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agricultural interest of this country are engaged. When I hear 

 a story of a boy, it is always a good one; you can make up your 

 mind to that. Whenever I hear one, I have a little book that I 

 put it down in. I tried to remember them all for they all have 

 a point to them. A boy was called into the bedroom to see his new 

 sister. He looked for a little while, and his father said to him, 

 "What do you think of her." He answered, "I think it is pretty 

 near a failure". The boy's grandfather took him to task for eat- 

 ing butter with jelly; told him it was extravagant. He told her 

 he thought it was economy as he was using only one piece of 

 bread. 



It is remarkable the ideas they have and the judgment they 

 have. I told a story the other day to a friend of mine whose boy 

 had run off. He had a few dollars and thought he could sell 

 papers. He had no place to sleep. A friend of his went to his 

 father and said: "I know where your boy is." The father 

 said he wanted nothing more to do with him. "That is wrong. 

 You haven't treated him right. If he comes back and asks your 

 pardon you ought to take him back." "Well, go get him" and 

 he did. The point I want to make is this. The impression he 

 had made on that boy all his life was to study economy and when 

 he gave him 25 cents or 30 cents he wanted him to account for 

 it. I hope there are no ladies here whose husbands call them 

 to account. I wish there were more companies in house- 

 holds. I would have you ladies understand that I regard you 

 as part of the company in every household. The idea of you 

 giving account to the one who calls himself boss in that family 

 and asking him for money that belongs to you ! It is the same 

 about the boy. I try to teach my boy that the money I make is 

 part his and my girl's and I don't want them to tell me what they 

 spend that money for. My pocketbook is open and there is not 

 much danger of them spending too much for there never is a 

 great deal in it. What there is they have access to and I never 

 had to be ashamed in consequence of any expenditure they have 

 made with it. 



You have conferred on me the highest honor that could 



