He speaks of the "pompy" men who examined them.

"They grinned at me all the time an' the ol' big wig Jedge in the womern's dress got mad if I tried to crack a joke," he wrote in his letter.

"He looked like he had paid too much fer his whistle an' thought I had sold it to him.

Thought he were goin' to box my ears.

John Addums is erbout as sharp as a razor.