The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-01
1879.
The Near Look and the Far.

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The close of the old year and the be-
ginning Of the new, suggests review of
the principal events of the past, and q
looking forward with more or less of
hope and confidence to that which lies
before.
The prominent thought is of any
changes in the family circle, Of the
loneliness of hearts bereaved, of the fresh
graves where our dead are sleeping, Of
the abruptness Of events to which we are
Glow to become accustomed. Then
there are vows that have been spoken,
sacred duties undertaken. new
homes'established. changes in location
or occupation, reverses Of fortune, or
prosperity more than we had hoped, evil
We had not anticipated, and good that
was unlocked for, SO that after all our
forecasting and struggles, and attempt
ed wisdom in planning, We are thrown
back upon the fact of our own limita-
tions and the sense of
Divinity that shapes our ends. .
Rough hew them q we WILL"
But whatever changes have come to
US or our kindred that will make US re
member with vivid clearness the year
that is dead, we can all thank God and
take courage in the far look, beyond the
little horizon of home and family and
Kindred, review Of the events that be-
token continuation Of the prosperous
times that have set in, and great cause
for gratitude in the mercies of the year.
Since the financial depression of 1878,
the agricultural statistics show a steady
increase in the production Of cereals,
always q safe venture and specific rem.
edy for hard times, until it Is now thirty
three per cent. greater than in 1874
There is no danger of OVERRIDING the
business of producing food for the
world, since every year, ,drouth and food.
frost and insects destroy the crops in
large areas.
The total increase in the value Of
staple agricultural products for the
past season, as compared with the values
of the proceeding year, is nearly $416,-
OOO. 900. This is the value to producers,
and not the prices quoted in the mar
ket. 1t is estimated that the increased
value of the real estate and mining
property Of the United States will not
fan below 81 ,OOO. .O00, 900 over what it
was year ago. OF course it would
take some figuring to cipher out how
much more each mans acre is worth to-
day than it was on January 1st, 1879,
but il he Is sure that the wave Of pros
perity win even remotely touch him.
that is something and he may take cour-
age. In city, village and country, mer-
chants report an almost unprecedented
holiday trade, showing that there is
more money. easier times and increased
ability to buy luxuries. Every one in
the holiday trade must have observed a
universal prevalence Of bank notes of
large denomination, since most people
who purchased dimes worth presented
in payment, instead of few pennies
and a nickel, q five or ten dollar bill to
be changed. ff- z..-
The year that opened with resump-
tion has brought Us an immenae amount
of coin from abroad in exchange for
cereals, cotton and petroleum.; and
though the needs of Europe and Great
Britain may not soon demand SO much
Of the surplus Of our staple productions
e. they have In the past year, American
inventions and manufactures will find
new markets and higher appreciation
abroad as they approach perfection.
While South America disputes about
her lines and wastes her substance in
the costly diversion Of war, Ireland
wants for bread and gets no nearer the
solution of her national problem, En-
gland mourns. the slain and dead among
her soldier sons, Germany suffers from
financial depression, Russia is hsrrassed
with foes outside and spirit of com
munism within, famine and floods and
unusual severity of winter has brought
loss and suffering to many places in the
old world, where it is not distressed
With war and anxious or disturbed with
political inguieudte.
No country in the world enters upon
-, vesr of 1880 with such q freedom