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ing their majority in the agricultural districts, will find ample
field in the mountains for that energy and thrift which have
done so much to develop the newer States. Not only this,
but it will bring back to us thousands of Kentuckians who,
having emigrated to other States for lack of employment here,
will gladly return to invest or labor in a field so full of prom-
ise, and richer in possible results than even the fabled wealth
of California. The dawn of this era is upon us, and the best
omen lies in the, great interest taken in our material develop-
ment by our own people. That it may be fraught with the
best results for the whole State should be the aim of every
Kentuckian who has pride in his State, and wishes to see
her maintain her proper position in the great march of prog-
ress which marks this period of our country's history.