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Show L)o Vuu Drink. Beside a dusty road that follows the Swaunanoa river iu North Carolina is a yate that opens on a path leading to a sprinrr that has been walled up with brick and protected by a canopy. Beside Be-side the trate is a marble slab bearing the picture of a drinking- cup and the following inscription: Rein up, ye thirsty pusser-by, Aa you are now, no om-e was I; Stop short. Hlh'hi, you're nyt tho flrst, Who tit ihU sprini h:i3 iiuencliiid his ibtrst, Gird up your luins, drink uuev. drink twice; Pass on and thiuk of John S Rice, ... .... For lb truly mini hi: walled iho spring, And Ihen for Heuven did iiluttH' hia wing; He aslta no thanks Lin lift's bmg span Proves tbaLheluveB bin fellow-man. N. Y. Sun. |