The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-09-20
sSS. HEN HAHEIsoS's CLASSMATES.
Prsr. suiuE Was One and He Tells About
tie others-None Drunkards.

Prsf. suiuE Was One aad he Tells About
the others-Sone Drunkardf.
Chicago Tribune, Sept. IO.-The
following paragraph has bee1 going
The rounds Of the press. appearing
often In the Prohibition Organ7:
''6ENERAL HARRISON AND THE
WINE CrP.-rhe following story il
told % General Harrison Ia connec-
tion with = public dinner given him
on une occasion. at the close Of
the dinner one OF the gentlemen
drank his health. The General
pledged his toast by drink ng water.
Another gentleman offered toast
and said: General. will you not
favor Ese by taking a glass OF wine
TIE General, Ina = gentlemanly way,
herged TO he excused. He Was again
urged to join in a glass Of wine.
THIS Was too much. lie rose from
hts SEAT, and said, in the most digni-
ned manner: 'Gentlemen, ! have
tWice refused TO partake Of the wine
cup ! hope that will be sufficient.
Though you press the matter ever so
much, not a drop shall pass my lips.
I made a resolve when ] started i'm
life that { would avoid st -oug drink.
That vow ! have never broken.
am one OF a class of seventeen
vouug men who graduated together.
The uiier sixteen members OF my
class nov iill drunkard's graves, aud
All from the perniciOus habit of
wine-drinkiug. ] owe all my health,
nv happiness, aud prosperity TO that
resolution. Would you urge me to
bFeak 90 now9' National TIM
gscruacU AduOcafC."
A. = campaign argument Il does
not seem 60 reflect in any manner on
9aenerai Harrison unless Que goes on
the absurd theory that he ever made
such q statement, which. of course,
he never did. u might reflect on
the other nlemters Of his class at
Miami University, however.
One Of the sixteen men who "are
6liing drunkard' s graves" is Profess
ar David Swing. It was something
81 q surprise % learn that he was i'm
that predicament. and it willealso
siartle his friends who thought he
Vas alive and well aud temperate.
A Tribune reporter called at his
rosidence yesterday afternoon aud
zsked him how 10 seemed to fill q
drtlnkari's grave.
Its quite comfortable, thank
yoa." he replied, las far a. ] have
gone. Of course" he added, more
seriously, General Harrison never
made such q remark, and ! don't see
hoW the story originated
What foundation is there for Id p
None whatever. There were no
iruukards la the class whatever.
Only one member Of the class was
drinking man, and he IL alive and
successful.
Gan you remember who the MEM
hers of the class were"
~Tes; sud I eau also tell you
something about their lives after
leaving college. / have taken pains
% keep track Of them There was
Reni min Harrison, Of course. He's
the one who has not filled a drunk
arll's grave, and there Is no need Of
saying anything about him. OF the
dFunkarJis John A. Anderson is q
temgserance man aud now a member
&c Congress from Kansas John
Baker Of Cincinnati, died soon after
leaving college, but he was not a
drinking man. John K. BOnde is q
tthrsician and Presbyterian elder at
Carthaze, iil. james II. Childs
uent % the war, became Colonel Of
. Pittsburg regiment, and vas killed
a. GeItysburg. He never drank. J.
2. Craighead h q lawyer at Dayton,
Ohio, aud q good christian. Harmon
Denny d . monk in a convent near
Baltimore. James III. Hughes is
dead. He was q Presbyterian clergy
man when he died. J. $ Lane is
also dead. He Was q lawyer and q
rood man. William LOWTie IL q
missionary Ia foreign lands, and w.
IA. Priestley b. . Presbyterian
clergyman On New York. David
Morrow Il q total abstinence man.
he o. q preacher and farmer. Milton
psayler e = lawyer Ia New York. /.
W. Ross % the professor Of law In
the IoWa state University. Walker
II forget his first name-is dead,
but during his life was q teacher and
q preacher. :. &. Junkin - q
preacher. aud 80 am !. Nov, Tor =
class % drunkards, that strikes me
asa pretty good showing. ] am sur
pzissd that such q paragraph should
dnd les way into print. Not one
naeuaber % General HarrisOn's class
has vet found q dFunkardis grave