Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-01-01
THE NEW YEAR.


nc meu,s pas--the throne 10 never vacant
those who watched the shadowy, won
form Of the Old pass away At the appoint
ed moment, saw also its plaee supplied b.
the young and jocund New Year, brigh'
with hope and anticipation. The season:
succeed each other and the planets chang
in their COURSES but Time sweeps on to tn
vast ocean which has no shore. Thi
morning we stand at new point In tn
journey. wishing. hoping that the yea
may be one Of happiness and prosperity
As families gather and friends meet ever.
tongue is ready with It's Happy New
Year, = the heart following in unison witt
the words.
The commencement of the year Is ver.
properly assigned as the best time for tn
beginning of new enterprises. the forma
ton of new plans. and the adoption OF bet
ter resolutions for the conduct Of life ant
business Wretched the man who does
not say to himself on New Years morning
IL will try to live and do better this yea
than in the past" 1t is just the time t
turn over new leaf" II we have errors.
faults. vices, (and who Is without them?>
this Is the day to turn the back upon then
and leave them a. far behind as possible.
Whatever has been done or suffered l.
past and gone beyond the possibility Of
correction, and to monrn over it il useless,
but the future is the page Of possible snc-
cess, triumph and happiness, and upor
that let the thoughts rest while the expert
ence of the past teaches to avoid difficulties
and dangers and make the best use of TIT
opportunity afforded. There Is no mar
endowed with common sense who does
not in some sort at this season examine hi;
account with the world and see how j.
stands, and calculate what resources h
has and the improvements he may make
in the coming twelve-month, unless mis-
fortune Or his own folly has unnamed him.
Much good may the examination do thos.
who make it. May they live to keep sheil
resolutions and mark higher score on the
tally of life when the game of 1870 is enc
ed. Resolve well. struggle bravely. and
success will follow. No one wins without
effort, resolution. perseverance, wisely and
worthily applied. 4 4s 4e
To the young the New Year comes with
gladness and promise. 1t reminds them
that they are advancing towards manhood
and the glittering heights Of worldly am
bition that appear in the distance. Riches.
honor, love and happiness invite them for
ward. The sharp struggle with poverty,
hardship. disease, and perhsps crime and
an accusing conscience, thai many have to
make is obscured and rarely thought OF.
In their imagination roses strew the path.
Well will it be for those who are starting
out in lifs's career at this time to take the
advice of older heads, who have once
passed over the grounds which they are to
travel and know the dangers and difficu.-
ties to be encountered. 1t may give them
a happier and more prosperous year. and
many a happy year thereafter. To the
man in his prime, in the thickest of the
contest. striving for wife. children. friends.
home. country, and humanity, there is
need that he should lock to his ways and
grid himself anew for the struggle. Hope.
patience. courage, and charity will stand
him in good stead. The aged. whose
work is done. who live in the past, what
has the New Year Of happiness for them'
They wait in hope we trust for the bright
iawning beyond the river. the morning of
Eternity, where pleasure never ends and
the rolling years have no limit.
Entering this year and this new decade
we have great reason to rejoice over our
national prospects. The decade just
closed has been full of national peril. but
The storm of battle is hushed. and the ma
ton is safe, free and prosperous. At the
close of the decade now begun. the increase
If the wealth and population Of our coun-
Try. swelled by the vast tide Of immigra-
sioh hoAN ASuiopC anu AMIN VIII Uc "itAoce
.abulous. and in all probability our limits
will be the Pole ON the north and the 18TH
mus on the south-then pierced by the Da-
ian Canal, while Cuba and the other West
india Islands will be part of our govern
nent. The influences OF America upon
he world during that time will be i'm
nense. Thrones that are heaving now
With popular commissions will have gone
Town and the people will have taken the
control themselves. Popular liberty is
advancing, and crowned heads are be-
coming humble. Such is the prospect rs
he New Year comes in, may its fulfill
nent be equal to its promise. .c
The correspondent of the Boston Adver-
User says that letters received in Washing