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to the Prophets of the First and Second Magnitude, and after 

 he talked about two hours on the Prophets of the First Magni- 

 tude he said: ''Now, we will take up the Prophets of the Sec- 

 ond Magnitude. What shall we do with the Prophet Isaiah?" 

 when an old colored fellow got up and said : "He can have my 

 seat I'm going out." 



I apprehend that there are those here that belong to this 

 Association that have some idea of what I will talk about, and 

 I confess to you that if my wife had not had company she 

 would have written a speech for me to make at this morning's 

 exercises but she told me what to say and as near as I can I 

 will repeat it. 



At St. Joseph, Missouri, two lovers were strolling, and 

 after walkmg around for some time they sat down on one of 

 die park benches. The young man was exceedingly bashful as 

 most young men are, and he sat there silently for some time 

 and could not think of anything to say, and the situation be- 

 came exceedingly embarrassing to him and finally he turned to 

 his sweetheart and said: "I bet you can't tell what I'm thinking 

 about." ''I bet I can, and if you try it I'll slap your face." 



I am disposed to believe that this section of Illinois is not in 

 a class by itself so far as negligence of duty is concerned on 

 the part of those engaged in agriculture having neglected the 

 dairy business but I do want to say to them and to the ladies 

 and gentlemen before me, I want to say to you that one of 

 your privileges when you go out into the world is to wield an 

 influence for the betterment of this wonderful business or in 

 any vocation that you may pursue. I want to say to those liv- 

 nig in this section of the country that as the girl whose grand- 

 mother was visiting her said to her when she asked her the 

 first time she had seen her, "so you are my grandmother?" 

 "'Yes, on your father's side." "You won't be here long before 

 you find out that you are on the wrong side." So I want to say 

 that the farmers in this section of the country who are only 

 raising wheat and corn, you are on the wrong side, and if you 

 continue you will find yourself in the same condition as the boy 

 who was taught by his mother not to fight and he had pugilistic 

 tendencies, and she told him to count to lOO when he felt like 

 fighting and had an opportunity and by that time he would get 



