San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-02
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

The first day of the new year has, from
time immemorial, been the season for
making resolutions of reformation.
The miSer resolves to cease his idola-
irons worship of money, and TO be chart
table.
The cross-grain and irritable resolve to
put bride on their tempers and be
pleasant fellows.
The spendthrft resolves to forswear
prodigality and practice economy.
The hard Swearer. whose conversation
is plentifully interlarded with blood
curdling oathS, resolves to leave off so
vulgar habit
The topper resolves to overcome his
craving for strong drink" and to totally
abstain from the use of intOXicantS and
become model of sObriety.
The cOnstitutiOnalIy lazy man firmly
resolves that he will turn over a new leaf
and be a pattern of industry.
The libertine resolves to begin new
life and to live yirtuouSly in future.
The prOfeSSed Christian resolves to be
something better than a nominal Chris
tian, and to make his actions harmonic
with his creed.
The women also make abundance of
good resolutions on New Years day.
All are sincere in this business of
making good resolutions, and conceive
they possess moral grit enough to carry
them out to the letter.
Many have made the same resolutions
on every New Years day, for the past
twenty years, and have failed to carry
them out.
But they feel able to carry them out
this time they are wiser now. and mean
to be strong and brave-to give tempta
ton a slap in the face, aud to tear up old
habits by the roots.
Some of them write out their resolu-
tions so they may brace up their moral
backbone when they feel il is growing
weak.
Old topers sometimes go before an officer
and take an oath not to taste liquor.
The chains of habit are not at all
brittle.
They are tough and strong as links of
steel.
The good and reformatory resolutions,
made on New Years day, fade out of our
memories, and habits that second ma
ture," silently resumes his Sceptre over
us, and our reform is at an end.
When NV Year comes again. we are
forced to confess to our cOnScences, that
our resolution to reform was not carried
out and that we are no better than we
were years back
Men, who would face dozen foes, with
out particle of fear, throw down their
arms and surrender, at the command OF
habit.
Let us hope some of the many New
Year resolutions to reform, may be faith
fully carried out.
In the best Of us. there is something to
to he amended, something to be left off
=. L. heartily wishes a happy New
Year TO one and all. but then. they them
selves must make the New Year happy.
Antonio begins the year 1892. with
fair prospect of continued growth and
prosperity.
The epidemic of hard times, which ha'
preva lied in all sections of the Union, has
affected our city but slightly.
There has been no speculative boom in
re ii estate. but the volume of business
and trade has experienced no material
falling off. such as has befallen other
cities in Texas.
There have been very few business
failures and all of them combined
amounted to an insignificant sum.
So far from having to mourn over a
diminutiOn Of her population, San An
tonic can boast OF steady increase dur
ing the past year.
1t is likely that the farmers around San
Antonio, prOtiting by the lessons of eXpe-
riencr. will double their products by an
improved method of tillage and by a di-
versity of crops.
The prosperity of the country that trades
with San Antonio means the prosperity of
our city.
Let us begin the year 1892 with a united
determination to push forward our beau
tiful city in the race of progress and pros
perity.
Let the prosperity of San Antonio be
| the goal of every citizen, rich and poor.