The Portland daily press., 1874-01-01
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE

That regret answers for Ian ! where peo-
PIE are welded to the p ST, az believe the
future mas nothing to offe with which they
eau oe more content than with what they
uaVr. but Tue sp r.t of An .rica cries Que in
d 'atrr s'raln OF the same singer, and there Is
n1m n1,uy sou OF us tnat does not echo Il, so
D' 'ui 70 'ne to,'horrow Oh this wonderful land,
"ne''. .ne.y .n "a . ,,cuer 'nan tue day before:
The d ing clou the fIos li,bt
The Yeai l. dying in toe pIght;
KING out, wild bells, and let him diel,'
Last year was fair enough, very like INT
next year must be an improvement on il. far
we are an inventive race, and few of ustvr
see new patent without completing. IL W. IN
some new attachment of our own. On This
poinI OF the possibility of bettering our ewes
we are all optimists; the world ...vves for
we hold that the r ce improves, thai tL.
country is better off that comforts Increase,
and that We ourselves are TO have share in
the general distribution OF happiness. Perha $
this year We tempo rize1 with fortune: rext
year, remembering that none but the brave
deserve the fair, We will take her by storm.
Tbs year was comparativ, ly good, il may b.;
next year shall be superatlvely better. 10
has been all very WELL this year, to WOO:
next year it may be better vet to win. The
watch words of our civilization are purpose
and hope. Hopefuln, IS itself is th. domfnat-
ing CHARACTERISTIC Of the American who has
not dyspepsia. We are intent and 10 earnest,
dong mighty work. Now and then we stop
long enough to take breath and spend it in
bOast-and then we go on with our great
march, tunnel'ng our way through mountains
and under lakes, telling frests, ripping up
gold mines, developing magnificent resources
with the helping hand Of magnificent institu-
tnns, ard each of us trying TO turn-and ex !.
pecting to turn-some little stream of the re
sources into cur own privgte treasury; and
this eageraess for material advance Is 4 sort
offoundatiDn, after all, ON which we rear
loftirr hopes and inte, tions, like that state of
physical well being for which the soul finds
i'Seii all the stronger and more able 10 do aad
dare.
1t is no wonder, then, that we all welcome
the New Year as another step iowa d our
goal, toward the completion of our fortune,
the crown Of our love, the salvation OF our
soul. as the case may be with zach one. And
tor our own part-thoush we doubt ii every
youth who equ,ps himself to- enj yment on
that day. if every maiden who ad, rms hers. II
to receive nim with smiles and bushes, with
flowers and fruit, with coffee or cha npaone, Q
at all aware of it-yet we see in the JOY, us
and national celebration OF the ope ming of the
year the confidence of happy people in the
benevolent gOve rnment OF the world, conf
dence that ls in reality. species OF un po6-
en- Thanksgiving
Yes, let the Old Year die, we sing az in
with tho poet; the New Year com.s with
fuller reception for MS, fuller wisdom fuller
measure OF our days. II there is sorrow hid
den under its bright mantle, like the memen-
TO moi under the flowers OF the Eevyt.an
feast, We do not lift the veil; and if it brings
us nothing else, il at least brings US oue de-
gree nearer the great reward OF our labors.