Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-01-16
AMONG THE sHIPlIA !!

Albert y. ZyVOlOSkl.) sss*55st3H
things that have occurred among my
finland, they win be found siily-yet
you may find. for the writing was done
in rush and under the most trying
whats the rush stormy" I asked an
old Salt, who wore five hash-marks on
said mo-" that I did not know
WELL. he said Mrs Kitty Finland,
(the ships cat) is to be mother soon
a family is expected"
He passed me as he said that he was
G4g TO- PaSs sentry watcn f2r 5f
dog and two ugly Scotch terriers. .
back to the States?"
was always the first to ask for fur;
loughs. moreover he always received
the furlough. The poor boys mother
his whole family. died twice but when
the ships mail clerk brought mail and
packages aboard, 80 packages out Of a
complained that he had no one in this
world.
Able. the captain of the Hold, said to
me one day: do you know. next to pay
packet is pie day?" Our bakers have
the credit of baking more pies than any
other bunch afloat BESIDES being angso Sa x
artist, while another owns controlling
interest in laundry in which he soaks
things"
the "One Lung Laundry broke up:
well" he said, they did," and shov-
| ing, a piece Of paper in my hands he
| it read as follows: keep clean; we
! wash everything but your back, the
| Lily White Laundry"
joint cooperation with this firm?'
Yes. and what's more. he is SO pleas
ing to the gobs that -e will bake pie pie
crown You 53f o yer tSe b e
Will =" Ashore On Liberty.
| Before reaching France. the execu-
a notice for the bulletin board. that
anyone who is brought aboard by the
guards. under the influence Of liquol
was posted and it read as follows:
100 Confines make one Franc.
Il Franc make one cognac:
40 Cognac make one drunk.
Il Drunk makes a Summary, (Court
70 DRINKS make General. (Court
MartiaD.
! think it over shipmates."
| There was but one man brought
Of them came back with "smoke staci
nut fannisx9 hing
the fat lady was sailor from the shll
chasing around the streets CARRYING
te Ed hs n nfa &ey BAR
can I get? It took him longer to blu!
enough eats for his canary than i
takes supply officer to provide for tn
ship.
When we were to, get back to gu
ship a large motor boat was provides
to haul us. This particular day tn
were about to shove off a Frenchy wa
had duck on the bow of his boat tn
Frenchy sell the duck. It would max,
a nice dinner-who can talk French?
and the Coxs'n of the boat said: Il can
if he wanted to sell the duck. III
Coxs'n shouted in this manner He!
!-quanina-qusacl. quack up 9,
ss!s o to hin Il 'S% tSSSsht ye$ sad y;
French-but little Spanish
After coming on boa o., 81 that night &, on n
der with two quarts of hard cider ant
didn't break either Of themLthey We lt
inside Another sai ,l% when x c0mi ms
to fight for it"
! HOmctvard Bound.
| Sailing home, and when on the higf
seas the officer of the deck. called u1
to the look out-watch in the. crow
nest. whats that smoke on the hori'
zon?" he asked. The lookout answer
ed that he thought a house was on fire
| 1t was that trip, the soldiers were fec
six times day-three down and three
Before closing Iewish to say some:
thing about our store room. We hao
one aboard). They kept everything in
stock from tack to smoke stack. A
very obliging young man from lowe
could fill the wants and what he DID
has lived in Al different states. could
tell, and if Jawgia (Georgia) was in
! the right mood, he could tell you al
| about his Charlotte in New York as he
filled your order.