The People's vindicator., 1878-01-26
News from Our Friends.
VERNON.
PARISH OF VERNON,
January II, 1873.

PARISH or VERNON.
January II, 1873. (
Drnr ;M7icotor:
Most heartily to | rc-rclo your wish
for Il 'llappy New Year, to our people,
and congratulate YOU on your success as
u fearless and faithful "|iudicator' of the
rights .: the people. You have made
many friends during the year Just mum.
hcrrI with the ra>t, hy your earnest man.
]y course. Your burning words Of cncour-
"grmrnt, have caused many who were
wavrriny il t'.r path Of duty to become
steady and firm. And many times have
the hearts OF tlr strong and Stradt;,st
been made glad, ANA caused to thrill with
delight on reading your rxhortations, to
stand firm by the Sriyht, and faltrr not
till the yrra! prize Of Sr'f-govcrn!ncnt
and home rrlt is won back, completely.
from the hands of H"'liran vandalism.
Many h"p"s that hrddcd forth in prom~
Use of Il fall ilni'inn, have been blast ed ly
the breath Of Time. during Il i.rl">~ayr Of
the last year into til" Tomb of the "'irad
past and the victims Of disappointment
are prostratri, some to SIM; deeper and
deeper. into tive abyss of despair. and
yet others, to rise with renewed energy
and faith; believing that every l;.i;Hrt in
crraScs the ch*n.cS of s,crrSs
Many bright a"d promising litt'o chill
lrrn that were the pride Of loving par
cnts, having barely touched the shore of
Time, scarcely remaining long enough to
make tl'ir foot prints' in the sands of
life, have been waited on the wings of
the dark angel to realms Of bliss; to the
arms of Him who said, ''Snti,'r little chill
drcn 20 com" nntn me-" Many tempest
tossed weary; travellers ON lif''S stormy
sea, have during the passed. year, reached
a haven o; rest in The peaceful Slumbrrs
of the grave. Many more are left stand-
iny as it were on the brink Of eternity,
with the ronsclou>nrSs that their lives
are blanks, and looking back through the
dark vista of the past thrt see nothing
but vast desert, over which Iitr'S rnrrl-
tain trail is not marked 10y Il single oasis
OF good deeds, there is not a spot that
has been watrrr'l hy the ears Of graft
t'H(r, wrlliny II, from the heart ~ trl
low being. whose sntfrrin%S they relieved.
All is blank behind, all is a darkness
ahead, there is not II single ray of light
not a SlImnlrr of hope, all all is bitter
ness and woe: and they stand il a%oHi-
zrd terror OF tn" messenger that shall
call them to the last, and t,nal account.
And yr,; there are others who are us
shining lights, whose lives when taken
in retrospect, exhibit many right spots
all asou;s, their pathway is u1arkrd by
deeds OF charity, by words Of kindness.
uttered to til" rrri.l.y. to win t! EN- over #
possible toa vrtuous life; All along their
lift's .jorrnry, there are places where they
have PIT forth their strong arms and
| lifted SOM" fallen brother to his feet, and
started him anew, on the road that leads
away from temptation; many are the
finger boards pnt up by them, in thu way
of rN;'n,;lc. IL mark out the way to vir-
! tue and knowledge; for those that are to
come, after them. TO such there is no
dread Of the future, all ahead is bri yht
and cheering, and when thr messenger
shall call thrm 'llerr will b. 40 dread c,,
tIrir part. lkrrc is much cA,,Sr for rs
t" be Thankful for the past. aud there is
much for lis to regret. Is there much to
render uS hopeful of the intnrc' think
there is. Our wise men are assembled in
New Orleans to make the crooked ways
Strai yht, and as there is no Packard pc.
lice or legislature to pay we may hope
that our taxes, (to say the ]east) will not
be increased, and they may perhaps take
time enough from voting extra compen
Sa!ion" to consider the condition of the
State a. Il grant Constitutional Conven'
ton, So let us hope, while we wait.
iou1s Truly, VERNON.