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human beings and hang their bloody heads on a pole before 

 their huts, were seated, clothed, upon a log singing, or at- 

 tempted to sing, "■ My Country, 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of 

 Liberty." T thought if Abraham Lincoln could have been 

 where that scene could have passed before him and thought 

 of his martyrdom, he never would have regretted it, for the 

 beginning of the marvelous work which he accomplished was 

 here being plainly carried out, not only among the former 

 slaves of the South, but among people of those sunny islands 

 in the far East. 



The Philippine villages would entertain any one for weeks. 

 I was reading that when President Roosevelt visited them it is 

 said that he spent twenty minutes more than the scheduled time 

 allowed in looking at them, and thus threw out of gear his 

 program for the entire day. 



They lived there in their villages just as they live at home, 

 with their houses and all their paraphernalia, showing how they 

 slept, ate, and lived, and altogether were one of the most inter- 

 esting and instructive things shown at the St. Louis exhibition. 

 But I must not delay upon this scene. 



I ought to speak a word of Connecticut and of the Connecti- 

 cut house at the exposition. I do this with some embarrass- 

 ment, because I see before me so many that know so much more 

 about it than I do ; but' in order to hedge I will say that no 

 one can successfully dispute me tonight, because I have just 

 received a letter from St. Louis stating that all the books, data, 

 and records are packed up and have been shipped aboard the 

 cars bound for Hartford. I do know, however, for I have been 

 through all the departments, and some of them twice, that the 

 universal expression is that Connecticut made one of the very 

 best showings of any State in the Union. Her exhibits were 

 varied, and they were extensive. They were well classified, 

 and they were presented with a good degree of intelligence and 

 to good advantage. My attention was called today to an entry 

 made in one of the visitors' books by a gentleman who has spent 

 a great many years in California. He went, I think, from 

 Connecticut when he was very young. After he had written 

 his name he said this : " Came from Santa Barbara, Cal. I 

 have seen the Connecticut exhibits, and I desire to say that 

 Connecticut can produce some fruits and vegetables of greater 

 excellence than can be produced in the State of the Golden 

 Gate." 



