Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-01-14
oRApY's gloouGNcG.
We give some extract. from the rcceni
specche. In lIo.ton, of Mr.. Henry W.
Grady, of Atlanta, Georgiai

arinlc. aud the tr-asufr. and the Judges
aud th. President, and th. Congress. ani
10. courts, and all that WAS gathered
there ani I felt that the -un IN all its
cour.. could no, look down on q better
| sight than that mijsstic home ~ q rvpul'-
| lie that hal taught the worldit bret le.-
sou. ~ liberty. Aud felt that " honor
ani wisdom and Justice abii.d therein the
world would at last owe ths3 great house
Ia which the ark ~ th. con,rnant ~ NV
country u lolgci u. hn,l uplifting and
It, regeneration. (Applauss.l
Hut q few days afterwards ] went to
visit friend In the country, a mo'lc-i
man, With a quiet country home. u va.
Iu.i . simple. unprvtentlou. house, act
about With great tr-~., and sncircled ln
meadow AMI Held rich With the promise
80 harvest the fragrance ~ the pink sni
the holl,hock Ia th. front yard was min
| gls,l, With the arom, 10 the orchard and
~. giplsn, and the rrsonint clucklng
of poultry and the hum of bees. Inside
Va. quiet. cleanliness. thrifi ani comfort.
Out tside thrrr .tooj my friend the
misier.-a simple. independent, upright
man. ~iih uo mortgage on ~. r"of, M
lien on hl. groelng crop.,-mnster ~
hi land and master Of him.elf. There
~. hi. old father. an aged and trrm-
bling man, bat happy In the heart aud
home of hl. sou. And q. b. started to
enter nj. home, the hind ~ the old man
went down on the young man. .houl'i"r,
la,ing ther, the un.p-skNble blessing of
an bonor-i and honorable father aud
cnnohllng II With th" knighth"od ~ the
nfth commandment. And % Ne sp-
proacl-i "a. door IA. mother came, a
happy smile lighting up her face, while
with the rich music 10 her heart she babe
her husband and .on welcome Ia their
home. lleyond va. the housewife busy
With her domestic Affairs. the loving help
mate 20 her husband. Down th. lane
came the children after the cows, singing
.Ns.tiy, a. like blrl. they sought th"
1uiet of their n-.i.
~ ih. night came down on that house.
falling gently a. the Wing from an un-
.-.n dove. And the old man, while star
tle,l bird ,alls,l from the forest AMI the
tree. thrilled With the cricksts cry and
the star. wrrr falling from the Ky. called
tb. family around him anil took the
Hlhlr from th. table ani called thsm to
tbeir kn~~.. Thr little baby hill la the
fold. of it, mother. drr.. while hs clo.-
"a the rrconl ~ that day by calling
down Cod. blessing ou that simple home.
While I gafci the vision ~ the marble
capitol faded: forgutien werr its trca.-
urr. lnd w.. m,j-.ty ani slh "Surrly
here Ia the hom.. ~ the people lo'ige at
l,.t th. strength ani the responsibility
~ thl. government. the hope and the
promise II hl. l,.puhlic." Crr,men-
dous applause
\ pINOCRAT wItiiptt rT,iiI..
Nov. gentlemen, have some mighty
guo,i Democrat. herr. There !. one ~
tho fatte.t and bat Ia the world sitting
right over ,h~rr pointing io his partner,
Mr. iloWell.I
lou want io know about the south.
Nv ffirnis, Ne representative mrn vii
tell You about H. ! just want io say
thit W. have hal htr,i time down ihrrr.
when my partner came 0ui ~ the war
Ia didn't have iny brr~che.. Laughter
That l. an actual truth. Well. hi. wife,
one of the b.st women that ever lived.
rysrrd In the lap of luxury, took her old
Woolcn drv.s that .h- hal worn all dur
log the war-sni u hal t"cn . garment
- sorrow anl 10 Conssrriilon anl ni
hrrlo.m sni eat Il up hnd m,ic a gooi
pair ~ hfr.yh~.. lie started With that
pair of br~-chr. aud With - Ia gold a.
hl. capital. sui d. .cftpsl up boards frum
amid the a.h.. of hi. home. and built him
A .hanty of which love made him h0me
and which cuurirsy made hospliablc.
Aud nov believe u. la. With him thrrc
pair. - brccche. llaughisr), and .sNcral
pair. At home. We haN" pro.pcrrd down
ih.rr.
ArICAI>, corNti TuNEHAL.
1 attended funeral onc- In rickcn.
cuuutr, in NV state. \ funeal u not
USUALLY a cheerful obi.ct to mc unless
roulI ..l-,t the .ubj-,t. think could,
pf.hlp., without going hundred mile.
from herr. fnd thu material for Que
~ two cheerful funerals. 'Olaught"r.l
still. thi. funeral va. peculiarly .ad.
II w. . I-oor. Zone gillu.' fellow who's"
brreche. struck him under The armpit.,
ani hit him a the other sni about the
kn.r-h. dkln't believe Ia decollcir
clothes. They buried him Ia the mll,t
~ q marble quarry; they cut through
.olii mtrblr io make hi. grave; and Yet
il. little tombstone they pat up above
hlu va. FROM Vermont. They buried
him In the heart of pine forest. aud VT
th. pine coffin Wss imported from 'incin-
natl. They buried him within touch 81
an Iron mine. and Yet the nall. la his
coffin ani the iron la th. shovel that dug
hI. grave. we're Imported FROM lfltsburg.
They buried him 10y ia. .l,ic of the best
.hrri-grailng country on the earth, nni
Vet th. WOOL IN the coffin hand. and the
coffin hand. il.m.el,-. were brought
FROM the North. The south didn't FUR
ni.h a thing on earth for that funeral hut
ia. corIue. snd the hole la th. ground.
Iaughtrr.) There they pat him away
aud the clOds nttlei down on hi coffin.
ani they buried him Ia q New York coat
anil IIo.ton pair Of shoe. and pair 81
brr-ch.. from Chicago ani q shirt from
Cincinnati, leaving him norihlng Ia carry
into the next world with him to remind
him IL the county Ia which he lived aud
for which he fought for four year., bnt
the chilled blood la hl. vein. and The mar
row In hl. bones.
Nov Ne have improved on that. We
ha,. got the biggest marble cutting go
tabli.hment Oh earth within q hundred
yari. of that grave. We have got =
half do,en woOlcn mills right around u,
aud iron mine. aud Iron furnaces and
Iron factories. We an. coming to meet
YOU. ". ar, going Ia take a noble re-
,eng.. az my friend Mr.. Carnegie said
last night. by invading every Inch of your
territory with Iron. as you Invaded ours
~ year. ago.
EDUCATION.
\ Detroit father la. undertaken little
educational venture with hl. own chill
dren aud he I. trying TO make them give