Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-01-01
NEW YEARS DAY.

ample evidence abroad, no doubt, to
Indicate the fact.
The events Of the last year will be
recorded faithfully for the benefit Of
future generations by able hands.
We take il for granted that they are
fresh enough in the minds of the peo-
pie of the present 10 need no recapitu-
la,ion. At any rate we shall not re-
capitulstc. Sneh retrospective writ
ing is often more beautiful than in
structive, and when it is not beautiful
l, is scarcely bearahle.
If the presidential question were
fairly settled and We knew exactly
who was to be our chief executive of
affairs for the nextfour years We could
start cut on the new year with a great
deal more OF complsceney, at least.
But we will have pretty good start,
anyway. The Presidential question
viii. take care Of itself--or rather.
Congress will take care of it--and
the good sense Of the people, who in
tend to plod along now iu their peace
ful vacations. determined that the
politicians shall not hy freak Of
hoshesdednes. even jeopardize the
lives and property If the masses
,ha, good sense assures US tina, moth
ing particularly inauspicious hovers
over the dawn Of 1877.
We hope our people will keep up
the old custom of making pledges Of
reformation to-day. We hope, how
ever. that they will deviatc from the
old custom OF breaking them. There
is IN Silver. as everywhere else.
plenty of room for Improvement. All
the "old stiff. for instance, might in
sucurs;e some plan OF life so that Ivy
the time VIC have another New Years
they would not merit II be called by
that iguohle term. The past years
of usefulness cannot be recalled and
improved, of course. but future ones
can be so amended as TO cast some
CLEANS, As il we're, among the old
shadows. The gray hairs cannot be
overcome either. but they can be
made to engender tia; reverence
rish,fully due to them 10y a course Of
conduct in harmony with the accept
ed mandates of the best society.
Those who drink 10 excess and whose
sole object Of existence seems to be
to get up saloon reputation ought:
above all Others to reform aud take
an oath before the Justice, of the
decency they are 10 represent here
after. Everybody needs reforming,
of course, bu. some need j; good
deal more than Others, and Silver City
is no exception 10 the rest Of the
world in this respect.
Among the many good resolutions
which it is appropriate to make TO-
day, and which will not be made, Is
one on the par, Of the mine and stock
manipula:ors to give the public a
fair chance to reap the legitimate
benefits of mining investments. Ii
they would all meet in solemn session
somewhere and agree never again to
tolerate any more jobs, the price 81
stocks would a, once advance. But
they won't do it. The poor public
Will he gulled BY vast combinations
this year the same IS last. Leaders
In every branch of business-in pol,
itics, commerce, the professions land
dare We say religionD-wiil grow fa'
on the ignorance of the poor and viii
draw TO them comforts produced al
the cost Of misery to the thousands
Every year viii witness these thing,
until the millennium.
But this sort Of reflection is not
just the best to promote the keeping
Of the present holiday as it should be
kept What though we are swindlec
By our more gifted brethren, and
what though the fortune and luxury
Of life which surround the few are Sc
cured at the cost OF poverty and scan
Subsistence 30 the many, cur duty to
DAY is to be IS happy as We can and
contribute our quota to the happiness
Of those of our immediate sphere
And II may be q consolation to know
that by observing this duty the sweet,
q one days life at least Of she poor
eat among us may outnumber thos,