122 ARBOR DAY. 



FROM GOVERNOR M'GILL, OF MINNESOTA. 



ST. PAUL, March 31, 1888. 



H. L. WOOD, ESQ. : DEAR SIR Minnesota has been 

 following for some years the lead of Nebraska in ap- 

 pointing an Arbor Day, and it has now become a feature 

 in the state. We see the advantages of the custom, and 

 expect to follow it for years to come. To Hon. J. Ster- 

 ling Morton, of your state, is due the conception of the 

 idea. He has been a public benefactor, and his name 

 should be honored throughout the land. It is to such 

 men that the people should go bearing tribute. I wish to 

 congratulate your state that you have been so fortunate 

 as to have such a man amongst you, and I trust his years 

 may be full of honor to the end of his life. 

 I am, very truly yours, 



N. R. McGiLL. 



FROM GOVERNOR SAWYER, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



CONCORD, April 5th. 



H. L. WOOD: DEAR SIR Having just issued the 

 gubernatorial proclamation for Arbor Day in New Hamp- 

 shire, it gives me pleasure to acknowledge our indebted- 

 ness to Nebraska as being the first state to establish by 

 legislative enactment the custom of setting apart a day 

 in each year for the planting of trees, which, in common 

 with other states, we have adopted. 



