The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-05-18, Page 11.117.7
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WODNESDAY, :MAY Mb, 1980'
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THE LUCKNOW SriNTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
�r r m The. Far East
. framsui, Formosa,.
Dear • Campbell,
Ever since the Sentinel of
February 10th arrived �a day or
so ago, I have w' ed towrite
tb you; not that 1 ha anything
special to • say, put yo do have
a way of conveying an • atmos-
phere of ,friendliness ` in the
paper as .Some people .do, in let-
ters. It was like getting .:a letter
from home and •I ' wanted to an-
swer it. When I read the ,paper,
it' is like going .back into a dif=
ferent world'for• a little 'while.
When I. read . of the cold and
storms . that -you" are having all
over North' ;America, it seems
• almost Unbelievable' 'that places
'could' be so different. ' We have
had an. especially mild winter
,here anda few ' weeks ago the
temperature was up to ninety-
one degrees, 'it said' in the paper.
It has been ,colder ..since. but to.-
day 'is 'quite Perfect neither. :cold
nor hot. However we had too
little rain for- the farmers, ,for
in some Places'they couldn't
plant :their rice. Also, the :electri-
city` was cut for fifteen Minutes
every ; night:. We have had, . rain
since. then but in South' Formosa
• they still : haven't had enough. '
As a ; result :. of the • drought
prices _ went• up. ,all 'over the 'Is-
land especially , rice and ' . that,;
really made people afraid for, it
they don't •get enough rice. the
people are never really satisfied.,
So .prices was the sole subject of
conversation for . days. When I
receive a Sentinel I 1Qok in the.
advertisements as . carefully as
if I could take advantage of the
specials • each week: Two pounds
of • lard for twenty-nine, ,cents
seemed very cheap. to Ime When
we want lard we buy a pound of
fat pork 'for fifty cents and ren-
der it out. You can imagine how
•much• we get. The margarines I
am using now was at • least sev-
enty cents a..pound but I ,bought
it a while ago. Butter is avail-
able; but it is over a dollar. _ a
pound.
Our vegetable garden is- at its
best right now and • I even have
fair 'celery. this year. ' The let-
tuce gets. bitter as soon as it gets
a bit hot. I have eaten enough.
bro.ccoli , to sink a ship it: seems
to' me, but• it is over now.. The
flowers .have been really beau.
tiful this year but they.. are past
their best now too. We have pot's
-and pots • of begonias that are
Masses . of bloom. A few azeleas
are ' still . trying . to put •forth. a
blossom ,here and there but that
is ,all, now. The mulberries• are
just coming on ..
,Since,I am the only mission=..
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