BEAL ON MICHIGAN COAT OF ARMS. 



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back are a bouse and a bain, and in front a man plowing, and near the 

 railroad a telegraph line is seen. On the left appears to be a factory of 

 some kind, perhaps a sawmill. 



In 1880 ias shown by Fig. 4) there is another change; the eagle has 

 alighted on the shield, but the tips of his wings point up in a strained 

 position against the strip which holds the motto, "E pluribus unum." The 

 cars and telegraph have left all traces of existence, the steam boat has de- 

 parted; the house and factory have been swept away; the ydowman has 



Fig. d. 



probably goue to dinner; the sun shines more brightly; the moose has 

 again found his own horns, which look as though they were stuck on the 

 head of a calf; the shaggy mane has been toned down, and here we have 

 the fourth form of the shield that has appeared. The moose and elk 

 having taken a rest for two or three years have again reared on their hind 

 feet and support the shield in a graceful manner. 



In 1883-84 there are again signs of a great commotion. (See Fig. 5.) 

 Gov. Begole comes into office. The rays of an imaginary sun concealed by 



Fig. 4. 



the shield, flash far up into the sky beyond the shield, and a great cloud 

 of dust or smoke appears on each side back of the elk and moose. The 

 rays of the visible sun rising from the distant lake are not parallel with 

 the rays emanating from back of the shield. The moose has changed his 

 head and again has found his shaggy neck. The eagle is the same as 

 on the former design. In all these changes the latin mottoes are not 

 disturbed. 



At the top of some of the paper now and for some years used by the 



