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Show TOOK OATH NEVER TO SHAVE, AND KEPT IT LEXINGTON. Ivy.. July 2fi. Refusing to part with his long flowing whiskers, whltcd with tho time that has elapsed slnco a couple of years before I.ec surrendered sur-rendered at Appomattox, Robert Ded-mnn. Ded-mnn. aged SC stood off a corps of surgeons sur-geons at a local hospital who desired to remove his beard In order to perform an operation upon Mr. Dedman's eye. Mr. Dcdnian, who Is a wealthy resident resi-dent of Lawrence, Ivy., was brought to the local hospital some days ago for treatment. Explaining to iho surgeons his reasons for refusing to be shaved, he said- "When the war broke out I was an ardent sympathizer with the southern cause. I came In contact with a bunch of Yankees and as young men sometimes do, I talked too much, with the result that they chased mc ten miles, and in addition ad-dition to shaving me. gave mc a sound thrashing. I swore right then, that a razor should never touch my face again till the south had won her cause. "There doesn"t seem to be much chance of the latter coming true, so I reckon you will have to got along without shaving shav-ing me this time." The surgeons gave In and the oporatlon was performed, leaving the long braids. |