262 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



his farm and did not accumulate much wealth. Thoy met a 

 few years ago, and Eastman said to him, " Ed., if you had 

 gone out with me, you would have been well off by this 

 time." " Well," said Brown, " let us see, Tom, how it is 

 with you. You are out there with your millions. I want 

 to know whether you get more out of life than I do ? I have 

 a farm here ; I have brought up a fiimily of children who are 

 well-to-do in society, and my farm is all paid for ; I have all 

 the comforts of life, and do not have half as much trouble as 

 you do. Do you get any more out of life than I do?" 

 " Well," said Eastman, " I do not know. It is rather pleas- 

 ant to have plenty of money to do with." The next year 

 he met Brown, and said, " I have come to your conclusion, 

 that you get the most out of life." Now, that is the point, 

 to get the most out of life. You may go ahead and acquire 

 wealth, and you may reach a certain point, no matter where 

 it is. Perhaps when you started in life you thought if you 

 got a few thousand dollars you would be satisfied ; but you 

 are never satisfied with that ; and I want to say if there are 

 any young men here, do not think that when you get up to 

 a certain sum of money you will retire from business, be- 

 cause you will not do it ; if you do you will die, — you will 

 not live two years afterwards. 



I want to say to you I have been in active business sixty 

 years, most of the time in farming, and now I am fool 

 enough to run a horse-railroad. I would not be idle for any 

 amount of money. I want to be doing something, and when 

 I die, I want to die with the harness on. I want to feel that 

 I have been worth something to this world. [Applause.] I 

 have never cared to amass wealth ; I want only enough to 

 live on. I have enough to get through with, and if I have 

 a dollar or two left I am going to give it to some charitable 



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institution. I mean to getihe most out of this life by going 

 along squarely and dealing justly. I want to leave a good 

 name behind me. That I would rather have than any monu- 

 ment. [Applause.] 



I am not talking agriculture. I do not suppose you ex- 

 pected I would. I have been connected with our Board 

 since its organization, eighteen years, and have just been 

 appointed for another three years' term. I calculate to live 



