The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-07
Il HAPPY.NEW YEAR.
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Eighteen hundred ana eIehty-fiye.
with Al re Joys and sorr0~s. stands upon
ne tlzr hoid-cf - zsparlars. sud ns We
bld L CHEEKY and hearty good-by We
shall hail the New Year e the hhEbin-
ger Of continuation Of the general bun-
InesS Prosperity and good health that
has blessed rs during the year Just clos
Ing.
: Looking over the ground occupied by
1885 We see much for congratuIation, and |
very little for regret As q community |
We have been exceptionally prosperous. |
Our population has received a healthy |
increase in business and monied men
and families. who have been delighted
with our city and Its many happy fore
snAdoWings for the future and have come
among rs to stay. Our growth has been
steady and solid. We have had no
special booms based upon the uncertain
foundation Of fictitious Valuations; but
property all over the city has perceptibIy
appreciated in value and Will continue
70 steadily progress IN that direction.
We shall enter upon the coming year
with renewed ambition, and determin-
alton TO make our city second to none
N the state Ia point OF the energy, en-
-te-prise and public spirit of its people.
That Is the reputation il now Enjoys
reputation that has been honestly and
fairly earned, and that will continue 20
Be fully merited.
With the railroad facilities already
accorded TO Emporia and with those
promised in the near future, the outlook
Tor an Increase in the volume Of business
now transacted in our city is bright and
encouraging upon all sides.
Many new stores have been completed
In the city during the past year; new
and driving firms are occupying them q
healthy competition has been engender-
ed, benefit ing tradesmen and customers
alikei until it 1t has come 10 be proven
bal that goods can be purchased in EN-
poria equally as cheap as in the eastern
cities.
The opening of new year Is especial
~ time for sober and quiet reflection
In which retrospect OF the past may be
taken with the view OF forming new res
olutions in the future. It is also an CD.
perfume time for thought as to how far
the good resolutions formed at the be-
ginning of 1885 haYe been carried out as
originally projected. Every short CON-
ing 10 this respect which the mind can
discover should be an incentive to try
again, and with greater determination
70 overcome every vicious habit, and
make our lives exemplArs for others,
possibly weaker than ourselves, and to
whom our steady and earnest struggling
for the right may be tower of strength.
80
We have not been without our be-
reavement in private life during the
now fast 1eeting year; and to those
who have suffered from the loss of dear
frlends-cherished idols of the heart
the News extends the deepest sympathy.
IL IL ineYltable that some Preside homes
must be rendered desolate by the des-
troyiDg angel, but happy are those who
can conscIentiously aud sincerely look at
this So dispersstion of the Divine Will
tEansplanting, not destroyinG-our loved
ones. and bidding them come up higher.
Then indeed does it appear that our loss
IL their gam, that they have PASSED on,
yetA little while before us, and stand
waiting for US with angels wings upon
the other side.
- where they are gone,
Adieus and farewells are Us sounds un-
known.
may We meet them on that peaceful shore,
Where parting words shall pass the lips no
more.''
Good by old friend. You have been
twice welcome. We have no further
lime for compliments. The baby of 1886
is on the threshold; already we hear his
knocking at the door of our hearts, and
IN few hours he will come bounding In
among US iE the fresh beauty OF a new
birth, round, supple, and without care.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.