Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-12-12
From Richard Schlicher
Sunday Night, Oct, &.

start you q few lines TO let You
] an still we'll and feeling
pretty good yet, and l hone yoa
all are the same. Well. | go. a lot
of mail today. ! got nine letters,
so | have passed q very pleasant
evening reading my mail, for
sure like 10 get my mail and this
is the FIRST I have had for quite a
while as l have been up where
our mail was very irregular, for
several reasons. Well. l think the
papers look pretty good now for
US, so | don't think it will be
long till something is goipR to
happen and I believe it will be in
our favor. ! got the picture OF
Lena ana Carl you sent me and
they sure do look natural and |
was sure glad to get them. and
the letter Violet wrote, too. Well,
it is getting pretty cool here; we
have had a few big frosts ont |
guess you have had some there
by nov. I'm sorry there. is no
peaches there this year for OK,
pect to get there in time to eat
some before they come or again
but don't wait to gather the corn
till | get there for you know |
never did Ike to husk corn any.
way but | hope l get back to put
out a crop OF ms own nextspring
| am all cramped up the way |
am lying till 1 can hardly writ
so anyone can read it. think
there is not going to be many
boys left there if they keep TAX
ing them TO the army. | will
close for this time so I'll get to
mail this tonight, so good night.
witt. love to, all from Richard
Schlicher. Co. Bio Eng. A.E F..
via n. Y.
Sunday. Oct. - 1918.
Dear Parents and all: | will
write you a few lines to let you
know I'm still we'll and feeling
fine yet and hope yOT all are the
same. Well, it is raining today
as usual am sending you a
card that will let you send a
small package if you want to
send it and get this in time. l
don't know when | will get to
mail'it though so you may not
get this intime anyway.and there
is nothing | want that you can
send now, so you can do as you
like about sending anything. |
guess you can see about what
you can send and how to send it
by the card. l am sending a few
lines you can send to Edna the
next time you write to her. Will
close for this time with love to
all from-W. r. Schlicher, Co. B.,
10th Eng, A.E. F. via N. Y.
Some place in-Sunday, Oct, u
Dear Sister and family: l will
write you a few lines today to let
you know I'm still alive and able
to crawl. How are you all getting
along by now: l guess you have
heard quite a lot about this coun.
try different ways but as that is
just about all | can write, III
tell you a little of it as / see it. 1t
is a very pretty country in the
summer to just ride over and look
at it but when you get off and
take a good look at it. 1t looks
odd for it all just alike or that is
the people are and the houses.
The people all wear wooden shoes
and | don't think the women ever
die, for ALL have seen are from
100 to 97s years old, and l have
seen a few that look like they
might have been here and helped
to make this country for they
look more like hair pin than they
do people, but / don't think they
ever get too old to work, for the
oldest ones | ever saw were out
in the field raking hay, but they
don't cut hay over here like they
do over there, as they still cut it
with a scythe or most of them do
and rake it up with d rake made
just like our garden rake only it
is a wooden rake with teeth on
both sides of it, but now the hay
season is all over and they are
mostly all digging potatoes for
they sure raise a lot of them
They seem to SOW them
cast and they dig them
with a hoe made just about like a