The Arizona sentinel., 1875-01-09
THE NEW YEAR.


of our Lord, One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Seventy Five. The
holidays of the great festive sea-
son have been enjoyed in these
ends of the earth with peculiar
zest and satisfaction, peace and
good order have reigned, and
plenty has crowned the social
board. For all these blessings
let us, as people, be truly CRATE
full. The world rolls round, and
each new year is but a milestone
on the great course of time. We
are carried along on the resistless
current. and fortune and misfOr-
tune, joy and sorrow are alternate
ly our lot.
But the commencement of q
new year is a good time to look
both ways. 1t is a good time to
look back and see what mistakes
we have made and what misfor-
tunes have baen the result of our
own fault and short sightedness,
and it is also a good time to look
forward, and by the light of ex-
perience, endeavor to steer clear
off the rocks and shoals upon
which many of our hopes have
been wrecked, Life. is but a
school, and the sphere through
which we are passing is but the
A B O oflife. He is a poor schol.
ar who will not learn by expert
ence. DR.. Franklin puts it
little stronger, and says, "experi-
ence is dear school, but fools
will learn in no other" But in
remembering our past experience
it is not well to brood over the
dark side of it. What is gone we
cannot recall. In the beautiful
language of Longfellow:
Let the dead past bury its dead.
Act, act in the living present,
Heart within and God o'erhesd.
Lives of great men all remind us,
We may make our lives sublime!
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
Foot prints, that perchance another.
Steering o er life's unRnOwn main.
Some fOrlOrn aud fOOt-sOre brother
Seeing, may take heart again.
In Arizona we have much to
do and much to hope for, and we
think there is every reason to be-
lieve that this will be a year of
great prosperity; a year of great
un folding and development of the
boundless resources of our great
Territory.
Since the gallant Gen. Crook and
his brave officers and men have
given us peace and security from
the savage foe, great impetus
has been given to all industry
and enterprise. Our mines are
attracting increased attention from
men of ability and experience in
other parts of our country and
other parts of the world, and as
intelligence and capital are
brought to bear, they are yielding
the precious metals as they never
did before. Flocks and herds are |
being driven in to the Territory,
we are exporting wool and hides
and ores; agriculture is flourish
ing and the most luscious fruits
are produced wherever trees or
vines have been planted. The
rains have fallen in the valleys
and the SHOWS in the mountains
10 such bountiful quantities, as TO
insure water for the farmer and
the miner, making the hearts of
all glad in anticipation of the
blessings of the year.
Surely this is time for nenew-
ed hope and renewed energy; it
is a time when men should shake
off their lethargy and arouse from
their inactivity and put their
shoulders to the wheel and help |
TO make Arizona what she is des-
tined to be-a great, rich and |
powerful State. Progress is the
ordero the day. Wake up drone!
you who have been lying around