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Sac. [Sacramento] City, Cal. [California] Oct. 13:1850
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No. 55.
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John 2:10~

"Every man at the beginning doth
set forth good wine; & when men have well
drunken, then that which is worse; but
thou hast kept the good wine
until now."
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State circs [circumstances] of the case – –
Jesus [Jesus'] presence here does not
sanction intemperate drinking –
No evid. [evidence] of any intemperate use then.

One can take an extra cup of mild tea
without becoming mad & strange as a night-
-hawk – excited as a wild beast is – or crazy
as a loon – So might one such
wine as they had.