Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-01
4 NEW YEARS GREETING.

A NEW YEARS GREETING.
" By COLONEL BIovE.
4 CHEEKY and propitious New
Year 20 all The silver moon ia
~ calendar Of the untutored red
lsAn; but the frequent return Of
- lunar orb soon surmounts bis
nmlted power Of enumeration and
oxhausts his chronology. He can
nnask and chronicle . recent event,
~ The event soon becomes indis.
1loot and haEy and dissolves into
din legend. Astronomy and
mathematical process are essential
~ correct computation Of Time,
~ admeasursmsnt OF its flight.
About mid.Wlutsr the solar planet,
1nnerglne from = certain point,
nevss through the twelve signs Of
= elliptic and returns again to the
1aee of departure. Esch revolu-
ion, with undertaking regularity,
onsumss the same space of time.
Glence, upon this ascertained
>AysloAl phenomenon. easily elab-
bsated : complete and perfect reg
|sesr. designating each Of these
o1ar relations with the title Of
year. Then ssIslng upon some
netabls occurrence AZ the unit or
6AlIying point, each floating year
1sssssarily increases the aggre-
Z ~sss. And thus 1t was that the
1nszaorable period Of our Haviour's
nativity was admirably adopted ~
~ ere or inaugurating basis for
~ eomputatlov (which 10 now cur
eoat In all Christian lands.
When the voice Of bronze-the
1oartllug cry Of time-last pealed
3 8lbeth the solemn hour Of midnight
~ orb Of day had just completed
Z ~ thousand eight hundred and
eighty revolutions since the dear
nledsemer assumed human form to
1n1er and save. Tho human race
h ose launched, this morning, upon
~ year Of our Lord one thousa nd
4 *eleht hundred and eighty.one.
And now, fellow traveller in life's
weary and nonotonous journey,
whore the harm to pause q mo-
ment upon this threshold and
landmark Of time? Mayhap, an
Esarnsst retrospect OF the past and
!! 6sad year, it, joys and sorrows, its
lsdlseretions and meagre accom-
U)lshments, may serve to chasten
qnd eorrect, and furnish nerve and
o1ssngth for the inevitable warfare
hefore Us. Did the skeleton keeper
suthlessly enter your household
and. with its icy fingers, snatch
away darling from your strug-
Z 0lhk embrace? And 1t may be that
you still carry about you COM.
toFtless and lacerated heart The
eans Providence that gives takes
away, and what He does is equally
q mercy and kindness to the abb
Euptsd ~ to tho survivor. The
measured little one Is In the skies
ond In ineflable bliss, and Its sweet
nngsrs are interlaced in lisping
Dsayers for its poor and suffering
+ PARENTS. You do not know the
1oarful temptations that would
have beset hs.- pathway. Who
: : sss-s-s but that God saw him, ma
< tnrsd 10 manhood, jeering your
eounsels, scolIing your gray hairs
: life Of crime and . death Of igno.
ninyl It is full time to be resigned
( y Gods holy will. You have
neppsd enough on sorrow. Grief,
oys Abbe Constant, Is the fatigue
= humanity In its progress, and
pleus rssignatIop, rest and refresh.
nsnt. It Il best to remember tnat
emictions, though birds of i'll
emen. yet spiritually resemble the
nvens which supplied the prophet;
1eds whom they visit the good,
lney come charged with nourish-
nept for the soul. Life fs COM
pennded Of sunshine and storm
nome exempt from wet days
November seasons Of disaster,
4 whom the hearth and home are
cold and dismal and bleak. Grief's
kpnfsiIing antidote is earnest occu-
PATTON and continyous toll. You
~ wrong yopfself, and more
Good One, to carry
end llstless yepining
Il4S New Year.
o. are the echoes that salute rs
N the ruins Of your broken
~ The blasted pecnnisry hopes
" expired year, and has each
1lovloe for Increment crumbled to
llesness and ashss? In this land
oo1y aecretion It 10 quite proba.
y That lnordInate grasping has
oin1y conduced to those fierce
1peolntmsnts that have entered
~ eoel - needles. There would
~ hssn other and pleasant issue
5oaf exeftlsns had you limited
~ amhltlou 70 the Attainment
1870 ~ present support and