Year: 1872

cessities demand, and home market
will consume more Of our produce. A
purely agricultural people are nevc,
strong although as rule they are
healthier than any other class of men.
They are too much isolated. 1t il
Englands manufactures that has given
her great strength and power among the
nations.


There are many incidents in the his
tory Of new country that are amusing
and some that are not quite so amusing
to others. They are too much like law
suits, there is always somebody beat III
them. These amusing incidents are
fun for some but they are death to 9TH
ers. They do not do to tell in large
crowds, they are only for select crowds.
could tell some stories Of our early
lawsuits that would make some men
laugh while it would provoke discussion
on the part Of others. There is always
two sides to story, SO I guess will
keep them for smaller and more select
crowds in some of the offices or around
the corners Of the court house. l have
always noticed that wit is good thing
if it is not at somebody's expense. But
it is quite an unsafe missile to use. It
is too much like edge tools in the hands
of unskilled workmen, it sometimes
cuts where we don't want it. It does
nobody any good to know good story
unless you know who it is about. And
as there are good stories about a good
many of us l will not tell on anybody
else simply because I have the advan-
tage Of position, for fear some Of you
might tell one on me, and if it were not
true might be put to the trouble Of
Of denying it, that is a thing I never
like to do, for bate to deny anything
for that always raises the question
of veracity which you know is unpleas-
ant. However will mention an Incl
dent Of our court scenes as there will
be no dispute about it as the lawyer is
not Howard county man. He was
questioning witness in a way peculiar
to himself. He said to the old lady {:
You don't like them do you? She
turned the scales on him and in a jiffy
had become the qucstioner herself, and
went for him in good earnest in this
way, "suppose yourself till be poor
ould Irish widow and q great lot Of
children dependent on you fo1 support
and they'd turn their horses and cattle
in yer fields aud destroy your crops, and
not satisfied with that but when
you got what little there was left har-
vested they'd then tear down yer stack
yard 6nce and destroy yer stacks, wed
you like thin yerself7


The lawyer objected to the question
but the court sustained the old lady and
decided her question pertinent and as
relative as was his question; and he the
lawyer did not except to it as being
improper, irrelevant and immaterial.
l might mention another if it was not
that might be considered personal.
The judge in case though I thought
was when he told our old friend Hiram
Hurley that he would be expected to
behave himself in the court room as he
was not lawyer.


And now in conclusion Mr.. President
in all probability this is the last time
that shall ever have the honor of ad-
dressing so many of you my old friends
again; it is cruel necessity that COM
pels me to separate from those who
have shown me 30 much kindness. But
duty to myself and family compels me
to seek milder climate, and no matter
where it may be my lot to be cast, my
heart will be with my friends in Howard
county whom l have SO long known.
In separating from you l hope to find
others, who will when they know me,
be my friends. But l can not say
farewell to my Howard county friends
without saying that above all others of
my friends amongst you that these
men and women who have done the
most to advance the interest of our
schools, churches, and Sunday schools
are entitled to the most credit. 1t has
always been favorite theory Of mine
that every child belongs to tho State
and ought to be cared for by the State.
Consequently parents who are not will
ling to send their children to school
should be compelled to. They ought
to be compelled to see that their moral
as well as mental training is seen to.
That all those things which tend to the
proper fitting of the child for society
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