The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-26
VEST TOPSHAM
Letters Going to France in Good Time
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Letters OOinR 10 FIanSc III hVpu fHs''
Now.
THE following letters, sent The Times
from West Topsham are herewith re-
printed, although to be OF news value l
Is rather important that the puhli'
should know more about them IMAM Una
they were written by Martin" 10 "Moth
err" When sending IN letters Tor pubu
cation. please see that the name OF the
recipient is given. 80
France, May |, lols.
Dear Mother and All: As | have just
cot back with my old company, will
write YOU There was some mail walt
ING for me. so will answer them to-day.
/ am well and hope you are well too
When | got back 10 my company, there
were four or five letters from you and
three or four from Ella, one from Ada,
She says Dick wants me to come there
TIE first thing when | get back, as he
wants to hire me.
There is no snow here and
hasn't been for some time. Folks have
gardens up, also potatoes. They do
their work in funny way.
/ have sent Gladys, Mary and you a
present. Will send papa, Leonard and
Roscoe something soon, as ! could not
send all at once, ] am going TO send
Jessie something too. | have sent $50
more to you. AM glad you got the $50
all right Am going to send all can
spare. | should like to be there to eat
maple sugar with you. Martin
Somewhere in France, Mothers day.
Dear Mother and All: ! thought
would write you few lines to-day, MS
il is mothers day, and | have nothing
else TO do. ! have just heard one OF the
best sermons | ever heard. 1t was fine
| wrote YOU few days ago, so there
isn't any news this time. ! am well and
safe and hope you are all the same
got letter from you the other day that
you wrote in November. II had been to
two or three different hospitals and then
came back to the company.
Well. | have been in the trenches once
and did not get hurt. Everything is fine
suppose you will be having green
peas before long; oh, not for few days,
] mean ] wish | was going to have
some with you. Maybe | can some day. |
got nice letter from Ada the other |
day. She said she sent me a box Christ
mas, but | did not get it, neither the
one that Jessie sent. ! think | received |
all the letters you wrote me ! also got /
another from Uncle Lewis and one from
Mr.. Green, the pastor at Waits River.
Did you get the things / sent you? If
so. what did you think of them? ! am
going to send papa, Roscoe and Leonard
something soon. just souvenir of
France. | am sorry you could not send
me some sugar. ] can't~get any here, but
j car eat some when ] see it.
] suppose Gladys and Roscoe are back
on the farm by this time. hope they
will do well this summer l hope you
plant lot this spring, things are so
high.
] made an allotment of $50 to be sent
you every month, beginning Feb. |. Have
you got any of it yet? also got an in
surance and am going to send you the
card this time. Take care of it, for you
may have to use. it. Martin.
A very pretty wedding took place Sun
lay, June l6, at the home of Captain and 9
Mrs. William Thomas Haigh at Brattle
1oro, when their daughter, Minnie Ella,
became the wife of Lieut., Franklin Phil {
fps Philbrick of Co !, 303d infantry,
lamp Devens, Aver, Mass. Rev. Richard $
T. Clapp of the Center Congregational
,hurch performed the ceremony. The I
were flags. mountain laurel q
md ferns The bride was given in mar L
iage by her father Captain Haigh, who
ormerly was in the British army in In r
liza and few years ago was captain of
20. |, LIST Vermont The bride has held "
position with the Houghton- Simonds c
ompany and the Holstein- Friesian com
any, while the groom attended Mont '
eler seminary, later was employed at
he Brattleboro retreat and went with
o. ! to the Mexican border. He was n
lieutenant at the officers Ia
,hoo in Plattsburg year ago and ex
ects soon to leave for France. Good /
ishes go with Mr.. Philbrick for his II
,ean trip, and we hope soon to see him q
ack.