Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-31
Gribulls 4 Gelegrapb.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1857.
A Happy New Year.
X ENOS HA, WIS.

A Happy New Year.
We follow the custom, and hail each
one of our readers with the greeting of
the season, just one day before hand
To all then, a Happy New Year-when
it comes.
To-day closes the existence of another
of Old Father Times numerous prog
eny. Tonight he will be'laid away in
that spacious vault of his predecessors
the Past. How much of life or that
which was once life is crowded into
that common receptacle, for 'sall of
earth.o Days come and go: in quick
succession, and we scarce note in their
flight, the flight of time, but when the
days have flown, until they make up the
year, we cannot shut our eyes to the
fact that slime is on the wing"
Everybody tomorrow morning viii be
wishing everybody o "Happy New
Year" but how many viii care the val
ne of u straw, whether the wish is real
lied outside of his own personal inter
ests? We are in favor of putting more
sincerity into this annual wish that is so
profusely scattered by unmeaning lips.
If we really wish our relatives and
friends may have happy year to come,
it is very easy to do much towards ma
king it so. Every person may SO han
die the threads of life, that are being
woven by the invisible hand, into the
great woof, as to influence the Joy or
sorrow of some one beside self No
one is so isolated and alone, but that he
or she has the power to add more or
less to the happiness of others.
Then as the old year is about giving
up the ghost, and being gathered to
his fathers" let us take a backward
look, and see how many istances, in one
| year past, we have neglected to make
glad toiling brothers heart, when we
might. See how many harsh words we
have spoken, when loving ones would
have been so much better. See, how
many times our hands have been with
held, when by extending them we might
have stopped the rising sigh or the fal-
ling tear. Our joys and sorrows in this
world are made up of much smaller
items than many are apt to think. The
most costly gift, the richest testimonial
the longest compliment frequently fai
to accomplish. what is done by word,
look, or a silent pressure of the hand
1t is the light and frequent showers al
the right times, and the gentle dews
that fertilize the earth, and not the
deluging rains.
a Happy New Year Do the word:
bring back voices that one year age
wished you happy new year, for the
the last tilnc?-voices that tomorrow
amid all the din of the real life, will come
to your heart with the well-remembered
tone, that at Times last christening fes
tival, wished you Happy New Year, SC
lovingly? Aye, but the voices are hush
ed, leaving but the echo of their sweet
ness in the spirits sanctuary of inner
life. The old year, just ready to be laid
upon the bier, and carried out, has left
its mark upon our lives somber and sad
upon some, and gleesome and glad upon
Others. And the new year which we
are all wishing may be SO happy, will
do the same. But we will not look
ahead to prophecy, only to note here
and there places, where by the light Of
the past we may improve on the old.
This should be the season of good re-
solves. There are few of us so perfec,
but that there is much room left for I'M
provement. What better time than the
commencement of the New Year, to put
into practice the suggestions that con.
science has made? With the new year
a new life may be begun. The years that
are past cannot be recalled, but we have
those vet to come, in which to make
amends for those mis-spent. Make up
your programme, then, and with the
light of the morrow's sun commence its
performance.