The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-23
M1RSHFIELD
Edward Ward Likes England, But Longs
to See Vermont.

to See Vermont.
The following is an extract from let
ter written by Edward Ward of the
American expeditionary forces, lO4th Y,
S. infantry 26th division Co. ID, to Mr..
and Mrs. s. A. Swerdfeger
''Of course / have been thinking of you
as usual and will venture to write again.
l am wondering if you have gotten all
the letters / have mailed you and moth
err / hope SO, at least l am going to
send you two addresses and | want you
to write to both of them just as soon as
you get this and then if am transferred
to my old company and old regiment |
will get it. Oh won't ] be tickled to re-
ceive it.
"We are having fine weather here now,
the rainy weather passing by. The sun
is very warm days but the nights are
very cool, but have plenty of blankets,
thus keeping us warm.
Il wish | could tell you all the sights
and adventures l have come in contact
with since / left Westfield, Mass, but am
not allowed to tell much.
"We are somewhere in England. The
scenery here is very lovely. We rode on
the cars all one day and saw some pretty
sights. England is much different from
what | thought it was. The girls and
women seem to be at the head of every
thing. / am glad of this, for they seem
much more cordial than the men.
Every place in the country seems tol
be taken the best of care of and | never
saw any nicer fields (minus stones1 and
as level as table and very green. The
money here is so much different from
that of America that it is very amusing
to watch the red checked English girls |
try to make the Sammies understand the
value of the different pieces of their
money.
although England is a fine country
to take trip to, there is no danger OF
me falling in love with it so much but
what | shall return to the little town in
the state of old Vermont at my tirst
opportunity. There is not day goes by
but / think of you and am looking for
ward to the day when ! shall return to
the little home on the hill. Then we
shall sit and talk together and 1t will
seem like heaven again.
''How is everyone in Marshtield? Good,
! hope, If you get this, please tell moth
er and all my friends to write to me.
Edward Ward"
The report of the canvass for the Y.
NJ. G. A. fund in this town is as follows
Total number of subscribers, 1874; total
amount of cash received, S2lS69 The
committee elected were j. w. Mears, T..
c. Pitkin, A. T. Davis, T. +. Brown and
Lee Short; secretary, G. L. Dwinell;
treasurer. +. C. Pitkin; auditors, A. T..
III
committee were Rev. George A. Furness,
G. c. Townsend, B. L. Cameron, C. II.
Collins, G. II. Rathburn, S. II. Packer,
G. ID. Perry, Miss Rose Moore, Miss Julia
Aiken and G. B. Wheeler The commit
Tee wish to thank the soliciting commit
Tee and the people of the town for their
hearty cooperation, generous subscrip- |
ions, and patriotic effort in aiding the
allies in the war. Hearty congratula
ions have been received from the county a
committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Davis have been
n Rochester a part OF this week.
Mrs. George Emery was called to !
'eacham last Monday on account of the
leath of her mother. She received word >
Wednesday that her father was also Sc y
iously i'll.
Schools in town close Friday tor the y
vacation. a
Mrs. L. A Evans of Essex Junction :
anne Wednesday to visit her parents,
dr. and Mrs. A. f. Lamberton. -
On account of the absence of the pas :
or, there will be no preaching service 9
t the Congregational church next Sun l.
ay morning. The Sunday school and !
!. T. service will be held as usual.
The ladies' aid will meet at the home p
( Anna Burnham next Wednesday aft a
rnoon. All interested in the fair which a
to be held the second week in De- s
ember are urged to attend if possible. @,
f not, kindly do your bit by contribut- "
ng some article which you 'can make at n
ONE, or notify the committee and they /,
ill furnish material for work to be b
one. Y