The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-13
GRANITEVILLE
John Donald Meets Soldier from Seattle
Who Has Relatives in Barre.


John w. Donald, who is with the Amer
lean forces in France has written letters
recently 20 his sisters, Misses Margaret
and Agnes Donald of Graniteyille, a. fol
lows. The first one, dated April IL, was
written Miss Margaret Donald;
II have started -four or five letters
since | arrived but could not seem To
think of anything to write, so never fin.
ished them. ! am as well as ever, and
like this country fine | have not been
sick since ! left home. not even seasick,
although we had some pretty rough
weather.
Il met Scotchman to-day from Or
| chard Head, Aberdeen. | think that was
what he said. His name was Mcflardy,
and he has an uncle, Jack, and some
more relations in Barre. He and his
folks moved to Seattle, Wash, few
years ago and that is where he enlisted
He said he had a cousin named Isabella
McTIardy in Barre. Is that the girl who
sings so nice
This is very picturesque country,
with its old houses, some of them with
matched roofs, all covered with moss;
old moss-coyered tree stumps and old
fashioned carts and carriages Pretty
nearly everybody who can afford one has
bicycle and uses it every day. |
have lot of fun talking French with
the people here, especially the kids.
can Just talk enough to get myself all
mixed up and some of the kids can talk
about the same amount of English. 1t
is fun to see some of the fellows trying
to figure out how much something is go
ing to cost them in real money, as the
fellows say here when they speak of
United States money.
II heard Elsie Janis sing here the other
night and | thought she was pretty good
as an entertainer.
Il suppose the snow is all gone now
and you are having lots of rain and mud, |
but glad that winter has gone just the |
same. How are Bob and his family and |
Jane and her family, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mckenzie? Give my regards to
the McKenzies and all the rest of my |
friends and give my love to Bob's folks |
and James folks and all the rest of my |
and all my old girls, | haven't
time to write to them, and Harlie and
Cecilia. I guess that's all the list.
did you hear anything about my
state pay? / sent that application for
he colonel's signature and they sent it
% the state treasurer. Did you send my
address to the Forestersg Bill"
The second letter was written five days
alter, April Is, and was addressed to
Miss Agnes Donald:
81 received the letter you sent to Camp
derritt last night, and the one you sent
o Camp Greene this morning, and am
toing to answer them both in this letter
hox Ia h,x !
-ou sent or the one that Jane sent. |
nay get them sometime, but nobody
.nows when. / am as well as ever and
laving great time trying to talk
french with the people here. get along
airly well and am learning fast.
so you were surprised to hear | had
eft Camp Greene. bet you were more
urprised to hear | had left Camp Mer.
lit. / am glad you got the papers about !
ny state pay all right. Did you get my
insurance policy? Let me know if you
i'd or if you do. am glad, also, to hear
hat Cecilia is going to write. | have p,
card that in every letter have received !
rom home and was always glad to hear
Il am glad you liked the pictures.
hink they were lots better than the first, {
lysef l don't think | will visit The I
yeirs for a while yet. That big fellow ,,
ext to me in the picture is a Frenchman !
AIMED Doyen. He certainly is fine
,oking fellow the best looking man in Y
ne company and, so far as have seen, I
/ the regiment. He is not the one who r
ent to church with me. He is free
mixer. ;
TELL Alfred Lawson / viii write as Z
,on as / get time. | wish you would IL
md Uncle Wilie's address, as / lost it 81
hen | was packing up, also Bill Boyce's. 2
was at the Y M. G. A. the other night e
nd heard Elsie Janis. She certainly is
fine entertainer. She sang some of the q
test songs and told some of the latest e,
Inny stories. So you see we have some 7,
,od entertainments and and some of the 81
test, so we should worry.
DO you ever hear about any of the p
Tvs at Camp Greene? / should like to "
ar how Ted McAulay is getting along.
ow are Bob and his family? ] hope
III are all well and that no one is worry
9 about me. / am not in any danger of
cking the bucket for while. Bill" n,