The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-01
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.


Year in. Go to the torrid zone and
commence your January there; or to
the vicinage of the boreal pole and
hibernate upon sea of frozen mer-
curry, as we did, if you doubt the
truth and value of our adv ice.
Healthfulness of climate; moderate
ness of average temperature; invig-
Grating atmosphere; rarely yitaliz-
ing latitude and altitude; these, and
its being within the limits and subject
to the laws of "the poor mans para
disc" mako this sturdy little city a
good place to be in when the year
begins and to do ones work within
while the twelvemonth lasts. Those
who have tried the venture OF other
civilizations and different climates
know best the difference which is to
be credited to Carson and its neigh
borhood. There are fewer cares,
fewer natural discomforts and fewer
diseases here than in any country
under the sky! Then why should
not our old years end in contentment
and happiness, and our new ones be-
gin with Joy?
To him who has absented himself
from hereabout for a season there is
much toremark in the way of change,
change that has taken place within
the year which has just closed.
Eighteen months ago an old resident
knew nearly every man he met upon
the street. We had become, before
the railway was built. almost set
tied land circumscribedl community.
We were fast getting into the narrow
grooves into which isolated commun-
tiles at last find themselves-the
grooves Of provincialism, narrowness
and comparative stolidity; a condi-
ton which engenders small and
mean estimates and conceits, and
which breeds the gangrene ofignoble
envy and the belittlement Of self-dis-
trust. The iron horse has rescued
Carson from the fate OF those sad
monuments to the standstill and ret
rograde mistakes and misfortunes
OF which too many of the mining
towns of California and Nevada are
distressing examples. Those upon
whom this cankering meanness had
already fastened itself attempted to
hold the place down by the narrow
bands with which it was bound when
the fitful and evanescent life of stage
travel had been worn away from it.
These denied the force of artificial
progress; and set the dead weight Of
Wondering inactivity in opposition
to the irresistible power Of steam.
The genius of good fortune provided
the occasion and the means for burst
ing through these narrow and con-
tracing limits; latent and growing
sense of sympathy with the larger
and BROADER world of enterprise
REACHED out hand and felt for con-
Ct with the great arteries of trade
commerce; new nerves began to
stirred; fresh blood leaped up; a
ID venture for life and extrinsic
agth was simultaneously made;
! Capitol of the State was anchored
own upon the immutable founda
lions of our share of Mother Earth /;
The railway engine came snorting
the needed heralding of newly in
spired life and hope; and the wished
for, needed rescue was at hand. Car
son is saved from ruin; saved be-
cause her courageous people, disre-
garding the croakings of her false
prophets and the bad advice volun
teered by her Incubi, took the steps
needed to set her fortunes up out of
the dangers of dry rot and hamilton
by which she was SO sorely beset;
and now where upon the Pacific
coast or any other. coast is there
a more prosperous town Of its di-
mansions than this? We had ev-
erything to gain and but prec-
ious little to lose. We staked
a considerable share of what we had !;
allied the fortunes of the place to
the fortunes of those in whose hands
capital is held; resolved to :" make
or break" and the hundreds of busy
strangers; the mnltisudes Of workers
who are kept employed upon the
cars and in the shops and offices of
the Virginia and Truckee Railway.
and the occupancy of every available
house in the place; all these things
tell the story ofiour rescuing and our
promise of prosperity.
It is custom to seem to repudiate
the old year and give its past hours
and its memories good radiance;
but let Us hope that the New Year