There were many other men whose inventive genius
and public usefulness were entitled to rank with these. The
first house-warming furnace was introduced here, and the second
cupola furnace was set up near by.
These inventors and mechanics were all men of great public
spirit, proud of Worcester, of its great achievements, and
its great hope. They got rich rapidly. They and their households
made social life most delightful. There was little pride
of family or wealth. Men and women were welcomed everywhere
on their merits.
The City of Worcester was the heart of one of the foremost
agricultural counties in the country. The county stood fourth
among American counties in the value of its agricultural products,
and the proportion of the value of the product to the value
of the lands. It was the spot on the face of the earth where
labor got the largest proportion of the joint product of labor
and capital. The farmers made an excellent living. They
made excellent legislators, excellent town officers, excellent
jurors, and excellent clients. I have been at some time or
other in my life counsel for every one of the fifty-two towns
in Worcester County.
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