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Show PITT'S FONDNESS FOR PORT. Great Statesman's Health Ruined by Over-indulgence. The ruin of Tltt's health was attributed attri-buted to his physicians, who made I him take port In largo quantities In i his youth, so that ho could not do ! without It later. I-on! nrunvllte has seen him swallow a bottle of port In I tumherfuls bofore going to tho House. Ills hands shook so much that when ho helped himself to salt ho was obliged to support tho right hand with tho left. Stothnrd, tho painter, happened hap-pened to bo one evening at an Inn on tho Kent road when I'ltt nnd Dundns put up there on their way to Walmer. Next morning tho waiter snld to Stothnrd: "How much wine do you suppose thoy drank last night? Soven bottles, sir!" lingers' Table Talk. |