A local firm of wine and spirit merchants has discovered that this present schemozzle is nothing of the sort, but is a "circumstances prevailing,"—2 most delicate touch, thal @ro assist us, in the circumstances prevailing, we now ask our Custom-Ers to consider all outstanding orders having been cancelled and to be food enough to send us amended Orders for their actual requirements only which we will endeavour—to fulfil as soon possible. Sweet Waters we may not be able to supply immediately but orders for Dis-Giled Water in Jars, also. Soda Water, we hope we shall be able to execute in reasonable quantities.
Just one other point: what are reasonable quantities of distilled *wwater and soda water? Some of the very advanced connoisseurs claim that even a teaspoonful of the latter has a deleterious effect upon the taste of whisky.
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