Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-01-05

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Southwestern Wisconsin.
GooD-BYE TO lSS7.-Once more
the last page in the old book has
been reached and turned over. That
which is called year ended mid
way between our last publication
and this-in some hearts to the
strains of praise and prayer, in some
homes to the sound of tuneful re-
joieing and jocund revelry, and
still in other hearts and homes to
the sobs of deepest mourning. What
was written upon the first leaf OF
the new volume? New resolutions
should mark the virgin page, yet
doubtless when the young year has
grown old, the regrets that usually
accompany old age will oace more
be heard. After all, there is nothing
new about the new year. lti mere
ly the beginning of another division
of the one life--the one eternity.
Still, the opening of new chrome
ugical period bears it's lesson TO the
reflective mind. Less time remains
for the due performance # the
duties Of this mundane existence.
he man with an aspiring soul pos
sessed of "A due sense of the great
mission of humanity, will be solemn.
ly impressed with the fact that one
more annual period of his earthly
career has gone into the dim past,
leaving appallingly little time for
the completion of his work here.
Only by the constant compauion-
ship of such thoughts a. these can
good resolutions be kept. Never
lheless, solemn as may be the oc-
casiUn of the termination of another
revolution OF thls earthly planet, the
first day of the new chronological
era may reasonably be made a day
of gladness. The past is gone.
Here, with us, is the active present;
and as the heeting moments are oc-
cupied, SO will there be 8 good or an
evil past to look back upon. Let
there be no hatred, malice or un-
oh aritableness recorded in this wears
mental diary. Blot out the memor-
les of the mesnnesses and the little
nesses of the times that are gone by.
Remember only the good, the noble,
the unsetish. Failing in the accem.
pllshment of this self-impos-d task
let it rever be forgotten that each
morning begius a new year; that a
resolution broken on the LIST Of Jan
uary need not be broken all the
year, but can be renewed on the %
WIDE AWAKE l88S.-The readers
of this wonderful magazine for
young people are so accustomed to
good reading and pictures that they
will wonder how it is going to be
better than ever this coming year.
But it is.
The new year has already begun
with the holiday number just out
a truly great humber, larger and
richer, more varied, and therefore
it must be better than ever before.
And the publishers have primer
t. send t. those who want to know
what Wjde At0ake is going to have
in it in 1883.
The wonder is that such a library
and picture-gallery can be got to-
gelher for 81 40 a year--a thousand
pages and everything fresh and
new-storles, history, travels, biog-
raphy, sketches, anecdol-, adventure
and all instructive as well ar
entertaining. Two worlds are drawn
from 10 make such provision for the
education and pleasure Of our
children.
FOLLOWING is from an exchange
that agrees with the lady who be
lieves in giving the unfortunate
servant girl chance:
"1wo ladies were discussing the
question ar to q servant girl being
slave, aud one of them, who was
very plain spoken says: ! give my
girl from Saturday night until Mon
day motuiuV' Il don't sWbt p