Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-01
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iron tie ARSS S5oTe soggeSt1 for unlike
many os his M0sr5OW Contemporaries IN this
E0Fd, he taxes : pa1iaE delight In reH4rdIng
raj merit WberETa IL Is E011d, and Tnfeh Is IN
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the ieebsg and Sno1-moantaiEz, bsyOod
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Saint NickoAAs Is sometimes moved to he4Te =
Sga oTeT the dsge1e-aey Of the rising geIleZ1-
ton, OTsT which II has alTays been his delight
70 preside At this se4son Of the year And Ehea
Ee remember h0E very Osd-EashiOBei he Is In
MS TieES, ne cannot wonder that he should feel
something Ike regret at the rapid progress Of
the juvenile mind In the present day He no
doubt feels IN VARIOUS ways, that they are fast
losing that implicit faith and confidence II his
identity, and hisW0Ud&nl EcI;iz which
youth Hae2 to seek 70 cherish, AID would not
willingly LEI 90, and which was the source of
untold pleasure TO young imasinstionS Bot
snoTsa-dzys they have really gone so far As to
question what IS told them IN the nursery re-
speetiDg the personality Of Santa Claus, and
the reality Of his mysterious midnight visits,
and boldly accuse others Of an attempt to play
of a deception upon them. The idea Of being
imposed upon and thereby casting an evident
iaPTtafion upon their judgement and peDeta-
ton. Is 50 utterly distastefnl TO their inquiring
minds that they, for the most part, reject this
household legend with diSdaiu. Bot, II the in
duence which good Saint Nicholas has so long
away, there are other good and kindly infiu-
enceS belonging to Christmas time, and Christmas
cheer, which it Is TO be hoped viii not soon lose
the power which they exert over the hearts
of men and women. Influences unseen, but
strong, which inSensibly draw heart nearer to
heArt7-whteh cheer dropping souls, brighten
dim eyes and renew old associations, which
bring up -'the spirit of Christmas past" 70
hallOT and beautify by its lights and shadows,
Christmas present. and to make US thought
full and happy in anticipation of "ChTistmascs
yet to come"
We have all felt that there are silent, but
'deep-rOoted affections which love to Iinger and
cluster round the Christmas hearth Of past
years, like happy family circIes-memo.ies
which like Christmas holly or "iyy-green,' can
freshen and make glad the chambers Of the
heart, When wiDtry days shall come and the
SHOWS Of age are falling and deepening around
Bot your correspondent finds that her reSer-
les have taken rather = prosy turn, which.
however, you will have the goodness to attribute
to the influence of this ~Tainiest Of DAYS. and To
the general dhIlneSS- which, like the darkness
N1C g&EE "a LlAo DASL u
the country, RANT still rain. IL seems iasp-
propriate that the old year should pass away in
such q manner There sholH be storms ard
teupests WhirIing SHOWS and driving blasts,
With those sad, moaning undertones which min
gle 50 strangely, yet ~harmoniouslT, with the
higher and tercer strains These are fit dfrges
for 3 year passing from the narrow portals of
Time, into the great gateway of Eternity,
which even now stands open to receive 1t, and
the precious burdens with which it is reizhted.
But this time the year seems to be diSs0lvins
itself IN dreary tearz-weePing the short re
maindcr of its life aEayz
We viii hope that the neR year, so near TO us
now that We can almost hear its beatingS. will
come to US with 4 brighter face-and, ate. all
the sad regrets for the old year, We viii doubt.
less hail the new, as we ever do, with Joy and
glad9ess-each one cOngratulating himself with
the thought that It has something in store for
him which the old year failed to bring. Hoping.
Messrs Editors, that it eHt be "a Happy New
Year to you and your readers, I win bid YOU
adieu for the present C
NoyEHENs Is CHSA-The Courier des
Flats Unis, in its summary Of late European
news, says: 'rThel latest news from China. un.