ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. l6l 



in proportion to the way we look at it, the same as the meaning' 

 of a sentence is changed by the way we read it. A man hung up 

 a sign ''Adam Good Shoe Maker." Another man came along 

 and read it, ''A dam good shoemaker." 



I'm impressed that possibly we are just a little prone to 

 complain. We are disposed to be pessimistic. We look on the 

 dark side. Things don't go right, and we kick. I am reminded 

 of a circumstance that is said to have occurred in Chicago dur- 

 ing the World's Fair. A noted orator from the south consented 

 to address one of the many meetings that were held during that 

 time. As he was an orator of some note, a large crowd assembled 

 to hear him, and were anxiously and impatiently awaiting his 

 arrival, when the Master of Ceremonies discovered that the 

 speaker was drunk almost to unconsciousness. He was berated 

 soundly by some of his friends and given to understand he had to 

 speak, drunk or sober. He gathered himself together and stag- 

 gered on to the stage and was introduced. He said "Ladies and 

 Gentlemen" in a very low tone of voice. Somebody in the 

 back part of the hall cried "Louder." He repeated a little more 

 distinctly "Ladies and Gentlemen," and again the voice cried 

 "Louder." This irritated the speaker, and in a clear distinct 

 voice he said, "Ladies and Gentlemen — When the end of the 

 world shall come, when the angel Gabriel shall blow his trumpet 

 and as he stands with one foot on the land and the other on the 



sea, he shall proclaim that time shall be no more, some d 



fool from Chicago will holler Xouder.' " 



There is an institution in your state, the founder of which 

 contributed more to the comfort of the traveling public as they 

 crossed and recrossed the continent and encircled the globe than 

 all other sources combined, and in that marvellous town, a monu- 

 ment to the ingenuity, sagacity, foresight and business ability 

 of George Pullman, they continue to build and equip modern 

 palatial homes on wheels, and in these palaces provided with 

 library, smoking room, dining room, sleeping room, parlor, ver- 

 anda, barber shop and bathroom, we are permitted to travel 

 from one place to another on business errands while we enjoy 



