Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-14
"GOOD MORNING AND GOOD
NIGHT"

spoken, in whatever cline the Anglo
Saxon woos the favors of fortune or
the blessings of God, the dewy good
morning and the soft good night are
the passports of an acquaintance, and
often the cement which binds hearts
in undying friendship. When this
salutation greets us with firm and
cheerful ring from the lips of a
stranger, we Immediately acknowl-
edge fellowship; and when it is
accompanied by "a firm grasp of the
hand, we say it is, indeed, "good
morning. and think for at least one
day that the world is not so bad as
Satan would paint it. The cock
crows forth his good morning in the
ears of the tired sleepers; the heavens
send theirs down ON pathways Of
light; the birds set theirs to sweetest
music, and the sun. bursting over the
hills and tree tops, with greeting
that blesses all the earth. Man alone
often neglects to salute either his
maker or kindred with these kind
words, which, spoken when the eyes
first meet, express more of the loyal
heart than volumes would an hour
later. And when the bright curtains
of day are folded back and night ad-
vances with her sable train, how
much softer the pillow seems to well
come the tired head, and how much
sweeter are the voyages in the dim
dreamland when friends and loved
ones have blessed us with their soft
"good night" And if during the
turbulent pilgrimage of life, we have
distributed the flowerlets of good
deeds which God has placed in our
hearts, how much calmer and with
how much more assurance can
we, in leaving the darkness behind
for a reign of light, say "gool
night to the near "good morning."
REsURRECTED VIRGINIA. = The
propitious weather of the past two
weeks has proved a god send to our
neighboring city of Virginia, and
has been taken advantage of by her
plucky and energetic people to re-
build their city as speedily as
possible. II is impossible to give a
correct estimate of the work accom-
plished since the fire, but one well
acquainted with the town before and
after the confiagration, would GER
tainly not place the number OF new
structures already and now being
erected at much less than 500 all
told. Every hour and every mo-
ment of fair weather experienced
since the smoke cleared away has
been employed to the best advan-
tage in the work of reconstruction,
aud it is gra tifying to the outside
friends of the bonanza town to note
the good results which have fol-
lowed in the wake of energetic labor.
Not only is the burnt district fast
assuming its olden proportions, but,
in many Instances, the buildings
erected on the desolated sites are of
"A better character than those burnt
down. On the west side of c, the
street is built up solid again from
the fire limit to Union street and on
the east side already long line Of
good buildings are up, and with
others rapidly rising; while in other
localities all over the burnt district
houses are fast covering the traces of
the flames. This splendid and
prompt advance movement OF the
business men of Virginia has re-
established confidence throughout
the entire city, and trade is better
than could have been hoped by
those knowing the circumstances.
Bravo, Virginia.