Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-19
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BLAINE IN NEW YORK. Greeted by Thousands of
 People. A GREAT RALLY OF FRESHMEN. Enthusiastic for the Repub-
 lican Candidate. HENDEE AGAIN GOES DOWN Before HIs Fleet Rival
 From England.
HENDEE AGAIN GOES DOWN
BLAINE ON HIS TRAVELS.

His Visit to- the Worcester AgrfcuI.
 turaI Fair.
 WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 1S.-Hon w. W. Rice, Mayor Reed and ex-Mayor Pratt went down to Boston on the 7:50 a. m. train from here to-day and returned at 1918 D. m. with James G. Blaine, accompanied by Senator Hale of Maine, who were to be the guests of the Agricultural society at the fair. With Messrs. Blaine and Hale were Lieuten- ant Governor Ames, Secretary Fessenden of the National committee and Secor Robeson, who kept on his way to New York At the depot the distinguished guests were received by the reception committee of the Worcester Agricultural society and 8 crowd of several thousand people. A national salute was fired in close proximity to the depot by Battery B. There was no demonstration or enthus- iasm at the depot except a futile at tempt at 8 cheer, which Mir. Blaine acknowl- edged by lifting his hat. The visitors were taken in carriages and escorted to the agri- cultural grounds on the west side of the city, where some two or three thousand peo- pie had assembled. At the grounds an in- formal reception was held in a tent and collation. served.
 Following IS MT. Blaine's speech at the fair grounds:
 Ladies and gentlemen-I am sure that under this rich autumn sun and in this rich and prosperous State you will expect from me to-day nothing but words of congratu1a. tion, and if there be any one spot within the limits of the United States which may ehal- 1enge all others in prosperity, contentment and general happiness it must be the county of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts. (Applause.) We are in the habit in our minds without looking closely at the figures to think of some rich sections of Europe as far more populous than any sections we have in this country, but in the great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland there is not as dense 8 popula- tion as inhabits Massachusetts from this point to the sea; there is not in the crowded kingdom of Belgium nor i'll that hive of industry Holland so dense population as you on this compare the comfort, the thrift, the general prosperity of the entire people, there is not perhaps on this circling globe community that can stand the comparison (applause). Out West in those rich lands that ''laugh crop when tickled with hoe," space in which the agricultural district stretches from the crest of the Alleghanies to the great plains, it will 1 know be surprise to them if it is not to you that this county of Worcester out of the one thousand and odd counties that make up all Cf the States; that this county of Worcester is the fifteenth in the whole United States in the value of it's agricultural products, and what is still more surprising, that stand ing in this high rank in agricultural industry and agricultural product it stands still higher in mechanical industry and the product of manufactures, for in that great list it stands tenth in the United States (applause.) So that when you come to estimate five thousand and five hundred millions as the product of agriculture in a single year in these United States, you can see what must be the magnifcient prosperity of this country.
 At the close of his address MT. Blaine was driven to the home of Congressman Rice, with whom he dined. At 5:3O he left for New York.