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REGISTERING A PROTEST.
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slave of the bottle, on meeting Col. Wallace,
the reformed drµnkard a_nd temperance lecturer, ad–
dressed him thus,
"Well, Col., I hear you can raise the devil."
"Yes," replied the Col., and with his foot sent the toper's
basket containing a jug of rum, ·ten feet above his head.
Cold Water Magazz'ne,
1842.
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