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Show Model for Rett of the Torce. While Oil City cannot, wrhsps, boost of lielng n strictly cold water town, sho inn, wu belle vo, lay claim to luivlng nulling ber resident tho champion teineniiico luan ot tha Mate, It not of tho entire country. Not only has ho never drank any kind of Bplrlloua or malt liquor, but lu) ha never allowed any tea, coffee, soup or any kind of milk to iaas his llpa alnco ho waa a child. He la a colored man, wa bom In slavery, and bacaiMW lila tather frequently drank more wblak) than waa good for him. he, re-sol re-sol vod wbtn a boy to neror drink any thing but water. And lie ha religiously reli-giously kept tbe resolution. Ha Is n member of the Oil City jKilleo force, nnd bis name Is Major Franklin, Oil City (la.)'ufltsard. To Err Is Human, Robert drowning once found himself him-self nt a dinner, nt a great rSngllsh house, slttlnR tiuxt lo n lady who wai connected with thu highest aristocracy aristoc-racy She was very graciously Inclined, In-clined, and did her utmost to mnko conversation "Are )ou not n poet?" sho finally asked "Well," aald Drowning, "peoplo nro sometime kind enough to nay that I am" "Oh, pleato don't mind tny linvlng mentioned It," the ducho battened tn any. with the kindest of smiles "You know 11) run nnd Tennyson and . other vvese pools" |