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   ADDRESS

   DELIVERED BY

   HON. HENRY H. CRAPO,

   Governor of Michigan,

   BEFORE THE

   CENTRAL MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,

   AT THEIR

   SHEEP-SHEARING EXHIBITION,

   HELD

   AT THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FARM,

   On Thursday, May 24th, 1866.


   LANSING:
   JOHN A. KERR & CO., STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS.
   1866.




ADDRESS.


_Mr. President, and Members of the "Central Mich. Ag'l Society:"_

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Remote from the theatre of action in the late
rebellion, Michigan has experienced comparatively few of the evils that
followed immediately in its path. The usual pursuits of peaceful life,
were here scarcely disturbed, and by the permission of a Gracious
Providence, the industry of the inhabitants of our State was but little
diverted from its legitimate channels. Nevertheless, while so many of
her patriot sons were engaged in the deadly strife of Southern
battle-fields, and the result of the struggle was in the uncertain
future, a sombre cloud could not fail to brood over our daily life,
interfering with the full enjoyment of the blessings we retained.

Now, however, the roar of cannon and the noise and tumult of