to live. Four of US have hired
room and are sleeping in real beds and
we have stove and are able to buy
enough wood to keep US warm. We are
surely enjoying it while it lasts, but it
costs money to live here can tell you.
When l tell you that we burn about S4.00
worth of wood in very small stove
every week, you can imag me that wood
costs something over here. Sometimes
we are able to get some eggs and they
cost us five francs per dozen; that is only
$1.O0, and hard to get at that price. Bread
is not so high, but cannot be bought with
out a ticket, and of course the French
people need all that is made. have been
quite interested in watching the people
in this town kill their pigs, and wish you
could see the operation. They drag them
outdoors and after sticking, instead of
scalding them as we always used to to
get the bristles off, they put them in
pile of straw and burn them Oft. The
| first time saw them doing this thought
they were roasting the pig whole. | sup
pose must not close without telling you
about the weather. 1t is the same as last
winter, rain, RAIN, RAIN, and the mud
question is as deep as ever 1t is easy to
see why all the people in this country
wear wooden Shoes When they go in
the house they leave the clogs at the
the floors. Well, l have seen great
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France and some time l hope to be able
to tell you some of them. AS it looks
now hardly think l will see Germany,
but don't know as l shall feel sorry if l
do not. If l was few years younger
though, should try to 60 as far as the U.
S. troops 60, but at my age l guess the
best thing can do is to get home and get
to work again while wages are good and
work plentiful Don't expect to hear
from me very often for if we start NOV
ing it is a pretty hard thing for me to
find time to do much writing.
Am glad to hear that you are all well
as usual. Please give my love to all the
family and tell them hope to see you all
soon.
AS ever your son,
RALPH E. STROUT,
Oh. Mech Btry. C. l02 F. A.