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make it a success. That is something in which we are inter- 

 ested. It is well that with such a state institution the farm 

 should be large and well conducted to serve as an object lesson 

 for the farmers of the State, and this is certainly that. It is an 

 object lesson that will pay the farmers of the State to see. We 

 saw a magnificent herd of cows kept in the very best condition 

 possible, and we as citizens of the State of Maine should be proud 

 that our insane are jjrovided for in such a manner. 



While I was walking over those grounds, I thought of the 

 great progress in civilization — what a wonderful amount of 

 progress has been made during the past hundred years ; and 

 nothing shows this progress better than the great number of 

 institutions of this kind to take care of the unfortunate. In the 

 land where Christ lived while here on earth they had no insane 

 asylums ; the poor unfortunate man who lost his mind was caged 

 and cared for almost like the brute or worse. Hov.- different m 

 this land of ours from what we find it there, in fact, from what 

 we find it in a very large part of the earth where the insane are 

 cared for and every possible thing done to restore them to their 

 normal condition. I think that we may say that jMaine, 

 although occupying only this little corner of the country, is not 

 behind in this respect. We want to remember with gratitude 

 that we have an institution of the kind conducted as it is with 

 so much ability. Whether we want to remember or not we 

 always shall the kindness, and the courtesy of Air. Allen and Dr. 

 Sanborn, in connection with the occasion. 



