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Show HAS COLONiAL FLASK George Washington Carried a "Dram" Bottle. George Washington's "dram" bottle, used by him in Revolutionary war times, has come forth from its resting place in a Webster county (Ky.) farm home after a rest of nearly 150 years, for most of which time it has been kept under lock and key. In possession of its present owner. J. I. Sutton, a farmer, to whom it has been handed down as an heirloom, the small hand-painted flask, which was presented by General Washington to one of his colonial friends named Briscoe, was brought to Dixon this week and exhibited. Older residents of tlie county vouch for the history of the uVisk and its historical connections are authenticated well. The flask was presented by one Briscoe to one Bridwell, ancestor of the Bridwell families of this county, and later was passed to Miss Martha Melton, who heeai'je the wife of Sutton. Sut-ton. It is of a glazed composition, half-pint capacity, nnd.he-.irs evidence of its age. A leather case, used to sling the Husk from the shoulder, was discarded CO years ago by Sutton because be-cause of its time-worn condition. The ' bottle is temporarily in possession of ' County Judge A. L. Hall. |