Middletown transcript., 1873-12-25
snsnssAr aoaslno, - M y ,sss.
uaAsss
The Oh Year.
n. year


aA.vsas, and with I, many glorious ihsoss
" hppy dreams. Its mark Is % each brow,
~ shadow Ia each heart.
Tiws, vhose ceasslcss flight bears US
ever onward. has brought us to the close
- ssethes year. Once agaia We take our
ssssd spss tAs verge u the fading year
SOD east retrospective glance Ger the
sssths that are passed. 1873. with all
~ joys ssd sorrows; with al ito plea.
ssrss and iss pains; With its hopes and its
dssspPcintsents. viii soon be gone. never
70 retsss. All that ve bave done or said
daring The past 10 irrecoverable. Whs,h-
e. our dseds have been good or bad wh.,h.
~ our course during the past year has
bssn ssch AZ to merit appreciation or
y deserve sensurs; whether those around
- have been benefited or injured BY our
influence, and the worll made better be.
sssss of good deeds that We have done, or
sade worse by reason Of our evil example
ssd conduct, the past 10 uual,erablc, and
our words and deeds canno. now be re-.
called. but must stand upon the eternal
rsesrds to be witness for or against US a,
the great day Of dual reckoning.
At The beginning Of this year many
whose ardent hopes for prof. or pleasure
bad been disappointed in 1872 looked for.
ward to the new year with stout heart,
and renewed hope only to have their an.
sieipatious again dashed to the ground,
asd the close Of 1873 fads them no uear.
e the rsslisatiou Of their brish, dreams
than they we're a, its begina;ng. and the
hearts that had grewn ligh, under th.
baoyascy Of hope are again made heavy
and sorrowfal BY cruel disappointment,
aud saddcning revcrses. The great frui,
crop. upon which the hopes Of the agricul-
turisfs Of the Peninsula are 90 much cen.
trsd proved to the people Of this section
total failure. and instead Of relief from q.
ns"c'al distress 50 earnestly hoped for. our
people dnd themselves in mere strai,cucd
circumstances to-day than they we're twelve
1onths sgs. As il their cup Of distress
was mot sufficiently full a severe and long
eontinued drouth spread its bliehtiug ef.
tests Ger the land only to be followed BY
storm OF unprecedented and unparalleled
v'o'ssse spreading destruction and ruin in
ne path. aad eutailing less Of thousands
where little could be lily borne.
How many who began the year that is
sow drasing to close in glowing health;
With life all pleasant and the future brigb,
and jsyoss; With brilliant prospects and
pssniss Of long life. are numbered among
ths pslsslsss inhsbi,asts Of the silent ci.y
sfths dead!
Hsw masy hearts have been vrune
With anguish - death has laid bis cold
tesd upon loved ones 90 whom the afIsc.
aess ssrs ces,red. aud removed them for
sssr from their sight!
How many whose well.laid schemes for
ssvasssment seemed to promise success
hsss sses their plans fall 10 the ground,
asssl hilusss!
Hew many long cherished ambitions
ohisA seemed 10 be on the very eve of 40.
ssnplishmsat have failed. and leis the a..
ptssss 10 the depths Of despair.
Hev many Who bssaa the year sur
ssssesd by every comfort and luxury .ha.
eeslih eould give, have seen their riches
ssdsssly take to ,hsmsslvss wings and d r
eesy. ssa shs prssd sad psmpersd mil
koaetss has become bankrupt!
n yeae 1873 has been marked BY
eeag startling ocsssrsncss and moment
- sssnis satitlias il to prominent page
= ~ history. oe the world. Disssssrs,
- md sl,noas unparalleled. have oseurr-
= q bsns and sbroad. causing immspss
- - " ssd vast destruction Of proper.
-. - bsiasins grief to Thousands o
GeeSsoslds. Fire, storm and Good. on sss
- - hsd. hare rsasd With Wild fury
Z ~ vsG1Sts crest desclstiou. Grsa
1d5isS Sbssstssd vish hsnsn lives hav,
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y W tsndssds o. passengers. asG
= Mn X ksssss b thossasds .
= p tesss Ne eosll. TIE loss Of Is,
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: ~ kIssssis psgs allotted i
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