The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-01-02
YESTERDAY AND T0.E0R.
ROW.


Time with tireless wing sweeps on
and we stand to-day upon the thresl,.
hoId Of another year. Old Father
Time has sounded the death lnell
and chanted the requiem Of departed
days, and theyyear 1885 is numbered
with the past
Dear reader, as VIC launch ont upon
the bosom Of the unknown, the COM
ing year, turn back with us for one
moment, while we retrospect those
Aeeting days, that we may from its
vicissitudes garner lessons Of wisdom,
patience and courage for the coming
battles Of life.
AS the changing season brings anew
to our minds the golden promise,
sThere shall be seed time and har-
vest" and we see that promise full
filled in grooming granaries of golden
grain and snow white fields of fieecy
staple, let gratitude, sincere and heart
felt, well up from the deepest recesses
of our every heart and overflow our
souls with thanksgiving and praise to
Him, who thus bountifdlly provides
for our every want.
While other nations have been en-
gagged IN bloody wars, famine and
pestilence sweeping over their fair
fields, as mighty scourge; white
winged pence with widespread pin
ions hoTeFs DER this home land of
ours and guards with sleepless eye the
nations liberty.
We, as people have much to en-
courage us in our efforts for still
grander success in the coming year.
National prosperity unequaled per
haps in the eeuntryas history, new
and wonderful resonrces within our
own limits constantly unfolding, a
spirit of enterprise PerVadiag the ma
tion that calls forth expressions of /
surprise and wonder from other
shores, as we continue to march in
the van of civilization and enlight-
eminent without an enemy and with
out rival.
Encompassing within our vast ter
ritory, soil as varied as earth can yield,
with climatic advantage possessed
by no other nation except "Great
Britain" with the finest harbors that
ever gave snceor to wave tossed YES
sells, checkered with railroads that
bring New York and San Francisco
as it were door-neighbors and sweep
on the channels of commerce the mighty
products of our country.
Coupled with all this is the fact
that wise and conservative hands hold
the helm and guide on unerring
course our ship of State. Striking is
the contrast between the actual state
of affairs existing now in our Republic,
and what was prophesied for us two
years ago, shonld the reigns of Govern
ment change hands. Instead of bury
ing the nations capital, destroying
confidence and stagnating the chan
els Of trade, we find capital seeking
investment, and that too in The South,
while a more general good feeling I
exists between MI parts of our glorious
Union than has been felt for perhaps
a half century. i
The South more than any other
section of orr country has eanse to
rejoice in this era of prosperity. With
the tide of immigration which is CON
stantly flowing in, bringing both CAPT
tal and labor, creating markets Tor
her millions of unoecupied acres,
which in turn become the homes of
thousands of honest and industrious
citizens, to say nothing of that capital
which is delVing into old mother
earth and developing the vast hidden
treasures of coal, iron, sulphur, gas
and oil that lie hidden there. Then
we say we have reason to be eneoar
aged and cause for JOY from,the chief
executive of onr country down to the
humblest citizen that tills the soil and
adds his mite to the nations wealth