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Who is Tom Eastman of New York ? I knew Tom East- 

 man on a farm ; he worked as hard as any boy ; he is a good, 

 thorough-going fellow, and he had a splendid mother to teach 

 him. He was brought up on the farm, and when he left the 

 town he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and started a milk farm. 

 Then he went to buying cattle, and from that he shipped his 

 cattle to New York ; and he was the first man that ever fitted 

 a ship to carry beef to England. That man to-day is worth 

 six millions of dollars. Now, I knew him well all the way 

 through, and I wanted to say in this connection that he mar- 

 ried a farmer's daughter, and she was one of the best girls that 

 I ever knew. She knows how to make butter, and can make 

 butter to-day as well as any lady present. Now she can 

 control her household in New York, and is not filled with a 

 desire to make a fine show. She makes a happy home, and 

 everybody happy about her. This is one farmer's daughter 

 that I know. 



Now let me speak of another man, — Austin Corbin. I 

 knew him as a boy, and lived beside him. I was older than 

 he. He started out and worked as hard as any other man 

 until he was twenty years old ; then he got a little education 

 and was admitted to the bar, and went out West ; there he 

 had a taste for banking, and he went into that business ; and 

 to-day he is a millionaire, — I do not know how many millions 

 he has. He is a practical sort of fellow ; if you come across 

 him you will find he is the same Austin Corbin to-day, 

 with his millions, that he was when a boy. That is my 

 experience with him. 



Now, there is another question connected with this matter. 

 It is a broad question ; I could talk upou it a great while. 

 What are we living for? Of course we all know we cannot 

 stay here. Our object should be to get the most good out 

 of life we can ; get it honestly, get it fairly, get it squarely 

 A man that does not get his money honestly and foirly and 

 squarely does not enjoy life. That is my opinion, and I 

 have seen a good deal of life. I want to say one word 

 further in connection with Mr. Eastman of New York. 

 There was another young man by the name of Brown. They 

 both started life together. Both taught a little village 

 school ; and, when Eastman went West, Brown stayed upon 



