gia: Behold, on the wings of eloquence, armed with the sword of truth, and nerved by the fire of righteous in- dignation, a modern Perseus to the rescue of Andro- meda, gives battle to the foul monster that would de- stroy the state, deemed by its sons and daughters the fairest of this fair land. Speaking as though it were 106 Henry Watterson's Plea. his last message to the children of what he called Kentucky's Acropolis, his parting word before leaving for the great unknown country, Henry Watterson warned them against vagaries which "would blot Ken- tucky out of the galaxy of stars and recreate her in the dread image of Maine and Kansas/'' At the opening of the Blue Grass Fair at Lexington, August I2th, the famous Kentucky editor and statesman concluded a soul-stirring address with the following beautiful per- oration : I am conscious that this is the last opportunity I shall have to look into the eyes of the beautiful women who irrad- iate this Heavenly spot and to speak for my neighbors and myself, man to man, before a central Kentucky audience. My fathers, no less than your fathers, gave of their blood for this priceless heritage. They were, upon the one side of the house, yeomen honest, peace-loving, Scotch-Irish yeo- men and on the other side, gentlemen and cavaliers and