The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-01-06

JOttIngs from Liberty.

OONsAaDN AAOAA A@AHNs
What q beautiful day the scared
old year had in whieh 70 expire.
The glorious orb Of day shed forth
bis grandsst rays Of Eltgft-as be
desirep to make tho "oid gentle.
mans last hours tho mest pleasant
ho ever cpjoysd5 that he might
look, for the last time on earth, in |
a cheerful mood, with a smile play.
ing about his time. worn yisage, in
stead Of having bis mouth closed
tigbt By ths strong bars Of feo'
zen moustacbs,g and bis Hpsttils
ontracted 70 narrow limits WITH
"congeaIed breath" and unartislic'
ally orhsesnIed with fEo q more
"life. size" icicles.
l always thought iciclcs looked
very pretty banging from the eayes
of q cottage, but to see them sus-
pended from the most prominent
ordaneHs belonging 70 mans face
is entirely out Of plaee-nothiOg
sublime in tho picture. l do not
pretend to say that such "objects'
arc often visible to the naked eye,
unless it is, when the old year
leaves this mundane sphere to hunt
up tho years that fed before; 1
trust be will have no trouble in
finding them, and have aj0Ty
time. But L do feel after all that
"Oid Soly endoavored TO make bis
last moments so pleasant that be
would sooner remain than go, If
he however could have fingered on
the verge Of time a day ortwo
longer, mcthinBs be would have
changed his opinion, and, gladly
"skedaddled" without further no
tice, unless it would have been to
revenge himself on "0ld Sol" for
bis seeming trihing with the affec.
tions of one about to depart tor ev.
ermore; and no doubt if the case
had been brought up for bearing
before our courts, it would have
taken but little argument from the
Learned counsel to- impress the
jury, and that "grave body"woulG
retire one moment and return the
, next, with a verdict for the plain
tiff unanimously" by a large ma
jority," if-the charge had been fpl
"trifiing with affection" or prom
ising pleasure under false pre-
lenses"
!, But whew what time the ney
year had to arrive in-his debut OF
the stage of action the first day
was not "briIliantly striking 70
Q his "new clothes" were water
D soaked, and his GLOSSY curls'' hun
!. in "stringlets," while the "mOist
d ure' constantly dripped from hi
!, new styled hat And tho secon
= day Of his performance was wors
: than the first; how he could hav
!, managed worse could hardlyab
q imagined. 1t looked very muc
. as if the "young man" had got 0
u "bustp when he took passage o
y the train" for this climate an
u had't got off tho strain" yet. Ho'
IS he conducts himself after night,
II can't say-not being there TO- SCI
/ generally retire early and get u
4 late. I'learncd that rule from Z
n Franklin when q boy, and Lind
h works well, especially when its veI
,f cold and you can "play Off slee
!, until the fires an kindied, \ III
= it, and thank printer Ben, for Il
~ "maxim., Peace TO his ashes,
D But when | thought Of those wi
Q. have no shelter, as I sat by q con
!. Portable fire and gozcd out of IN
= window yesterday, while all da
lorg clouds Of driving snow seer
IL ed at war with each other, 4
y, many OF us il did not matter ho
q the New Year ''sowed bis wi
" oats;' but to the poor unsheltere
.. unwarmed, starving thousands I
~ our land, 1t did matter to- them
% We all complain without cause;
as seems SO NATURAL and yet he
ic wicked! is it not q wonder we
h. allowed to II live2-a wohder-b
70 more mercy than wonder. l'''
~ Before closing | desire to mak'
ay correction In my communicate
a. of last week, the arrangement
Of the types made me say, "this rri
-. is q phunny phellow.n, The rea
:. er will please read rinter instei
TO- TO- as Writer, sounds badly. 1t do
ed harmonize with my "phelinks," ~
'cs I'm generally morose in the c
,e- tremc; and then it looks better
O some one else to make, remarks
"a bout you than to do it yourself
~ especially in public. ,.,. 1.
'e- More anon. ~ A. L. NJ
nd Basil, Jan. Sd, 1870.
Up The Georgia Reconstructio
ice Law,
nd This tlew law for the proper
'het construction ,sipOEpcot, Of Georgia bPrpvi'
rid tsuhstontinlIv as folloWs: "It