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caused to be erected at his own expense, in many large cities, elaborate and
highly ornainental Public Drinking Fountains of bronze and granite. Thirty-
one of these fountains were distributed to different cities and towns in the
I'nited States. Washington, D. C, San Francisco, Cal., Providence, R. I.,
and Brooklyn, N. Y., were among the large cities to receive this public monument
of blessing in perpetuum. An engraving of one of these Silent
Orators of Temperance is inserted.
The Fountain erected in Washington, I). C, was accepted by joint resolution
of Congress, July 6, 1882, and erected in 1SS4 on the corner of Seventh