Wlien Gen. Ilarrison ni running foi the ...

Wlien Gen. Ilarrison ni running foi the piesidetiey he nas asked at iliuner to Ètke wioe. üi declinad, and wm agahi urged. This as too much. He aroM from tlie tsblCg his tall forin erect, and in the most ili;iiilicd nianner replied. "Gentlemen, 1 have refused twice to partake nf t lic wlnecup; that sluiuld have lieeii sutticienl. Al thoilffli you press the cup to niv lip, not a drop sliall pnss the portals. I made ;i re¦olre wlien I Itarted in lite, that I would avoid strong drink; and [ have never hoken it. I atn om i't a claib of mrenteen Toung men who gnduated; and ttiaother uiteen ti 1 1 druitkard'a jrraves - all throagfa the prenieious haliit of social wine-drinkiiig. I owe all niv healtli. happiiiess and piosp_i it;. to iút i. W'ill ynn me now!" - W. Va. Good Templar.