Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-01-09

Thanksgiving to you all, and 1 wish
l might be there to share it with you.
Love to all.
Eben.
The above was mailed Nov. 20 and
received here Dec. 20.
The following was mailed Dec. 2
and received here Dec. "a.
Dear Aunt:
l have written three or four times
without hearing from you, but l sup
pose there hasn't been time for you
to answer. | suppose you had a great
feed for Thanksgiving, chicken pie
and the like. Gee, l wish 1 could have
been there. We had a fine, well-cook-
ed supper, turkey, gravy, sweet po-
tatoes, cranberry sauce, peach pie
and coffee. 1t was fine in every way
but l was thinking Of home all the
time.
l give you fair warning to have
some chicken pie and cranberry
sauce, chocolate cake with frosting
one-half inch thick and some pump
kin or chocolate pie ready for me on
my return. l think l can eat whole
one of each at one sitting. Don't
think by this that 1 don't have
enough to eat for l do, but l think of
home so much.
l got the magazines you sent and
you can bet 1 enjoyed them. I hope
you will send the Monitor. If you do
send me anything send it in wooden
box for the men down at our station
are rather light fingered and can
easily investigate the contents of a
pasteboard box and help themselves
to whatever they want.
How goes everything at home and
at Irasburg? I will close. Know you
will write just as soon as you get
this.
December 7.
Dear Aunt:
I was awful glad to hear that you
had gotten at least one of my letters.
l have written four or five times since
we landed on this side. You will
probably get the others later. This
is in answer to yours Of Nov ID.
AS l said in my other letters I got
the magazines all o. K. and they
were very welcome. Don't forget the
Monitors will you? I am glad you
are sending the helmet and gloves. 1
haven't either and it is chilly once in
while. I've got two letters and one
bundle of papers.
l am glad Gerald can move little
more. 1t will make him more cheer
full I hope. It's too bad that he has
to suffer so, but I suppose it can't be
helped.
I got another letter the day I got
pleasant. / wish the Grange could
build a hall of their own for I think
it would help keep them together and
they would enjoy it more. How are
all the folks at Irasburg?
The Monitor that he asks for in
every letter has been sent every week
since he left America, and he hadn't
received one of them, also a letter
every week and the one of Nov. IA
was the first he received. He left
this side Oct. 10th.
The following are letters received
by Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. French of
Westmore from their son, Wayne:
Somewhere in France,
Nov. 81, 1917.
Dear Mother:
A week since l commenced this
letter.It is about 9 a. m here so it is
about 3 a. m. there and of course you
are still in bed. You must now real
iez it was the best thing for me to
enlist when I did and not wait for the
draft for l know you would not want
me to be Stacker when all men are
needed to fight for what is right.
am on guard tonight, but do not
have any thing to do until tomorrow
when I shall have to chase prisoners.
all day. l shall keep Homer's address
for 1 may be able to run on to him
some time 1t is better to chase
prisoners then stand watch all night.
Somewhere in France,
Nov. 20, 1917.
Today is Thanksgiving, and al
though I have just written here goes
for a little Thanksgiving letter. l
have just finished dinner and it was
good one considering we are SO far
from home away from supplies. We
had goose, dressing, mashed potato,
asparagus, gravy, peas, cake, and cOf-
fee and sauce, also music by the regi-
mental band, who occupied one end of
the mess barracks. This morning l
went to church at the Y. M. G. A. and
had communion conducted by the
chaplai in so you seewe are having quite
an appropriate Thanksgiving after
all, in spite of the fact we are all
thinking of home at this time. We
are to be allowed to send our photo
graphs in the mail, so you may ex-
pect mine little later. The weather
still continues wet and disagreeable
but actual winter has not appeared
although we have had a couple fur
ries of snow, but not to stay. You
have written several times about my
clothes. Possibly I have not given a
definite answer, but wooden socks of
good length and good knit gloves
which should be dark color so as not
to be in contrast with my uniform are
most needed, I do not find much
time to write to others than yourself
but you can give them the news. I
am truly thankful for many things
today and a year from today l hope
we may have THANKSGIVING together.