The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-01
TRINITY CHIMES.
Ringing the Old Year Out and the New
Year In.

Ringing the Old Year Out and the New
Year In.
There Is fanciful idea connected with the Chimes
that always suggests merry time and reason Or
some special jOyfulness Sad chimes never ring,
and IL the bells ever are tolled in o melancholy
strain 1t must be because there s no other way to
get at mournful melody, and the church steeple is
profanated by the invasion. Poets have imagined
all sorts of music from the chimes; Christmas
yarns have been spun to the tune Of them, and in
general way chimes are something very pretty
merrily religious and highly mysterious In their
d0ings.
In this city We have only the one set OF chimes
and, as everybody knows, Trinity church possesses
them. On Sunday mornings all the year round,
they make pleasant music for wayfarers on Broad
way, and on few other special occasions they
may also be heard, delighting everybody who
hears them. The grand occasion, though, for the
Trinity chimes is New Years night, when every.
body Is looking out for them, they being now the
o e S y wa the New York
IL Is very pleasant thing to be thinking OF
getting rid ofthe poor old year. as II 1t gave harder
knocks than the year before 1t had given; but we
are selfish lot OF individuals and yet angry with
the web that old Father Time continues to coil
is sure to be neither better nor worse than ali his
brothers were, who are .'deao and gone" Any
how 1t is good thing TO be in good humor, and II
the bells can ring us into state OF serenity and
compacency they are a blessed institution that we
ought at once to get supplied with, all over, for
slnshy as were the streets last night, and ardu-
Gus as were the efforts made by very many people
Der Of people the sacred eace at
twelve O'Clock to hear the New Years chimes.
aSng on e t sd go1Ps OF men
OF the year. The night was pleasant, even though
the snow was wet aad deep, and "Happy New
have becn at times, WITHIN the memory of man.
The chimes did not In the least bother themselves
nor, indeed, did they make the sill ghtest dIstiac,
they were 1ns,, happy mood bound bound
be rcaso nably supposed to be ali engaged In Jolly
chorus at a christening hour content That weeping
than they could do good. with commendable pa.
trlotsm they began their lollincatlon with. "Aai
sHS The % sss
air IN churchyard, they proceeded to Yankee
ss1nE sa snaTp the
chimed We're Noddine," after which
This evidently made some Of the bells little
sentimental, and the result was that "Annie
Laurie was now rendered In most exqusitsly
1878 was very strong for his age. Once more they
al Frightened up again and relieved themselves
perhaps, to scare all the religious people in the
Vicinity but they soon made up isr this BY
o Ss 5, ss w Tas /. and NJ f s,s Bea
and select airs had the effect Of making some OF the
chorus to wag behind little; and then they dis
Warming" the "Mabel Waltz" and few other SEN
tmental melodies
BY this time the listening people had begun to
get "a little under the influence OF the weather"
and by degrees the venerable pile was left to Its
own solitary grandeur. The New Year having
thus been rung in, IL now became the property OF
everybody and the chimes, IL must be said, did
tncr annual duty, without anything having 0c-
curreu 70 disturb the harmony OF the event. But