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Show THANKSUlYlXti PUOl'LAMA-TI0S. PUOl'LAMA-TI0S. Executive Okkice, Utah Tkuritoet. Tin1 annual custom of Riving thank-for thank-for blessing vouchsafed during tho yuar i peculiarly niipropmto at this limo, and eminently worthy of observance observ-ance by a CliriftUn people. Tho sbmods havo boon fruitful, llip harvests have boon abundant, ami tto year crowned with numerous blessing1. Whi'o several ,nf tho states havo bean visited bv a ircaJol and fearful disease, which has well-nigh depopulated cities and towns, tliis portion of our country li as heon exempt ex-empt from so terrible nn infliction. For the gracinii in an ifu.-talons of divine j(oodripp3 and ctn-, wo are udor niani-luld niani-luld obligations to our Uod. Th-reior'.-, in conformity to uual custom, cus-tom, and in accordance with tho proclamation procla-mation of tho president of tho united State?, I designate Thursday, tho 2Sth day of Novonibt'r, instant, to bo observed as a day of public thanksgiving. The pooplo are invited to observe the day in an appropriate manner, to gvlh-ir around lhir tircs:de and in ihuir places i of public worship, and there to return thanks to tho Giver of all Good for mercies received. May thoy also on that occasion supplicate a continuance of Uivino favors, that tho earth may yield hs fruits in their season, that pace, law, justice and prosperity my prevail throughout this territory. In testimony whereof, I have f a1I I hereunto set my hand and I aEU- J causal the Seal of tho Terri- . tory to bo ailLxed. Done at Salt I nke t ity, thia Fourteenth day of November, A. I). lt-"8,ar,d of the Independence of tho United States tho One llundreJ and Third. GKO. W. KilEKY. By tho Governor; Levi P. Lltkley, Secretary of Utah Territory. |