Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-31

from this ofico tomorrow.
THE OLD YEAH AND TIKI NESS.
The year 1875 ia nearly gone. From
out the storehouss Of Eternity, Time
has drawn out and woven into days and
weeks and months The fabric which we
call q year. Each succeeding period
came irvm the loom bright and newly
fashioned; each day held its own pic
turs for the gazo Of mortals; each week
new images appeared upon ,hs scroll
Old Time was weaving; each month
combined rare nsstsrpssces Of his skill.
The year completes tho piees- Warp
and filling have been dsftly inter
mingled and while the earliest product
Of this wondrous loom Is faded. worn;
il. figures and It's beauty half forgotten.
the labor Of to-day and yesterday are
yet al bright and beautiful. Tonight
at IL o'clock this fabric OF q year will
be compistsd. cut short or and folded
up to lie With other fabrics. other years.
piled high in Old Times warehouses.
Another thread will Be unravsled from
the vast web Of futurity and measured
by the artisan Of the Almighty.
Another fabric will be woven.
in which new scenes will be
imassd. new events 10 repre-
sented. And 20 on and on until the
end. This mystic weaving Of the years,
this unvinding OF the spool lent by
Eternity 70 Time for measuringths length
Of human life. the periods Of loves and
hates. OF joys and sorrows. Of happiness
and misery. bears with 1t mach OF veal
and woe to mortals. The hours. the
weeks. the months. which. Heightened
out. measure the fabric Of a year. each
bring to human life incessant changes:
Esch period 10 crowded with events OF
vast importance and minutest detail.
Life goes out in darkness; other lives
by the u~nvaryinc process Of Natures
mechanism, awake and all tho void
created by Deaths summons. Nations
change in government aud boundaries.
Day by day the hidden forces. held
sincs Time marked the first century OF
human life. in sseresy inviolats by
Nature. are dragged forth and utilized
by man. Some Of Us have watched the
measurement OF many years. We have
found them similar. and yet di<similar.
The warp alike; the filling ever chang
ing and as each succeeding year
has passed before US in panoramic
beauty. We have watched its close with
feelings OF regrstfnl sorrow. yet ever
mingled with brightest antieipations OF
the bsanty. Joy and happiness 70 b.
brought by its successor. This Is life.
A station on the highway Of eternity.
past which move in procession the pan.
oramic years. until some day We tire OF
sight ; our senses fail Us. and we each
give place to others.
The year 1876 has been an svsniful
period TO u people. All ysars are
svsntful. They are made up Of events.
But had we space for detailed retrospect
1t would b seen that TO the people OF
this locality there have been crowded
into the year now ending more OF in
tense excitement. danger. discipline.
~sdvsnity. and its contrast. prosperity.
than has been customary. Many have
been rich and poor have seen their
~hard-earned substance eaten up by the
dsvouring flame /; their property de-
creased in value; their homes made des-
ola,s; their dear once pass under the
cloud. which. lowering. shrouds the can
yon separating US from the Unknown.
The elements OF Nature seemed COM
binsd against US. Fire and water. drsaa
forces when uncontrolled, have spens
their powers upon III people.
Yet now. with the frightening
shadows Of the dying year stretching
backward into the borders OF oblivion.
We. looking forward. can see cheerful
prospects. The future opens up before
us bright and hopeful. Out Of the
ashes Of desolation We arise to greet the
New Year. Shaking Oh sad memories.
trampling under foot the grists and losses
OF the receding year. we remember only
its comforts. its blessings, its bright col
ors. for indeed they were many. And
now the New Year comes ON apace,
joyous and rosy. albeit saddled with .
pondeross title. old enough for its grand.
father. The bslls will welcome this
hearty child Of the future, this muscular
son Of Time. He comes in borne On the
shoulders Of . Nation. His eyes behold
q vast people Who give him welcomes
tenfold more hearty than to his prede-
cessors; for he comes in the nams Of his
ancestor Of . hundred years ago. This
young year. this Prince Centennial.
lineal representative Of that old King OF
years. which gave to M . Nation; 70 hui
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