Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-01-30
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The Experience of the Past and
the Hope of the Future.


With this issue the HERALD com.
mences its fourteenth year of exist
ence in Island Pond.
As the years roll by it is pleasant
to stop at the anniversary of our life
work and reflect moment. TO the
world the little enterprises of single
man may not be much in importance
compared with all that fill the world
and 90 into the great past; but to
the individual they are his oil so far
as his energies are concerned in per.
forming his duty to a community.
With great satisfaction, and graft
tudc to our patrons, we reflect that
each year has brought us increased
business prosperity with constantly
growing list Of subscribers and mis-
cellaneous employment. We con
graduate ourselves that we live IN
times Of peace and are not called
upon to continually record fresh
SORROWS for our friends and our
country, but have abundant material
in the discussion of those problems
which pertain to the peace and
prosperity of the land. 1t is indeed
a happy situation. The little waves
of influence that we send out, if not
cosmopolitan, meet no angry sea.
The local relations between those " @
seek to benefit AMI please, and us
are harmonious. On our "birth
days" we do and it is profitable to
compare our situation in early life
with the day that marks the present
and coming years. And SO we bring
fresh to mind the infancy of our
enterprise; the time when its infant
life was doubtful; when some shook
their heads in doubt, and confidence
was very low. We compare that
time and situation with now. We
enjoy these reflections, not yaun:.
jDgly because our expectations were
very limited, but they have been
more than realized, and we feel
assured that we duly appreciate the
aid and kindness which has come to
our support. 1t is well that the
difficulties of our several lives are
fully known only to each, for if one
felt the troubles of all then the
individual would be overwhelmed
with the aggregate Affections of all.
But as wise as is the provision of
providence in this respect, and
mindful of the duty to proceed with
acquiescing silence, we cannot for.
bear reminding our readers that
there are some things in editorial
life that only experience can bring
the mind to easily understand. II
qne could afford to edit paper fol-
only one subscriber, or perchance a
very few peculiar minds that were
in substantial accord, then indeed he
would have comparatively easy
task. So dear reader when you see
something which does not quite con
form to your notions, provided it il
expressed with becoming propriety
you can say instead of uncharitably
triticising, "Well, | don't approve
of that, but l suppose the editor
cannot afford to publish a paper
entirely to accommodate my views.
But we digress, and would not be
the critic criticised; besides we fee
rather like rejecting on the man,
pleasant features of our fortune; tC
think of things like that we live ant
work In a fresh and healthy atmos
phere; where minds are eager fol
current events; where amid rura
associations that beget true friend
ship and life sympathies men anc
women are anxious to hear Of thing
personal which pertain to the happi
ness and prosperity of friends; blu
where anything scandalous in refer
ence to them is met with scorn ant
contempt. So we are not called upol
to pander to any vicious literary
taste; to minister to any diseased
mind; 30 fan any envy; to encourag,
any hatreds; norto bow to any mon
opolies for we have none of tn,
latter. Perhaps we ought to say
"You have seen us and inspected
our work, now you judge"
But it is natural to man TO talk t
his friends about his future pros
poets. Sometimes it strengthen
him in his purposes and resolves
We confidently hope to give you ;
paper that may safely be submit &c
to the inspection of the most fas