Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-01-29
LETTER FROM THREE GOOD LITTLE BOYS.

LETTER FROM THREE GUOD Little bOlo.
OUT IN THE OLD FIELD,
January 26, 1864.
Dear Pa: We take our Pen in Hand TO write You q
letter. We have G1t something 10 say to You. 1t Is
Bad News, and We are sorry to say it But it Ia the
Fact And we Hope You wOn't get Yery AAdd WITH
Us for telling L. fot Il ia he Real Truh and We don't
mean to Hert your Feelings by telling H. Beclu e, If
we could help telling Il, wouldn't Tell Dear Pa,
the Truth is this U, Boys tina. You cent into the Field
TO Fight the Yankees are getting Mighty Hungry, and
the Reason Of i. All is that we doA' get Enough to
Ei-,
Now You Know tha. Boys that dou't get q Plenty to
Eat cunt Fglt. They eau Fight some. But they cant
ght Good. Be canse IL takes StTeng h TO glt and
No Man is Strong that Don's get Enough TO E.t. We
All are willing not TO Eat as Much a. Yoa All a. Home
A d we All Dout Never get as Good tiles You All
DO but We Eujoy what do Get more than You All
do, Just Because We Pltg-tsked Hungry All ne
Tiq.u, tu We have Got to + glt, and Flung is Haru
Work. and them that have to FIFE aIe obliged 20 Eat
Ii they do.'s, tney OanE Fte Hard.
We know at You Love as Much as any Pa eV,r
loved 10y B.ys. And we know it Hsrts You to Hear
thig wo ars Suffering. We would knot say Anything
aoCu it, but have kept it Back until We Cane keel
it B ,ci auy longer Ii We Did, we would soon get o
PJor aud LJan that the Yankees would Rin O'er Us
ke a Biz Fat Horse running over Timnid little ar.,
aad Dog On I'm they Saant Do it If We can Eelp u
which we ca II you will give u EAough 10 Eat lie
cause if the Iukees Over Us whas will BE Ct
You aud The Blatce Of Ia. Foxes q. Hoam? Tni3 is
InpoFan. 2 ie5tion, d0n't You think 50, Pa!
Dear feae don't ge.F ret.ed with Us lo' cling you
the Reason don't get .ough to Eat. Y,u have got
Great d cal more Wisdom TIA we all Have, but then
You have Lot Got Bad Pane in Your siunmaek be
Cause it Empty, and Ccnst quenuy Your Mind AIM
turned 70 the Subject All tie time like OlIs Is. You
have got Macy g 10 at ena to that You cant be
Exp .c.ed TO Thuk OIL this Su14ct as Oden as do,
n is the Re son we make Bold 10 tell you omethitg
which peril IS you Don't Kuow, aud we z you tO
pardon and Forgive for Writing you letter aooutii.
Indeed indeed DONE mean any Harm by it,or 10 Go
ut Of our Place by Doing it
Dear Pa, the Cause why we don't get Enough to Eat
ia that old har, Mr. Nortnup They ssy He Amt Col
Good sense We don't say il, bus Everybody Gays il.
You 70 him 70 Feed W Well aud We AnI Wei Fei,
that Is csr.au. he is 10 blame for it. No1 il you Was
10 get 40 her Nan ard tel him TO Feel us Well may
be He would Dit II be did no. D. il, then nobody
can ane You foe keeping Nan in office that has
CIT Good seose We feel sorry for tia. Old Man and
wish be had bis Right Midland Enough to do the
Bisness you tod him 10 do. BIT cant wal. any
longer the Pane in our Summack is Bad ard
gelIiug 50 Weak in cur Joynts
We know tat tie Fello Va in old Mr. Northups Office
saw the Peo le ia t. Blame Bat t6at is the way all
lOws do ttas Neglect their Brntss Tley try to
throw t5e Blame somebody Ese, cause if they
not thros the b anne somebody Else, they would
have 10 be Punished for their F-ulLS and the same
line to co-iess that their Punishment Ju,t. But
this Co.'s AgIIs. the Gain, especially of the Eel Ows
tina. Dos Wrong. Ether old Mr. Northup aud his Eel
l1Ws Amt got t, Manage their bisness ele
they have neglected it, Any way, they Ought to nc
aud Nike room TOR NeN SeIt. II they don't, us Boys
" Starve, tn, YanketE will whip Us, and then You
ali Home Foxes will Kstch the Very Devil
Hoping, dearest pa tlat you will Attend TO this Right
Away, we sign our aimee, with all love and Duty
Your afsctol ae sons
To Bob LIE
Mr. Def JAWS Eq. Gus B.wrygard
RchmO9d, Joe JonsiDg.
Virginia.