Excerpt from The Great WestDid you ever hear of the Michigan boy who, after listening for an hour or more to the boasting of a Massachusetts boy, said, Now you just let up, you young Yankee. I'd just like you to understand that we've got ponds out our way that are big enough to ¿oat the whole state of Massachusetts, and leave room round the edges for all the states about her.The Michigan boy was not quite elegant in his language, perhaps, but he had the right spirit, and we can excuse language, sometimes, when the spirit is right.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.