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prietor dies there is nobody that is able to cany it on or 

 l)iiy it, and it stands vacant and unoccupied, without being 

 any particular good to the community in which it is placed. 

 I also Avish to say one thing more, and that is, in regard 

 to the people in the country themselves ; they should make 

 it a point to improve their old homesteads, and make them 

 as beautiful and attractive as possible. The great fault of 

 the country people is that a great many of them think, when 

 they undertake to make any improvement, that they must 

 citify their rural home. They have seen granolithic and 

 as})halt sidewalks in the city ; therefore they must have 

 granolithic and asphalt sidewalks. They have seen cast- 

 iron doors or lamps or some other such thing in some city 

 place ; therefore they think they must have that thing there ; 

 and they must have an iron kettle with some plants in it, 

 and all sorts of things of that kind, to tr}^ and make their 

 country home look like a city home. That isn't what you 

 want ; you want to make your country home look rural ; 

 make it plain, make it simple, and then you have something 

 attractive. When we are riding through the country and 

 reach a home that shows good taste, shows improvement, 

 you at once say, " They must be very intelligent and nice 

 people that live here," and you Mould like to become ac- 

 quainted with them. And I say that this can be done with- 

 out any great expenditure of money. All that they need to 

 do is to have green grass and trees, and they are cheap. 

 You don't want an Italian garden in your front lawn. You 

 simply want to bring the glories of the field and of the 

 woods around your doors, and then you have a rural estate, 

 in which you can live in enjoyment, and which is attractive 

 to every eye of good taste. 



The Chair. I have the pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, 

 of introducing Pres. Harry W. Goddard of the Board of 

 Trade of this citv. 



