The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-18
WILLI1MSTOWN
Wine Only Cheap Article in France
Horse Meat Not So Bad.

ID. G. Theriault OF this town has re
ceived the following letter from his son
w. T.. Theriault, written in France Jan
81,
Haven't been struck by any German
bullets, haven't lost hand and am still
able to get an hour or two tYl occasion
ally, so can't offer anything like that
as an alibi might lay IL onto the rain
and it's been raining almost continuously
since we have been In this camp, or bet
ter still, | might lay il onto the work,
Gu second thought. guess I'd better
plead guilty without any attempt TO
produce an alibi. but hope You have re.
called the old axiom, mo news is good
news"
At the outset. lei me say the censor is
really serious person To be reckoned
with, and while Il might be possible to
slip things BY him az certain times. | be-
lieve Il is best TO live up to the rules.
In some cases, what we have done
might be of aid and comfort TO the en-
envy. The censorship of the lOlst am
munition train is most rigid. Our trip
across the pond and England is now an
cient history, but IL will long be remem-
bered for many reasons which | cannot
relate now Suffice to say that that trip
alone will furnish me and most OF the
boys vocal ammunition to bull about
for ages after our return.
Wine? It's the only article IN tins
country that is cheap, oh yes, money
also is cheap. for you can 90 out with
an armload of francs and buy, say, bar
of "savon" The water is bad and hard
to get, so that naturally wine is used in
its stead.
Tobacco? This French product is
fierce. Thanks to the Red Cross and
George Marion, we have just received
another supply to-day, which fills a long |
felt want. Most of us would rather
smoke corn silk than French tobacco.
It's like Missouri long green, with the
leaves cut off and the stems left to sat
isfy the smoker.
do not think things can go this way
very long, and ] look to see the end be-
fore spring and | will be back in moth
ers dining room with small
portion of steak in front of me, | have
a faint recollection of those funny round
yellow things used TO eat there, called
Eggs When we first came here, we had
bread black, but now we have white
bread We have beef and spuds, but no
pork, and sometimes little horse meat
loes not go very bad.
] am enclosing few lines of would
De poetry. which we made up last year
IN the border and it hits pretty good
,ver here. II runs like this:
Did horse. old horse, how came you here
on have ploughed the fields for many a
year. {
gu have kicked and kicked and been |
abused. s
Cow brought here for lst motor com C
pany use.
Now really haven't very much more =
0 say, only that / am in the best OF =
ealth Don't forget to tell all my male
rends that when ] get back | am liable =
0 kiss them on both cheeks, as that
GEMS to be the premier masculine greet
lg in the land of Napoleon.
| will close, hoping [ will hear from
on soon, and please write your letters
tile longer because | am sure the paper
lust be more plentiful there than here.
While waiting, remain your loving son, |
Wilfred. !,
Please send me all the tobacco you can
ct hold of, cigarettes or tobacco. Re-
ards to all who may inquire for me. Z