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Show Struck aSprJnff of Whiskey. William E. Curtis, the Chicago Record Rec-ord correspondent, under data of Pusa dcua, Cal., tells tho following story nbout Andrew MeNally of tho well known Chlcagu Urui of Hand, MeNally & Co , who has a fruit ranch lu southern south-ern California: " , "Tho most important event In Mr,'i McNally's experience In this country waajhudlscovery of a whisky .p'ringi' Ills men were sinking if well on their frit 1 1 niooli at La Mlruda wlndh by the way, means tine view, nnd Is well uamed-aud when about COO feel be-low be-low tho surface they struck n spring of whisky; uot a very high quality but I good enough for cooking purposes" or external application. The hired men drank it with greut relish, and tba discovery dis-covery was celebrated by a war danoo that nlgit,' you can Hnd almost anything any-thing lu California, but the most gratifying grati-fying discoveries havo been accidental. "Mr. Sprague, Ur, Djirapd, Dan Cameron, O. W. Smith "Dr. Norman :B'Idge,md several other members 0f the CblCHRS' colony wero' invited over te La'IMlrada by Mr. MeNally to in'-, jMjotki tHswwjfy anil hy uoanb ranits .verdict was that pothing in the whole country, except perhaps the climate, ould surpfiss that spring, Mr. MeNally was determined lo sink the well deeper, In the conlklenco that he could strike a better brand of whisky. They urged him to lot well enough alone, but he U stubborn nnd fond of having bis own way, so he ordered the nen to go on drilling nnd spoiled tho whole thing. There has .not been a tnsle or a color of whisky In that well since. Mr. MeNally feels a little chagrined cha-grined over the results of his stubbor-ness, stubbor-ness, but ho kept his own counsel and Is sinking wells all over the place in the hopo of striking whisky again. Tho neighbors ay that Is what keeps him here. |