The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-01

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mo New Yeas.
We " iSidby thS POstthi
''iTb Gs1iT - D N siih or ~ hasrt
An ~ hsn uhai nltsfI tAsy hafs h haTin,
And hou lAsJ IaIlhl Ai's 'nSO' l.1s sslooa'
BFuF.
And thi. Il the espscihl time oi al
OIhsrs, a, We have all beeR taught When
We should 1t down and talk With our
pat hours" lnd a. partial El91isnsnl
Tor 4l6a tlRs q naIAiol ~ to4-
missioh mnkb rSaolysa 10 3S6ADlF Nsys
in the future. Ths coamsrcial world
balances il- books To-Day and ascertain,
IL, profit or loss for the year FigurH-
lively, lhs moral VoFhis supposed 70 DO
the ,sRs thing Most every body Il
prone 10 think seriously iOF At least few
momepb on New Ys4r's day over lhs
iSctiAit abola yJpF pa, pt.,a SHpg.
New YsaSi day q . hhs stOHs. % IEuual!
nsRi that w can not very we'll ignore
It in our thoughts We are compelled
10 reflect that q very Important notch hIl
bteA eutihauF hlek, cad lbsi ibeAPIbsks
on the average only hold lev Rolehs4
May Of us have cut our last notch To-
day This fact Wsnll understand. But
"all men think al men mortal but them.
selVes," aud 20 ~ 60 on prssuHihg Ike
soldiers before hattie, that each Of "
will be among the fortunate number who
will hnAWsF to HuothPr roll call, til
thus that "hOps springs eternal
In the human breast" and bids
W. look away from all possibilities
that are dark and iorbidding 70 the beautl.
iul realms Of fancy, "WksFs lie and IL
venture, arc laid" Those Of Va who have
reached The summit level Of lie and
whose course hcngsiorVard must needs be
along tho western slope where the .nh
goes down, mark the passage oi the years
with different iSblihsB from those Hhn
still In the early stages Of the journey 'ee
nothing but 'ioy upon Joy EtsysTy turn.
ing" Age Ia serious matter to lhOAe
upon whom the cares and responsibilities
Of life have settled, and especially to those
upon whom mlAiortunes have fallen. We
can repair many evils Ia lie II We only
have time, but when liz Il a. ipShl VI
tality and hops unfortunately go with H.
III only, as the great RlchelIou y made to
.Ry, that ii ls "brlshl ls4Isogrtpty jot
youth no such word a, fail Ia written" Il
/. youth that gives every cloud Ia silver
lining and ago that droponA their somDre
huea Poets make age the cllmlI Of
hopeless evil Gray saw before the heed.
lsss school boy, sickness, poverty, famine,
and worst Of all, "sloW, consuming age,"
and Milton, In bis lli years, hunted and
dlAhonote,l, know bht one Thing hime pit.
full
"tlnl nm0ng enemies, y WDFAe than rhnins
Dungeon, OF brggATyi % decrepli age
And yet notwithstanding ths.s ton.
denclsH of the poetic mind, ~ Indeed of
all finely grained organizations, to look
upon youth AZ an ElyHian aud age as for.
bidding, yet we oil know that lie In
very many instances never b6dui more
attractive than among those who have
learned to grow old gracefully, We were
struck with an example Of this yesterday
in the person Of genial old friend who
called on ~, and .Fho 4 he lives until
Sundsy heIfAill cotA plste threGdliattets
Of century. Although he could not say
like the patriarch MosEs, that "his eye was
not dimmed nor his natural force abnled," "
yet he was ablato assure Us that he was
passing through the happieal period Of
hiS lItS, AMI thathe never enjoyed him.
SslfSo much aaih lhsasiatlsr dAyi. w
had known our old friend In his active
years, and rsmemberedhow regular, pru.
dent and temperate he was, and hence we're
not sutptilCdto hear this asfirance
That which mansoWs shall he also reap,
isa quotation that appliea aS literally to
the problem Of the life that now |, a. to
that beyond.
Year. asO, We sboal parl ct a sdnI
day With the venerable Mt sEA46N,
the sutyivinE partner Of Joseph Gales,
then editor Of the National fateiiigeneT,
and We have always thought Of that gen
ial, hale, fresh add UOcial old gentleman
as the beGtil ideal Ota green old asq."
His relish for life did net seem 70 have di.
ninished 10 lhs slightest SlIe was not
ysdded to the past, a old people gehef.
ally are, although IA llhs room where he
sal used to come many distinguished
statesmen, for purposes Of consultation,
who had pa1tsd away years before There
are many such men In England "a Mr..
seaton, and quite 4 number Of them In
this country. William Cullen Bryant Il
ashining example Of them in the literary
world and Commodore Vanderbilt inthe
business world, both being UctoEenArian'
and both still pnrsuins the active duties
Of lie. These men, OF most Of them al
least, we're always men Of method, and
above all men Of regular and temperate
hAblta. A va said Of John Quinsy
Adams, ain youth Ne msbahded his Il.
sources and in old age he enjoyed them,
so II can be said Of most people who live
long In the land and ace good days This
then IL the proper lesson Of such day a'
New Years, to 40 order our lives a' to
make the hest Of our advancing years.
,Asnahr ENLGRu1iilNf, n vii y
seen thAl Ne hAte ilislly thiatgtd tht
rdlunAl d thtfSrELtldES WehAto
done ihis In ntdef 10 not crowd ont the