The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-08
is ADVERTISING GRANITE.
Sergt. John Macdonald of Barre Wants I
Copy Of Memorial Masterpieces"

Sergt. John Macdonald of the l0lst
ammunition train, now with the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces in France,
writes an interesting letter TO Sec H. Z.
Human of the Granite Manufacturers
association, from which the following ex-
tracts are taken:
"Your welcome letter dated Nov II re
ceived. You see it takes some time for it
to get here. When they gave out the
mail / received 10 letters, bundle of
papers and the magazine, Barre Granite,
which Bill sent. | am getting The Times
you are sending and giving il to the
other fellows as soon as / am done with
| it. Believe me, when a fellow gets mail
here it is like having fortune left to
him; and anyone who don't get mail is
some disappointed. ] nm glad that the
new wage scale in Barre was settled so
satisfactorily. ] am trying to get you all
the names of the company boys, and
have enclosed list on separate piece
of paper, and | will keep still about
your surprise package to them. Yes, some
good old Hershey's milk chocolate would
90 mighty good and everybody in the
foutfit would be glad to get some. If any
one cares TO send anything, gloves, nit
tens or socks would come in handy; in
fact, the men need them. We have knit
ted gloves, but they wear out in day
and fellow can't get them very often
Those canvas gloves that cost 10 cents
would be 0. X.
I'VE are having cold weather and snow
where we are--raw, and the wind blows
most OF the time. Our feet bother us on
account of the snow. Say,
Hinman there is fellow named Ladd
billeted here with me, and when ! men
toned your name he said he knew you,
and he wants me to ask you il you re-
member f. /. Ladd, near neighbor of
yours when you were on the farm.
you asked me to write you about !
what we are doing, but I'm sorry to say |
that it is impossible on account of the |
censorship. If it Were not for that | |
could write you the most interesting /
bunch of junk you ever read. Say, ! was |
telling the bunch about granite, and |
would it be asking too much of you to
send me copy of Memorial Master
pieces, so | could show il to them?
"Jan. Z, 1918.
Il will endeavor. so far as censorship
rules will permit, to give you few de
tails concerning our 'luxuries' and habits.
No doubt it will afford the boys consid
cradle amusement to learn that our
bathing facilities are about as good as
hat of the South African baboon who
.ried to pick cocoanuts from the north
pole For four days and nights we have,
oy the power and skill of a fireman
named Hewitt, who fired c. V. engine
,ver Roxbury heights for some years, at
empted to heat water on one of these
nfernal French stoves, using fuel com
,osed of 95 per cent. slate and the rest
old air. for the purpose of bathing; but
very time we take off the tub to put
n more fuel the water freezes before we
an get the tub back on said stove. We |
ave decided by a unanimous vote to
ostpone the bath until next sum /
ler. :
"Not long ago ] saw an article in the
aper treating of the hardships expert :
need by a unit of the national army |
written by member of the same on |
heir Journey south. II is stated that for y
0 long hours they had to ride in Pull a
ian car, crowded. Perhaps they will n
BON be over here, where they will enjoy [
mother one of our comforts. that of rid
II for several days, comfortably seated,
, men in an apartment eight by six,
18th no heat in the car and in climate
Efficiently cold to freeze water in our
,nteens under the ear seat. Not wishing il
, impose on your good nature longer, | Il
i'll close. hoping that you are enjoying Fl
he same good health that we are" b