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Music by the orchestra. 



Meeting stands adjourned until 9 :45 Thursday morning. 



THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904. 



Convention called to order by President. 



Yesterday we had on the program Mr. Robert W. Pethy- 

 bridge, so we will make a little change in the order. Mr. Cobb 

 was to be on this afternoon with the records of his dairy cows, 

 but we Avill listen to him now. Mr. Cobb is known better by 

 the name of Bluff Jersey. 



RECORD OF MY DAIRY COWS. 



By E. N. Cobb, Monmouth, III 



Mr. President, Co-Laborers : I w^as surprised a day or two 

 ago when our friend Mr. Lindley was telling those stories, that 

 he didn't finish up and tell all of them. 



During that Domestic Science lobbying that was being done 

 down there to Springfield, I went to the hotel and went into 

 the wash room where the porters were and a couple of other fel- 

 lows who were arguing as to who was more of a gentleman, Mr. 

 Ivindley or Judge Sherman. They were having quite a heated ar- 

 gument. One boy considered that Sherman was more of a gen- 

 tleman than Lindley. I expect the boys had been tipped by Mr. 

 Lindley and Judge Sherman and were judging their standing as 

 gentlemen according to the size of the tip. Finally one of the 

 boys says, ''How do you know that Sherman is more of a gen- 

 tleman than Lindley," but his reason didn't satisfy, and the other 

 boy says, ''Coming down in the car this morning a gentleman 



