The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-01-02
COME AND GONE.
Things may not be what they seem,
Nor does the truth appear 10 dreams.


heard or knew anything about has come
and gone but it is last Christmas, De-
cember 25th, that we refer to. Christ
mas was about as quiet day in the
Model Town as one usually experiences.
Nothing to disturb the quite of "life or
living creature" True, there were q
few drunks and some fire.crackers, but
there was no food for the real, live, liter
ary newspaper man to assimilate with
his system. Happily, the Clermont
Courier, our bright newsy exchange,
came to our relief on the day following
Christmas with an illustrated dream.
Dreams are sometimes pleasant, some.
times otherwise. 1t is to be presumed
that the dreams which visit the people
OF Clermont county, particularly the
dreams Of an editor after good Christ.
mas dinner, are always pleasant. The
dream referred to by our brother of the
Courier is lavishly illustrated. tits only
the dreams of an editor that would
admit Of illustration, and only an editor
that may be permitted to criticise either
the dream or the illustrations. The
subject matter Of the dream may pass,
but those illustrations, part male, part
female, don't fill the bill. We abominate
"neat collars, snowy wristbands and
surah silk" adorning the body on which
rest a mustache head. Give us woman
who is woman in every fiber or give us
nothing at all. This much for your il.
ustrations, Mr.. Courier.
But, Mr.. Courier, we are not done with
you, although we nearly forgot to ex-
press our dislike for your Miss Temple
illustration with her spindle shanks. If
that is any kind Of representation OF
the legs worn by the Misses OF Clernont
county, deliver us from Clermont county
misses. But it was only a dream. We
pardon you, but your irreverance should
be severely censured.
In the same columns with your Sleep
ing fancies you record your wakeful
ideas under the heading Of "And Wipe
My Weeping Eyes" What irreverance |!
If the sins of editors are taken any ac-
count of in this life, the probabilities are
that the sanctum of the Courier Office
will be deluged in tears, that the welkin
will ring with the sneezing of the editor,
that the wet nose of the same party will
more resemble boiled lobster than the
beautiful appendage that usually adorns
the face of an editor. Oh, you are book.
ed for the 'fuenzie in its worst form.
Deliver us from disease and from editor.
ial irreverance.
ALSO COME AND GONE.
The solar eclipse which they had
down in the South Atlantic Ocean and
Africa. It was quite meager affair ac-
cording to the reports in the news
papers. Nothing like the swell
affair we had in this county little over
year ago, and OF which interesting
phenomenon such learned description
was given by the astronomer who man
ages the planets in this county, as we'll
as edits the Hillsboro Gazette. We
would have ventured to say word
about this far away eclipse had it not
been for the fact that our local astrono-
mer, who manages the geography OF the
heavens for this county, called us down
when we ventured to say word about
our own eclipse. We had a million
school books at our back and relied on
their declaration for saying that solar
eclipse was caused by the body of the
moon passing between the earth and the
sun. Think Of our modification when
we were waved to a seat and told that
our education had been sadly neglected.
And in addition to being called down
were told that an eclipse of the sun re.
suited from the shadow of the earth
resting on that luminous body for few
seconds. 1t has simply been sense OF
fear that has held us back from saying
something about that shadow. But we
confess slight feeling of disappoint-
ment when additional evidence has not
been given to us at the first opportunity
which occurred ten days ago. But
Christmas occurring about the same time
may have had something to do with the
omission.
COME, AND Is STAYING.
That is the year 1890. He is here and
demand recognition, and recognized he
must be. Little difference can be dis
covered between the LAD who is now with
us and his defunct father who has just
been placed with all his predecessors.
But our resolve is to place our best foot
foremost and give the new year cordial
reception, and also promise good behav.
for during the reign of 1890. This being
considered the proper season for new
resolves, it is but proper that the NEWS
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