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forty acres we built tho house in the
woods where then there was not half
the wood there is now. The bog
grew mosquitoes and frogs. 1t had
that facility. The concert of these
divine productions were not always
unpleasant, though they were rather
tuntimcly. I went to work and made
! blnndcrs of course. Every friend
predicted that | would get out in a
year. l said that if I did the Sheriff
would sell me ont, though the chance
lis lost now, for the deeds arc made
out in my wife's name, and they
couldn't sell the farm without her
consent. / have been in business of
various kinds and have lost money.
1t has gone know not whcre-"gone
whcro the woodbino twineth." |
suppose, and everybody thinks |
have been tooling away money here,
and while I have possibly sunk some
money in my farm, at least l know
tho hole where it went down. l have
q large assortment Of friends who
never come here, but who know just
what each turnip cost and who are
perfectly satisfied that [ have de-
stroyed every tree in my woods. |
love the woods I have an affection
for my trees, and do not cut down
to destroy, but to build up. Where
! I find dead or worthless trees him
dcring the growth of bcttor and no.
bier trees 1 cut them down to make
room for nobler growth, and |
trim off the lower pendant branches
of tho trees because I find that half
the woods destroyed by fire have
been lost by the thick condition OF
these lower limbs, which gives the
fire fuel and headway. This is the
first time that many of you have been
here. have lived here for twenty
years. I have deep affection for
this place. I hope to live here, and
in Gods own time to die here. A
good farmer would probably have
made money out Of it, but [ don't
pretend to be q good farmer, because
can only work at farming few
hours in each week, and that only
about twenty weeks in a year, and |
have made tho place pay well for it.
self. I bopo that all of you-not all
at once, of course, but in groups more
widely than the prescnt-will fire.
quently call on me. ca Voico-
"Down at the White House,") Bad
farmers make their blunders and 60
bull-headed right along. Now have
made blundors-new ones-but /
never kept on making ola ones. I
thank you for your presence and at
tontion. I will, now ask Senator
Gwin, of Mississippi, more recently of
California, to address you. We will
have number of speeches from gen.
tlemen here, and I will take good
care that the train does not leave US.
SENATOR GwIN's SPEECH.
Senator Gwin, a tall, portly man,
fully six feet two, with large features
and white hair parted near the mid
die, and standing up with pure Sen
atorial "roach" Of tho old school
style, mounted tho chair with some
difficulty and said
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Twen-
ty-eight years ago I was member Of
the National Democratic Convention,
held at Baltimore, to nominate a
Presidential Candidate. The dele.
gates wcro instructed to vote for
Martin Van Burcn. But in the mean
time, he wrote letter opposing the
annexation of Texas, pro-slavcry
measure, and thcreupon the delegates
got clear Of him. The result was
the annexation ef Texas and the
founding and settlement Of California.
In 1860 another Democratic convens
ton was held in Baltimore, at which
the Democlrtic party split up and
divided on the question of slavery in
the Territories. elimination and re-
elimination cnsucd, and the result
was civil war and devastation. The
Democratic Convention just held at
Baltimore was b armo on o Il S
beyond everything. The gentle
man nominated there was not
o favoriie Of any of the delegates; he
was not the choice Of q bakers dozen
of them. 1t was said that his previ-
Gus nomination was @ farce, and yet
the representatives Of three millions
Of the people of this country came
there just to vote for Horace Greeley
as their Presidential candidate. What
is the cause of this gentleman's hold
upon tho hearts Of these people
They know that he is honest, that he
is incorruptible. We have not had
strict honesty and incorruptibility in
the Presidential chair lately, but we
are going to put them there next No
vember.
REAGAN's SPEECH.
Ex-Confedcrate Postmaster Gen
eral Reagan, tall, hearty, black
whiskel ed, bald-hcaded man, with a
piercing eye and awkward manner
and decided southern accent, was
next called upon, and, after some
what lengthy discussion as to the op-
preston by local Radical government
in Texas, said -
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-At the
close of the war the Confederate sol
dicrs dispersed, with but one feeling
that Of accepting it's results and Sc
curing an early reconciliation. This
yon may think was strange, but why