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have been a magnificent man at Elgin and am glad to welcome 

 him to Clinton, because we want more magnificent men, although 

 we have a great many of them. If you will count up the statis- 

 tics of your country, you will find the product of the cow fills 

 an important place in making men and women and giving them 

 something to eat. Other people may brag about their beef and 

 corn, but you are talking about the milk, and you have exhibited 

 in you generosity the milk of human kindness which is better 

 than all the rest. The Lord bless you and prosper you in your 

 kindliness of heart and may prosperity dwell in your palaces for- 

 ever. 



Toastmaster : — There is really something to come yet better 

 than all the rest we have heard. Mr. Lumbard has agreed to sing 

 "Maggie." 



Song: — Mr. Lumbard. 



Toastmaster: — There is another speaker not here, Mr. 

 Edward Sweeney. He is an old bachelor. Personally, I have 

 no time for that class of people at all. We have with us two 

 more on the program. The next one is a member of the faculty 

 in the state College of Agriculture. I want to say this, that if 

 you have the same pride in your state college as we have, you 

 will be pleased to have the opportunity to listen to one from that 

 institution. Allow me to introduce Prof. Lee. Before he com- 

 mences to talk, I have one more story to tell and it is positively 

 the last. I have told you something about the troubles we were 

 having in getting a fine quality of butter. It has always been a 

 question to improve the quality. When I was a buttermaker I 

 tried to instruct my patrons, but I didn't have the discretion I 

 have now. I decided to go to the patrons' homes and tell them 

 to do better. The first patron I went to was an old Irish woman 

 and my purpose was to tell her her cream was bad. The first 

 break I made was this. (Her name was Downey. It was a good 

 many years after before I saw any fun in it.) I said to her, 

 "The cream you are sending to the factory is rotten." I got out 

 in a hurry. That was 20 years ago and my hat is there yet. 



