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  be 
  made 
  yours 
  more 
  promptly, 
  certainly 
  more 
  surely, 
  by 
  your 
  

   proceeding 
  upon 
  the 
  principle 
  that 
  whatever 
  is 
  of 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  

   organization 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  benefit 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  its 
  members, 
  

   either 
  directly 
  or 
  indirectly. 
  I 
  trust 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  go 
  on 
  with 
  this 
  

   good 
  work 
  and 
  stimulate 
  enthusiasm 
  in 
  your 
  purpose 
  in 
  a 
  nation 
  

   wide 
  way, 
  working 
  together 
  with 
  one 
  common 
  object, 
  proceed- 
  

   ing 
  under 
  the 
  motto 
  of 
  the 
  Three 
  Guardsmen 
  of 
  France, 
  "One 
  

   For 
  All 
  and 
  All 
  For 
  One." 
  I 
  now 
  extend 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  freedom 
  

   of 
  the 
  city. 
  Roam 
  where 
  you 
  will. 
  Just 
  one 
  bit 
  of 
  advice 
  I 
  

   have 
  to 
  give. 
  Contrary, 
  perhaps, 
  to 
  general 
  report, 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  

   a 
  slow 
  town 
  and 
  therefore 
  you 
  are 
  in 
  more 
  danger 
  of 
  being 
  run 
  

   down 
  than 
  run 
  in. 
  (Laughter.) 
  I 
  will 
  not 
  follow 
  the 
  time 
  hon- 
  

   ored 
  practice 
  of 
  handing 
  you 
  the 
  keys 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  

   that 
  when 
  I 
  heard 
  you 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  way, 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  old 
  gates 
  

   taken 
  off 
  the 
  hinges 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  your 
  incoming 
  might 
  be 
  in 
  

   no 
  way 
  impeded. 
  (Laughter.) 
  And 
  now, 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   of 
  Lancaster, 
  its 
  heart 
  filled 
  with 
  the 
  sunny 
  warmth 
  of 
  July, 
  

   I 
  bid 
  you 
  welcome 
  and 
  promise 
  that 
  we 
  will 
  try 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  

   you 
  a 
  hospitality 
  as 
  generous 
  as 
  golden 
  October. 
  (Applause.) 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Will 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  please 
  respond 
  to 
  the 
  

   Mayor's 
  kindly 
  address 
  of 
  welcome 
  ? 
  

  

  Hon. 
  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage: 
  Mr. 
  President: 
  On 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association, 
  I 
  desire 
  

   to 
  thank 
  the 
  Mayor 
  very 
  cordially 
  for 
  his 
  delightful 
  words 
  of 
  

   welcome 
  to 
  this 
  city. 
  We 
  feel 
  that 
  the 
  words 
  haven't 
  any 
  strings 
  

   to 
  them, 
  such 
  as 
  were 
  indicated 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  poem 
  I 
  noticed 
  the 
  

   other 
  day, 
  which 
  said 
  that 
  a 
  young 
  man 
  took 
  his 
  girl 
  to 
  an 
  ice 
  

   cream 
  parlor 
  and 
  she 
  ate 
  and 
  she 
  ate 
  and 
  she 
  ate 
  until 
  at 
  last 
  

   she 
  gave 
  him 
  her 
  heart 
  to 
  make 
  room 
  for 
  another 
  plate. 
  (Laughter.) 
  

   There 
  apparently 
  isn't 
  anything 
  of 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  cordial 
  welcome 
  

   which 
  we 
  have 
  received 
  here 
  to 
  this 
  great 
  County 
  of 
  Lancaster. 
  

   I 
  know 
  now 
  after 
  hearing 
  the 
  Mayor's 
  discourse 
  upon 
  the 
  great 
  

   resources 
  of 
  this 
  county, 
  why 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  a 
  young 
  fellow 
  who 
  

   had 
  rambled 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  West 
  and 
  happened 
  to 
  drop 
  into 
  an 
  

   old 
  fashioned 
  protracted 
  meeting, 
  when 
  asked 
  to 
  come 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  mourners' 
  bench, 
  objected 
  somewhat, 
  and 
  finally 
  when 
  they 
  

   said, 
  "Well, 
  young 
  man, 
  you've 
  got 
  to 
  be 
  born 
  again;" 
  replied, 
  

   "No, 
  it 
  isn't 
  necessary, 
  I 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Lancaster 
  County, 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania." 
  (Laughter 
  and 
  applause.) 
  I 
  understand 
  now 
  why 
  

   the 
  young 
  man 
  was 
  so 
  sanguine, 
  why 
  it 
  wasn't 
  necessary 
  to 
  be 
  

   born 
  again, 
  even 
  under 
  the 
  auspicies 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit. 
  It 
  

   is 
  very 
  gratifying 
  indeed 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  county 
  

  

  