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Northwest, and we owe them a deht of oratitiide for what 

 they have done. 



In the New York market one day last week I called 

 upon one of the wholesalers of fine and fancy fruits, and 

 talking confidentially about his business, he showed me the 

 figures of his sales the day before. He had sold 56 boxes 

 of oranges only; he had sold 247 boxes of grape fruit, and 

 he had sold 570 boxes of apples. That is the record of one 

 wholesaler in the city of New York, (Applause) just re- 

 versing the things of a few years ago. In the Northwest, 

 and in many sections where they succeed well, they have to 

 irrigate their land. Here in Connecticut, God's rainfall ir- 

 rigates our land sufficiently. 



We have had come from the Northwest recently a min- 

 ister of the Gospel, who, I think, is slowly being converted 

 from his wicked ways and turning toward horticulture. 

 And I want to introduce to you next the Rev. Herbert White 

 of this city, who will talk to you awhile about conditions in 

 the Northwest, the true conditions in the Northwest, or the 

 heavens above, or the earth below, or anywhere else. 

 (Applause.) 



Rev. Herbert J. \\'iiite: As the evening hour is 

 drawing to a close, I have been reminded 



(]\Ir. Hale: The evening is not closed, don't worry 

 about that.) 



Mr. White: I thought it was being closed around me. 

 I am reminded of the son of the Emerald Isle wdio came to 

 our shores, and he asked his uncle when he landed in New 

 York, how they killed their criminals who were guilty of 

 murder, whether they hung them or burned them or shot them. 

 "Sure, they do none of those ways," said his uncle, "they kill 

 them with 'elocution.' " (Laughter.) 



I don't refer to the Peach from Massachusetts, because I 

 certainly don't dare to infer any such thing as that, because 

 she was formerly a member of my parish in the city of Bev- 

 erly, Massachusetts, and I am sure it is a great joy to meet 

 her here and renew our acquaintance. I was referring to the 



