436 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



I did not intend to tell a story, not this kind of a story during 

 the whole meeting, but Mr. Wright told me a story and I feel I 

 ought to tell a story to wind this up. I will tell you a story about 

 an Irishman and a Jew. My saying that I believed the conven- 

 tion had been a good one was what brought it to my mind, and 

 then I remembered Mr. Wright told the story to me. 



There was a Irishman and a Jew and a lot of traveling men 

 relating their experiences. At last it difted to theological 

 questions, and at last it got to a point where they were telling 

 one another what they believed about being saved. After they 

 all got around it came the Irishman's turn and he said he did 

 not have much idea about what a man had to do to be saved, 

 or anything about the saving business, but that he had saved a 

 Jew once. The rest wanted to know about it and he said "I 

 will tell you. The Jew and I were out fishing and the Jew got 

 up and wanted to change his seat and fell overboard. We had 

 just been talking about this salvation business and I grabbed 

 him by the hair O'f the head and said 'Do you believe' and the 

 Jew said he did not, and so he went down ; he. came up again 

 and I grabbed him again and said 'Do you believe' and he said 

 he did not. Well I let him go down again and as he came up 

 the third time I asked him if he believed and he said he did, and 

 be Jabers I chucked him down under the water and drowned 

 him". I would not have told this if Mr. Wright had not told 

 it to me. 



I thank you gentlemen for the kind attention you have given 

 us and you may consider yourselves adjourned for about a 

 year. 



