The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-28
"GLAD TO SEE YOU BILL"
you Amt No GIadder Than be, +"
Said Bill.
THEY ONCE ATE MUsKRH TOGETHER
Roosevelt Continues His Stump Speaking,
Making Addresses at Bangor, Water
vile and Other PLACES to I'M
mense Thropgs,
mense Throngs.
tBy the Associated Press J

(By the Associated Press.)
Ellsworth, Me-. Aug. 27.-The Presi-
dents second day in the Pine Tree State
was full of interest. Starting from the
Governors residence at an early hour he
was taken for a short drive about the
city of Augusta and at $3.50 left for
Bangor where the principal speech of the
day was delivered at the fair grounds in
the presence of an immense audience,
which listened with marked attention to
his address. The same close attention
was given him at Waterville where, from
far and near, came hundreds to see and
hear the first President who has visited
Maine in many years.
Just before leaving Augusta the Presi-
dent heard that his old guide, Bill Sc
wall, of Island Falls, Maine who had
accompanied him on many hunting ex-
petitions and who had for time been
employed on his ranch in Dakota, was
at Bangor. He Immediately wired Con-
gressman Powers at Bangor to corral"
him and hold on to him until he reached
that city,. That the Congressman carried
cut these instructions was fully proven
when he produced the tall, boned,
red whiskered man on the Presidents
arrival.
II am glad to see you, Bill" said the
President, whereupon Bill replied, "You
amt no gladder than / be-"
Then it was that the President told
the story of his friendship of many
years with the old guide and hunter and
how many years ago while on a hunting
ff.fr, ~.
age in the meat supply, they had eaten
must rat together, which the President
said was the last meat he had eaten in
Maine before this trip. The President
seemed to delight in the rural simplicity
of the man and insisted that he should
sit down to dinner with him. Bill there
fore had the distinction that comes to
but few of dining with the Chief Execu-
tive of the nation and the Governor of
his State at the same time.
While at the fair grounds someone sug-
eested to Sewall, who was seated on the
platform with the President. that ne
should go to Washington and secure an
appointment as postmaster, but Bill had
already received this honor and said to
his inqusitor, 81 be postmaster already"
Before beginning to speak at the fair
grounds in Bangor the President noticing
the iamming and pushing of the crowd
in front of the grandstand, cautioned the
people TO be careful of the women and
children and asked them to show their
capacity to manage themselves which i'm
mediately had the desired effect. The
platform from which the President spoke
was directly in front of the grandstand,
which was packed with humanity. Be-
hind him was another dense crowd. He
humorously informed his audiences that
he did not think he faced both ways but
that on that occasion he would have to-.
In his speech the President said:
During the century that has closed the
growth of industrialism has necessarily
Iceant that cities and towns have in
creased in population more rapidly than
the country districts. And yet it re-
mains true now as it has always been,
that in the last resort the country dis
tricts are those in which we are surest
to find the old American spirit, the OLD
American habits of thought and ways OF
living. Conditions have changed in the
country far less than they have changed
in the city and in a consequence there
has been little breaking away from the
methods of life which have produced the
great majority of the leaders OF the
Republic in the past.
''It must not be understood from this
that there has been no change in farm
ing and farm life. The contrary is the
case. There has been much change.
much progress. The Granger and SINH
lar organizations, the farmers institutes
and all the alliances which promote in
telligent cooperation give opportunity
for social and intellectual intercourse
among the farmers, have played a large
part in raising the level of life and work
in the country districts. In the domain
of government, the Department of Agri-
culture since its foundation, has accom-
plished results as striking as those OBJ
tanned under any other branch of the
national administration. By scientific
stndy of all matters connected with the
advancement of farm life; by expert
mental stations, by the use of trained
agents. sent to the uttermost countries
of the globe, by the practical application
of anything which in the ordinary has
been demonstrated to be efficient, in
these ways. and in many others, great
good has been accomplished in raising
the standard Of productiveness in farm
work throughout the country. We live
In an era when the best results can only
be achieved if to individual self-help We
add the mutual self-helD which comes
by combination, both of citizens in theil