Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-01

witness, fling past you. the crowd
OF pinch'faced and famished men
and women and bare-footed chill.
dren, crying for bread-and you
you will find ready and plsnteous
antidote against your inconsiderate
moAns. This moping and de.
spondency will consume you as ef-
fectually as the robe of Dejanira
Frustrated the strength of Hercules.
4s DeS5ReSyou to enter the tonic
and penetrating air Of the New
Year with sturdy and bold 'front.'
and with modulated desires.
"Do not look at life's long sorrow,
See how small each moments pain;
God will help thee for tomorrow,
Every day begin again."
Upon yesterday fair and deli
cate maiden was shedding large
and copious tears. 1t was only the
day previous that her lover was at
her feet, protecting eternal con-
stancy. He said the moon was
fickIe, and so was an April day, and
90 was trade, and miners pros
poets, and so was mind of wealthy
and spInster aunt but, as for him,
he would love his adored Angelica
forever; nay, his devotion would
traverse the limits Of time. In the
spirit world their two hearts would
remingle, and remain welded and
rlveted together through bllssful
eternity. But yesterday she heard
he has welded with her odious
rival. Oh but che will die What
are life and sunlight and her au.
burn curls and tapering fiugers
without her ineffable but treacher.
ous sweetheart She dooms herself
to perpetual celibacy and deathless
hatred to the perfidious rns'e sex.
And she sighsz-and moaus ana
weeps ineuntinently.
Sweet mourner, such agony i'll
comports with the joyousness that
should pervade this New Years
morn. You will live 10 see the
heartlessness Of your late treasured
Augustus chastised by fierce do.
mestic broll. Thus to tribe with
female affections Is crime. Retri-
button will follow. Brush away
the salt rheum that fingers about
and obscures the glitter OF those
sparkling eyes. Rouse yourself
into heartsease and merriment,
and youshall have another and q
faithful lover ere the close OF the
present year, and he will accom-
papy you to the altar and to we'd
ded bliss and to little prattlers ~
bright and rosy and chubby as
those that surround the Madonna.
And so we say to all, be merry the
entire year that has just dawned
upon US. If Rffliction, In any
guise, assails, endure it with
comcIy resignation. 1t will come
to US for good purpose. The soul
Of man grows proud. lie needs at
times to be sent forth as the As
syrian Monarch into repulsive
fields to crop bitter herbs and be
awakened and awed by the rain
shower and winters geld breath.
Never mind tribes in this world.
A msn should either be anvil OI
hammer. Be not the irresolute,
vacillating, selfish Sybarite who
quarrels with the great schoolmas.
ter, Fate, because his life has not
been one long summers holiday.
No more deplorable object than
the melancholy gentleman to
whom life is dismal swamp, upon
whose margin he walks with cam.
brio handkerchief in hand, sobbiDg
and sighing and making signals to
Death to come and ferry him over
the laks-a weeping willow bend
ing over the grave. Carry about
you, the present year, q good and
benevolspt heart. which is better
than gold. Be very kind to the
1FtIttls ones. We see no white.
winged angels now-but yet men
are led away from temptation and
threatening destruction-a tiny
hand is put in theirs which leads
them forth gently towards q calm
and bright land so that they look
no more backward-and the hand
is little child's. Above all, place
supreme trust In the Bestower Of
all good gifts. How sad it is and
how prolific Of misery that from
the decay of old institutions and
prejudices q mushroom growth has
sprouted Of child atheists and pre-
cocious prodigates-calculating de-
bauchees while their checks are in.
nocent of down. Leave misery to
greybeards. List them-and them
alone brood over their troubles.
They have the privilege, because
the object which casts no shadow
at monday leaves towards set Of
sun a long, dark trace behind.
Have the diploma Of honor writ
ten on your countensnce. Be good
and earnest and energetic and God
will bestow upon you year Of hap.
piness. ---e.,-.
Again-A Happy New Year
to all