Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-12-29


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~ O. ffoz iaf.sey iIdhsod -youik natuis aad
% are n ihsrs were No places q refreshmeat Ike
these New Year,, TkaksyiFingss and the like Nhere
We nay tun aside from The isssriss trials iarasnt
70 he ss.,el-ss struggle IN which MA esrayes ks ~
Iow,-ifthsss were 40 cases N the desert sf eziee.
HE thsss % s.aasa the senses aaa cheer cor hesrts
Wild he kad words offhendly, social nisreolrse
Sould indeed Sc weary road % travel.
Some cf onr patrons have been unusually sisstys to
he wants d oar outer man during he past tssIve-
meath. At tinsi sheT have enphsfi-aIly shssered
god thinss in and around at queer placs we dignity
uithths A-soaisiug tide q Editorial ssueta Over
flowing with gratitude to them and The Coed B~iAspko
put into their heats thus 10 aid or haHaAity
have never aed 10 ehroaicls their testimonials Of
nembranee in grassfA manner as practicable and
these natter referred 20. soy. because the year
80 has been peculiarly rich ID those mancstIeas tina,
serve well - reconcile the nanHnbeFrd ills
that Ptfasey's flesh Is heir to.
We are. hswevsr, fsrcbly reminded, Il ibis seasos.
q the truth beautifully expressed il tAose maf
lines - M
1.-THE brightest thinss below the slie.,
Give bun haiterisg light.
We Should suspect some danger nigh
Where we possess delight"
Notwithstanding our strong desire 70 exesdt iAsng,
Of grdss nature, such dollars and cents from our
mind At this time, they won't stay excluded Sasdry
guaHi. eng, bony hands, are even pokipyncta al
us-bilIs ianumerable pass before ike tha shifting
scenes q pahoramathai with the cast irda coma
tennnee who lAbors under enormous. greasy wllef
swslled to repleon with well thunbed sccouat has
been 10 see and gone away savage aeai-axe,
nutterihg between his elenehed teeth Something By no
means complimentary, Z.
We feel yery much like our old Teacher must have
felt when he called up the class Of denquents whom
he had 70 keep IN o. bright. susshny cay, whea
all nature invited him enjoy her smilea Shall
We call em up OH bootless task Walk up sestle.
the captains Office and settle. We have imagined
such procession this in Of day dreams and
the hare idea Of the realization Of such musings has light
ened uar hearts little In the dim JisiaHce Trey conc
The STILL frosty air echoes to their steady ramp DER
the frozen earth. From North. East. West South ),
they come in Indian fe-now and then sturdy fellow
with light keart, takes his plaes in the rsaksfron
mountan-top and valley, from hill and dae-fron the
ringing anvil and the counter-from the fiery furnace
that sends up its tophet flames the cry is still they
come, each engthening line convergBg to the i" Free
Prss ofee," and causing that terrible back st to
s'grow small by degrees and beautifully less"
Bot We grow much too Prolix for the patience q
readers or length Of columns We wish them every
good that kind Providence deems best for their tempo
raj and eternal welfare.
As for our beloved country, we congratulate all a.
round, that the Ship Of State is stavnch and true
the old Irohsdes Of other days We will despair Of
the Republic, believing that the sound morality practi
cal good sense and above all, broad ard deep
der-current Of conservative feeling which pervades the
great mass Of couatrymcn. will bear Us safely TO
the highest and most useful position smo ng the people
Of the earth.