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Original Text:
LE RETOUR DE LA FOIRE DE St.CLOUD.
Au diable les mirlitons et les mirlitonneurs... comment peut on permettre un pareil instrument dans un pays ou l'on tolère deja la Clarinette!...

Translation:
RETURN FROM THE FAIR OF ST.CLOUD.
To hell with these reed pipes and the pipers..... how can they possibly permit such an instrument in a country where we already tolerate the clarinet!