ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 73 
“ Home is where the heart is,” I once heard an old 
gentleman remark, and I thought how true, for if the heart 
isn t thcic, what a frail structure. To make it an attractive 
place, a happy refuge from the world, a pleasant abiding 
place, adorned and cozy, the heart must be interested. 
Whatever our vocation, we must be thoroughly alive and 
interested to be successful; and, our lives are what we 
make them. Yes, in a measure, and as truly, our lives often 
make us. We hit upon many sharp corners as we battle 
along, and wonder why,—almost forgetting “there is a 
divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will.” 
If we could only remember, in the toil and anxieties of our 
every-day life, we are weaving like the workers on tapestry, 
among the tangled ends and innumerable colors on the 
wrong side of the pattern. In our after life it will be 
pi csented to us in all its perfection and beauty, the threads 
even and beautiful, the colors fair to see. 
It was a blessed mother that gave to a child these lines, 
to quell a turbulent, restless spirit : 
“ Be quiet, take things as they come, 
Each hour will draw out some surprise; 
With blessings let thy days go home, 
Though shalt have thanks from evening skies.” 
And may these words of wisdom descend and cover 
us like a beautiful benediction through our lives, and— 
“ Let us gather up the sunbeams, 
Lying all around our path, 
Let us keep the wheat and roses, 
Casting out the thorns and chaff. 
Let us find our sweetest comfort 
In the blessings of to-day, 
With a patient hand removing 
All the briers from our way.” 
After a short recess, in which the finance committee 
were allowed to press their claims, Dr. Tefft talked for a 
short time upon the subject of “ Milk and its Uses,” as 
follows : 
Dr. Tefft: “Ladies and gentlemen—while waiting 
a few moments for an essay you will please alow me to 
