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Maine alone, nor any single State, that each is working for, 

 but that all are working for one common interest. New 

 Eno^land once exerted a great influence in the nation. It was 

 looked up to, but it is growing relatively small. Some talk 

 about it as a little corner that has been left out in the cold, 

 and they sometimes speak of Boston " culture " in a sneering 

 way. I went out the past summer into the Territories of 

 Dakota and Montana, to observe what was going on at the 

 West, to learn of the condition of other parts of this country 

 besides New England. It so happened that it was my luck 

 to be the only New England person in the party. The others 

 were from the Middle and Western States, and I think they 

 enjoyed poking fun at New England agriculture. One said, 

 that, " after seeing these broad prairies and this rich land, I 

 fear you never can write editorials for your New England 

 iarmers with any courage." Another one spoke of New 

 England as the place where they find six great stones and one 

 small potato in each hill. [Laughter.] That was the kind 

 of fun they poked at me, because i believed in New England. 

 We all had to make our bow before audiences while exchang- 

 ing congratulations. When it came my turn, I said : 

 " My trip out here has opened a new view. I see things as 

 I did not before. I used to think New England was bounded 

 on the west by New York, that New England was a small 

 corner of the United States ; but I find, as I come out here 

 through these Middle and Western States, and to the Terri- 

 tories, and cross these great prairies, that, wherever I meet 

 two men, one of them was born over in New England, or at 

 least his parents were. I find it has been New England all the 

 way, and she is no longer bounded on the west by New York, 

 but extends clear to the Rocky Mountains." [Applause.] 

 If our smart New England boys have gone West, we should 

 not be jealous of their success. We should expect our sons 

 to outstrip us ; but, if we desire to keep up the reputation of 

 our New England States in the esteem of the people, we must 

 use more of that sort of pluck and energy and persistence 

 that our sons and younger brothers are showing in their 

 newer States. 



Mr. Alonzo Bradley of Lee. A few days ago I read 

 in one of the Western papers an essay upon dairy farm- 



