Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-01-10
THE NEW YEAR.

A new year has just commenced but il
comes not Invested Of cares II bears a near
resemblance to its brother, who is now num-
bered among things that are never TO return.
We suppose, though there may some new
things hapen under the sum- yet, in the moon,
the affairs of the world for 1910, will move
along pretty nearly in the old track. We sup
pose we can foretell many events that will take
place during the year; though we Jay noclaim
TO any prophetic gift. From what has been,
we judge what will be.
We suppose, as heretofore, that mankind
will eat to live, and live TO eat, notwithstand-
ing wiser than Graham should arise. The
farmer will plough his fields and the earth,
which is not like its inhabitants, ungrdfefili,
will yield her increase, and amply repay the
toll Of the husbandman. The Mechanic, each in
his way, will labor for his bread the udustri-
Gus will grow rich, while he who wastes his
time al the grog-shop and suffers the crimson
tinge 10 steal over his face, will grow poor
and perhaps finish bis earthly course, ere The
year is closed. The Merchant will bow as
politely as ever TO his cash-paying customers,
and 10 those whose credit is next door to cash !;
and we are quite sure he will draw many such
TO his shop, il be advertises his merchandise 10
our columns. The lawyer will pursue his
course as usual sometimes gaining and some
times losing his case; but he will no, often fail Of
getting his fee. The Doctor, aye, he Of the
lancet, we are quite sure will not make friends
with the vendsr Of patent medicines ! and the
vender Of these will NOT fail to talk loud aga;ns,
the regular practitioners Clergymen of diff
ferent denominations will labor, as heretofore,
for the welfare Of their people, and we hope
with less seciarian feeling than is sometimes
manifested. Then, too, we have the different
benevolent societies to be attended to each
calculated 10 advance the interest and happi-
ness Of mankind. Money must be contributed
to many Of these societies, else their object
cannot be accomplished; so the benevolent
will look to these things as heretofore.
Then there is another class ofpeorle that we
presume will not be idle this year. We mean
those who are candidates for hymen's favors--
This year offers peculiar privileges to the fair
er part Of creation, who have not us yet been
successful in obtaining companions to their
mind. l, will be recollecled that this is leap
year. We expect to print notice of the I'M
ion of many happy couple, before the year
closes. And here we may say a word as TO
our own course. We shall pursue the same
course as in times past with the news of the
day, which we shall endeavor to give our read
ers promptly, we shall serve up dish for old
and young-graye and gay. Those ofour sub
scribers who have paid in advance or al the
close Of the year for the Phoenix, we expect will
do the same this year; and there is one class
of subscribers, that we hope will do what they
have not done for long time that is, pay up.
This will be busy year for politicians. The
locofocos will resort to every kind Of means TO
gain their point--but we predict this will be
a hard year for them. They will find it hard
lighting against the popularity of the hero of
Tippscanoe. The wings will go ahead we
think, as they never have before. At the end
of the year we trust il will be made certain that
we shall have new rulers al the helm of state
for the next four years. Is there Wing in
Vermont who doubts the truth of our predic-
lion in this particular We shall see. So
we close our predictions for the present.