148 THE FOGY DAYS AND NOW; 



THE PROPHETIC SPEECH. 



ADDRESS DELIVERED BY D. TJ. SLOAN, BEFORE THE EARLY 

 COUNTY, GA., AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, JULY, 1874. 



fsA R. President, Ladies and Gentlemen — This large and 

 respectable audience is encouraging, and is proof that 

 'Hhere is life in the old land yet." The presence of so many 

 ladies inspires fresh hopes for this society. Mr. President, I 

 discern that your benign face wears a more congenial glow, 

 your eyes scintillate with gleams of returning youth, as from 

 your elevated perch you gaze admiringly upon the fair forms 

 that surround you. Our Secretary, too, appears more sprightly, 

 while from his humbler position he steals the furtive glance, 

 deliohted that his earnest effort to induce their presence has 

 been crowned with success. 



Brethren of the plow, do we not all feel happier for the 

 presence of these fair friends in or midst? May they con- 

 tinue to come and cheer us with their smiles of approval, and 

 help us to promote the great cause of agriculture. And, 

 ladies, j^lease pardon me if I remind you of your great rspon- 

 sibilitv in life, for in all the annals of history, from the first 



