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a spell & I tell you that Chees & dried
fruit is one of the best of changes in
diet & tell Grandmother that she can
send me a mince pie or a little can of
honey that is if I should send for a box
we are getting a oittle better fare now &
probly if we stay here this winter (& I think
we shall) we shall get potatoes & onions
once in a while & perhaps we shall get a
few Dried apples we should ahve such things
at enny rate you need not do enny thing
about sending enny box untill you hear
from me again Oh what did you have
for Christmas supper I will tell you what
I & Frank had for breafast & supper we had
some boiled potatoes fried stake & some stewd
apples we we bought the thing over to
the Brigade Commisares & I never
enjoyed enny Christmas supper better
than I did that it was better than we
can afford enny day Austin Stafford
was over here the other day & he gave me
1 dollar we have not got enny pay yet
but we expecxt to get pay for 6 months
the first of January Our lieutenant
Colonel our Colne came back
night befor last I tell you we wer
glad to see him he sayes fix up us comfortable
as we can he sayes that he aint agoing to
have much Drill now days