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Show M OO f'l A ATThRff fi Fl(n : : lsili?lllflllllllfcj ! ARE GOING i ; tTew Year's Eve to Mark Passing" of Ancient N. Y. Alehouse. 1 ' i I Xew York, Dec. 2C.-L.ike so many II old teeth New York is pulling out, one by one, most of the few old laud- h marks that are left among- the newer I buildings. The passing of the Old L Grapevine, a -Utile 'ganlerocled ale. liouse at Sixth avenue and Eleventh j' street, is announced for the new rf year, to give place to a modern struc- rt ture for other purposes. Alexander McClelland, a Scot, who Jfc has presided over its musty ale and J mutton pie for forty years. Is going h into retirement. The old two-story I 1 frame house has many traditions and I in its time It has been visited by I ma.i distinguished persons. u The last mug of ale will be served :j acroES its bar when the old year x- passes out. |