The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-19

meadow or pasture land, though all of
is fit for high state of cultivation.
New York. with total acreage of 81
100000 has a population of considerable
over 6OOO,0OO. At this rate Minnesota
land surely nature has equipped her as
highly as New York; is capable of Civ
ing homes to and sustaining a population
of upwards of 100000 prosperous and
happy people.
But let us turn for moment from. the
contemplation of our state in its econo-
mic aspects and give brief glance at
it's physical features In its bosom are
the sources of three mighty water courses
the Hudson bay-nature's great arteries
throbbing to the outermost verges of
the continent-the vehicles of our COM
merce and the silent regulators of our
railroads. Extensive forests. rich in
| woods of an ornamental and useful char
acter, and in places interspersed with
mines of iron and other metals, cover
! the northeastern part-a full third of. the
state. The residue Of our vast domain
is an ocean of billowy prairie, besprin-
kled with numerous islands and PENN
sulas of undulating woodlands, all as
fertile as any the hand of man ever
titled. And all this broad expanse OF
forest, prairie and woodland is jeweied
with ten thousand lakes, sparkling, awe
and translucent.
And to make this earthly Paradise COM
rlcte and the fit home Of 4 thrifty and
hardy race, it is possessed and sur
rounded with an atmosphere pure, health
breeding and work Inspiring, such as
| necessarily .appertains to q country and
people like ours. Fortunately, the soil
and the climate have come into possession
of a people worthy of it. Minnesota has
| entered many, fine and important exhibits
| at this fair, but of oil her exhibits none
| are so typical, none SO interesting and
men and women who have wrought her
| into being as one Of the great states of
! the federal Union. Yankee and Anglo
! Celt, foreigner and native, have here.
under liberal laws and on a footing of
equality, labored hand in hand, in q pa
| triotic spirit Of emulation, and have
| evolved out of natures chaos the sub
! stantial beginnings Of a mighty empire.
And when these different elements. which
| constitute our chronological makeup, have
| become fully assimilated into one: people,
of one LANGUAGE and of one spirit. in
! tensely and truly American, then will the
/ complement of the great destiny of Min
| nesota be wholly filled, and then will she
i exhibit to the world q nation complete
| in physical, moral and intellectual equip:
! ment. That day, when it comes-and il
is near and approaching with swift and
irresistible strides will be the great Min.
nesota day of the future. We have in
! our midst to-day men, venerable and
full of years the patriarchs who have
led our people into the promised land
i Minnesota day is beyond all question
their day, for to none else is the state SC
i near and dear as to those who cared fol
4 it and nourished it in its infancy. They
are entitled to our gratitude and to ou1
blessings. Their lives and their presence
are an inspiration to us, who are younger
and to those who are to take our places
and may this inspiration abide with oul
people through all the coming ages.
4 and faintlyI have described her to you
the young giantess Of the upper Missis