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Show A Safe Bet. A Front street saloonkeeper saloon-keeper is a great historical Bcholar, and will argue for hours on the issues, events, aud men of past celebrity. Old man Preston was aware of this, and he dropped into the place one warm day Lint week, and said: "By crickey, Jim, but this is warm! I haven't been so warm since old Gen. Cass was president of the United States." "What !" said Jim, "Gen. Cass never was president of the United States." "Why, yes he was," replied Preston, with well-feigned astonishment. "I'll bet yon the drinks forthe house lie wasn't," said the excited proprietor. "Done," answered the old man, and he drew forth his pocket-book, unfolded a page of the Cony re-is ional Globe of lttlS-9, and proceeded to read that President Taylor Tay-lor having died on Saturday, and Vice President Fillmore not being at Washington, the president of the senate, Gen. Cass?, became president !of tho United States until the following follow-ing Mmday, pending Fillmore's inauguration. in-auguration. When the old man had finished reading, he looked around , and said. "Come it, boys. A little stou'.ton in mine, Jim. Must excuse ignorance, you know." Then he rambled out, while Jim rammed the ; bottles back on the shelf, soused the j tumblers in the rinse, and as he ' wiped up tin- counter remarked: "I've seen a good many mean men in my time, hut for a tiist class star beat old Preston can Uke the money." Marquette Mar-quette Mutiny Journal.- |