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Show In a Thirsty Ptecfe. v A countryman was Inscribing th name of a highly respected, recentlj departed deacon on n tombstone. Tba stone rested on an empty beer barrel in his shop. . A friend of the lale worthy called In. to see how the sculptor -was fitty-coeding fitty-coeding with the work, and objected! to his friend's tombstone resting on a beer barrel, remarking: "Do yo know, John, that my dear departed friend never drank a drop of beer to his life?" "AVell,-' replied John. "I bet b would give something for a .pint nowl", Chicago Anierlcatv ' 'f '""v j. |