The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-28
PL1INFIELD
With Good Thanksgiving Dinner Mingled
Thoughts of Home and Friends.

thoughts OF hOnt anu FticHuo'
Corporal Enrol T.. Rolfe brother OF
Mrs. Alma A. futile OF Plainfield, in a
letter TO her from somewhere in France,
dated Dec. IL, 1917, wrote in part as FOL.
lows:
Dear Sister: How are you and the boys
getting alongl Also all the rest OF the
people on the hillg / am feeling o. H..
but ] Just got out of the hospital
had touch of the grip, but ! am on
earth again now Well, Sis, | thought
of you all Thanksgiving. We had one
fine dinner here, but at the same time
would have liked to have been with you
and the boys We had turkey, sweet
potatoes, mashed potatoes, cranberry
sauce, plum pudding, oranges, nuts and
candy-not SO bad for bunch of tin
soldiers
Did you have very many apples this
year? / suppose that you have snow
there by now. Tell Rolfe that | wish
he and his brothers could be here and see
some of the people, the way they live
and dress, and, above all, the way that
they try to farm. Ask Elmer how he
would like to yoke up two cows and go
10 blowing. That is the way they do it
mere. anu uHk fOiltNi NHat Nv "'"''
think to see an old woman coming up
the street pushing little push cart, with
n dog hitched under the axle pulling IKE
Old Nick.
The weather has been fine here, but ii
turned cold last night. When we woke
up this morning, we found that the mud
was all frozen hard. They tell about |
sunny France Well, that may be so,
but | have not seen the sunny part as
vet have wallowed around in the mud
so darned long that / am getting web.
footed If | ever see another patch OF
dry sand or sawdust, you will see me
burrowing like hen.
Did you get my letter telling about
seeing Carroll Goodridge and the rest OF
the Marshfed boys? They are here in
the same place that we are. tell you
what, sister mine, a letter looks mighty
good to us fellows here. | suppose that
everything is going along about the same
as usual there. Is Jason Johnston still
on the place? How are Eds people get
ting along? Hello, sister, here |
am again 1t has been some time since
began this, as it is Dec. % now. 1t is
as cold as sin out of doors. | just came
in and my fingers are so stiff | do not ]
know if YOU can read this or not.
| got two letters from mother the ,
other day. That is the way our letters ,
come, not very often, but in punches
when they do come. guess i have re-
ceved all the letters that you have sent. ! !
! got the pictures of the boys after | got J
over here, and they looked mighty good ;
to me too. | have not received any boxes
yet but the mail is pretty slow getting
through here. d
Now, dear, if you can lay hands on a
pack of playing cards just send them /
along. We cannot get any here and they I
help to pass the time, when we have any G
10 pass. g
] was very pleased with Forests let I
-er. | was surprised to see how well he G.
,ould write. Well, DEAR the day after b
tomorrow is Christmas May it be +
Merry one for you all and may we all be ?
.ogether to enjoy the next Mother e
wrote that she expected to come to see 81
Tou in January. Well, | will bet that S
you will do some visiting. You sure n
rave some horse dairy. | got letter v
rom Mrs. johnson the other day. She j
wrote me very nice letter. When you ic
zee her, please thank her for me and tell
Ter will write when get a chance. We
an only write three letters week, and
If course that won't go around. | was
cry much pleased with the papers you al
ent me and after / read them | took h
hem to Carroll Goodridge, so that he lie
nd Henry Drew could read them. Car 81
oil has been in the hospital with the in
humps. He is all right now. vi
The sun is shining nice and bright, sc
nut it is cold and the ground is frozen er
ard. Please give my regards to all the W
Iarshfield people and tell them that |
ave seen the boys from there. We are re
n the same place at present but guess pc
re will move pretty soon, then we may tn
OF be together. Well, dear, I must close flu
ow. Keep up your courage and don't su
rorry about me, for there is nothing to TO
'orry over You know that / always ha
ras a lucky chap, and no matter what tn
appened | landed on my feet. Good
lex, dear sister; kiss the boys for me pr
nd write when you can. Enrol. su
P. S. Dear Alma: ] Just got the box m,
nat you sent me, and to say that was ST,
leased would be putting it pretty tame. tn
on do not know how mighty good it ca
,ems to get something from home. Well, me
ear, will thank you and say goodnight. thu