Show thanksgiving proclamation governor wells has bag lulled issued the fo lowing proclamation with reference to day the people of utah ever appreciative of the continued rich blessings of nat nature u re vouch vouchsafed sided in our glorious oli cli matein t the be fertility of our soil and the treasures of our hills in an abundant yield as an a return foi our labors in the field on the ranges in the mines and and profoundly grateful lor for the enlargement ot of our civil rights la in being admitted lo 10 the union as a sovereign bbate acknowledge with reverence the all wise providence that has been over us and that we may give proper expression to the gratitude of our hearts in such manner as shall be most fitting therefore 1 I heber M wells governor of the state of utah in pursuance 01 law and in iii conformity with the proclamation la of the ahe president of the united states desiena ing thursday november a day of thanksgiving and prayer do hereby request the people of this state upon that day to forego their customary labors and pursuits and assemble in their several places of worship and at their fireside altars to praise the giver of all good and to further honor the day by remembering the poor and the nate by nets acts of charity and goodfellow good fellow ship in testimony whereof I 1 have set my hand and caused the great seal of the state to be hereunto affixed this ninth day of november in he year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety six and of the independence of the united states the one hundred and twentieth and the first year of the state of utah M WELLS by the governor JAMES T HAMMOND secretary of state |