mr. b. virdot, maybe i shouldn't write to you, not living right in canton but for some time i have been wanting to know somebody who could give me some help. we have known better days. four years ago we were getting $135 a month for milk. they had milk cows and basil the milk. now saturday we got 12. is 12 has to go as follows, pay for the gas to haul the milk, get shopping, pay for coal, during the cold spill by and asked to make would. by a tire for 1 dollar. and i had $2 to buy groceries. imagine, five of us for a month. if i only had $5, i would think i am in heaven. i would buy a pair of shoes for my oldest boy in school. his toes are all out, no way to give him a pair. he was just six in october. and i have a little girl who will before, today's before christmas, and a boy of 18 months. i could give them all something for christmas, and i would be very happy. up to now i haven't a thing for them. i want to jump ahead to how this letter ends. it's one of the more than verbal in things of any o