A Love Letter"
From French Utility'
"To the Editor of the "Nogrmz-CuiNA Dairy NEWS"
Sm—This afternoon I was "very much surprised (not to say, shocked) to receive from the French Tram and Light Ca. a love letter (avec des sentiments distingues) to the effect that "owing to the increase in the cost of materials and maintenance of electric cookers" (7) they are forced to raise the monthly rental of same from $2 a small model and $250 a large one to $10 and $12.50 respective-
En réponse, I am thanking the jeompany for sparing me the suffer-lings of a double shock in not send-ug simultaneously a notification re Increase in rental of electric meters fowing to etc. ete." (we know it by po already) which however I hope o receive in the very near future (things these days are moving rapidly to a climax).
Et dites moi, s'il vous plait, chore compagnie, si jo voulois acheter cette petite cuisinière (mine is a small model) combine, how much should I have to pay for it in cash or instalments, et n'oubliez pas and please do not forget to take into ac-€ount the amount I have paid already during these four years I have had ihe pleasure and privilege of using this. petit Westinghouse model?
I have always contended that in the happy corner de l'Extréme Orient, awe, Frenchtown ratepayers have al-always been the happiest, inasmuch as passing and legalizing of all sorts of igqueezes, increases, short weights, etc, have never bothered our F. C. pees to any great extent, and we ave always been spared the wallawalla accompanying such events in the Settlement. We, les plus privilégiés, have no say in such matters, chest à dire, we are always presented with a fait ae Eh bien, chère compagnie, comme jo me suis emportée un peu, c'estl avec beaucoup de regrets que jo dais finer, Veuillez done, aussi agreer mes sentiments les plus distingues.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.