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and there they found an open grave. They put him in it 

 and lowered him down. By that time it was two or three 

 o'clock in the morning. They all sat outside arcund the 

 grave, and they were saying: "Well, I guess when he 

 wakes up he won't tell us they have got anything in Ameri- 

 ca that beats that." So the morning sun rose, and this 

 fellow commenced to come to himself, and was gradually 

 conscious. As he opened his eyes and commenced to sit 

 up, he looked around and on one side he saw a great sar- 

 cophagus. He jammed down his hat, and didn't say any- 

 thing. Over here he saw an immense tombstone, and in 

 the other end he saw a great tomb. He sat up, looked 

 around, and everything was quiet, and he exclaimed : 

 Well, b}' gosh, resurrection morning and an American the 

 first one up!'' (Laughter and applause.) 



So it is that faith in Connecticut, .the same as the faith 

 in America, that carries us along. It is the greatest little 

 state there is in New England, as ]\Ir. Hale has told us. 

 I never had met him until this evening, but for twenty years 

 or more I have heard of brother Hale's peaches, but I never 

 understood until to-night how it was that those celebrated 

 peaches had such a luscious taste, such a beautiful color, 

 and had such a reputation throughout the length and 

 breadth of our land, and not until to-night, until I heard 

 him discourse about the fine qualities of Connecticut fruit, 

 was I able to understand how it was that those peaches had 

 such a reputation. There isn't a peach in the world equal 

 to the Hale peach, with all due respect and deference to 

 the rest of the peaches that are around about us. 

 (Applause.) 



But just a moment of seriousness, my friends. It is 

 not my purpose to take your time to call your attention to 

 only one part of the recommendations of His Excellency, 

 the Governor, I simply ask this organization, as I know he 

 would if he were present, to carefully consider the recom- 

 mendations that he has made, particularly with reference 

 to' the re-districting of senatorial districts. This is a matter 



