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Show WANTED HIS OWN "WHISKY. Joseph Slack of Grenada, Miss., whose witty sayings and bright stories are the talk of all Mississippi and half of Tennessee,, Ten-nessee,, is one of the few-really original meit who are averse to seeing their names connected with their stories in print. , But Mr. Slack's genius has In a manner made his stories public property, and they are so good that with the best , ' Intentions of respecting his Idiosyncrasy In this particular, all writers, whether familiar fa-miliar witlT his desires or not. are sure, sooner or later, to displease him by chronicling something of his origination. Mr. Slack has friends In Kentucky. He -visited tbem recently, snd of course, tne . decanter was on the sideboard. . "It was Kentucky whisky In Jh ' krTAMter.- said Mr. Slack to his friends la jjjrsnada, - 'Tou never saw an of tnlSj - ' ' . .'" brand unless you have friends In Kentucky. Ken-tucky. - They don't allow a drop of it to go outside . of the State unless it Is inside of the man. Any other way of taking this whisky from Kentucky brings on a lynching. lynch-ing. Some of It waa In me the night I got here. I dreamed of heaven when I went to sleep, as was natural and proper, having Indulged in that mellifluous and precious liquor. St. Peter was showing me around and everything and everybody j up there were Just ss fancy snd imagination imagina-tion depict the happiness and serenity of the place. But one man was chained to a stump. 'Twas a gold stump, all right, j and the chains were gold, too. SUV. he was chained. j " 'St. Peter,' said J, 'ain't thla heaven? " 'It certainly is.' repUed the good saint. " Then tell me. St. Peter, why ain't that man free? Why Is he chained to. that golden stump?" " Oh. that Idiot, answered St. Peter; why. he comes from Kentucky. We have to chain him to keep him from going , back there after that private brand of 1 whisky. "Memphis Commercial Appeal, j |