Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Third Annual Message Of Governor
John 5. Pillsbury, Delivered to
the Legislature Janu-
airy 8, 1879.
4 Review of the Several Departments
OF the State Government and
of Public Institutions.

,.utlemtn IF the Senate and House cf Represent
The annual recurrence / public events convenes
You this year to- the deliberations vi the twenty
drst regular session OF tue state legislature.
tor snme1lirs !ess 'na' t"sntS one years N,n
b"r vi this union vi :: ATS. They have been ears
III not uninterrupted prosperity; but Of varying
fortune and vlr>sltude; yet trem the first strug
rr>lt,,u 4 to day. our career has been marked by
constant aud unsurpassed growth Ill all that
~i'ruli constitute l st Ibl, and prosp rou5 com.
mouwtalth. ". thout here ludrSing in The
pleasing retro>psttlon which the facts seem to i'll
vte, it is not too much IT, say that few u the
Isst have Afforded upon the whole more substau-
tia cause for encouragement than that wh.cn has
Just terminated. No wasting pes,ilence nor DIES
t,tutru has At,,ct,d our people. Their fields have
been ,xeu,.t from insect ravagts, and their abors
rewarded with general abundance. The vari, us
ltdustr n interests Of the state have been ia irly
advanced Our educational and chart able instltu-
tlln> have pruspared. 1hece has been i cOutluu-
OF the progress otlc-u my last message
respecting railroad constructor, growth " popu
at:on ana the abeorptlon and cultivation Vt our
uuoctupied lands, and the sole hinderance to the
uniform advancement OF the general prosperity
results from that uUw!>e pursuit oi agriculture
which restricts its operations too largely 10 the
production ot q SINGLE cereal. Chiefly Ill conse
uuence OF this wrongful course the rrnts or aerl
culture the past Hear Suddenly swept Away
throughout the oldest AID weslthlest portions OF
the state hy few days .; nnprollious weather
which at 4 critical moment. bllShted the promise
Ell sl,l.rlbuu ,st >lr!d OF on; great STAPLE while
sparlE I'll pru,tuttS III uulmpal~ed abundance.
While III, effect has been to partial relapse
INTO the ullS.utSS depression from wh,ch'r COM
luuultles were rscoverug ii it shall also prove TO
have checked the pr vaent tendency tow ard the
rrEtractou OF dless T. IT, the total result hot
De ,iselued An uumlxei calamity.
Ii We Ext nd the REVIEW to the country at large,
The year Will long be remembered for uuparal
ltlleu abundance OF Its agricultural preductS for
urreasGd revival OF industry: fer reuewed s1lmu-
us t. the progress OF invention; for that proud
growth OF the national creilt which trlumphautly
anticipated the redemption o the national pledges
and for the rapid c.mlua ion Snu exposure of that
strange popular lie IuSon which assumes that wealth
uly he rraatel by Arb!;r enactment rather than
by actual production. and which would substitute
the semblance for the substance of proSperity
The year VIII moreover, be held III both sad and
tunured remembrance Tor the Prolonged and dead
~ pestileDre viii y decimateu portions II the
COUNTRY, AID tlr The luaguauiuous conduct OF Il
great people who silk need tHt voice OF civil strife
Ivy txteu !lu5 the succ!r u kindred to perlShlng
Kindred with uuSplrlNI land.
These varied evldel CeS II !NterpOs ing and en-
tvrr,ng Providence rlH Tor that prunp, aiu srAteI l
I1ro-ur II >iurcut GI:,iace whl,, becomes au
emil. h.e"et. peel -.
III ccuil len public affairs viii! be amply
shown y.U IVY IT. r.. rts OF tue several DEPART
aud STATE AJAX l:lolS The hoauc!al exh bit
: cary tvta ed Ivy TIE state au,1ltcr. ! summary
VI WITCH ~ the ii cures following:
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