The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-30

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a91'.o.s oeo.s'o'i when next saturday
ISL "oo"' ,ho same honr the i2hIiy
.'oeN'' ",1u ''o oi'y CLOCKS ana 'Is h.i-
s'ona' o',oNs s'riAe one! twol tnret!
'ou'' h.o' siA' severn eiSht' hihe! to-!
e'e'en' tweiVe'
InH DEAD fEAh AND IT'S DEAD.
sorry aih ! 10 nave ls9s depart tl:id
me !. mas peeh a good year, VIII I
$50 49, ur "''' starry nishes' Whas
natNosts. what rehSlous convocatioa'
What triumphs of art and science AZ,
invention and ENTERPRISE md reliy;o,,,
But, alas, how sacred it has been with
sorrows! What pillows hot with fever
that could not be cooled! What graves
opening wide enough to take dnv,,
beauty and strength and useful.rs :,
What octogenarians putting down liz.
staff of earthly pilgrimage and takin III,
crown of heavenly reward! What chil-
dren, as in Bible time, cryiny:"My head
my head! And they carried him TO Lila
mother, and he sat on her knees Until
noon and then died" Thfs yer went
the chief poet of England and the chief
poet of America. Our John 6. Whit;i1r
great in literature and simple as a
child-for did not spend an afternoon
with him in barn in the Adirondacks.
and in the evening we played bl!Ad.
mans buff, he tying over my ewes the
handkerchief while the hotel pirlors
rang with the merrymakin.? And Ten.
nyson, this year gone--he who for this
particular season of the year wrote:
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild skv
The lyine cloud, the frosty light.
me p;s year ~ uy ;il IN inc night
Wy, 'e' n''h u'o
nas LIS WIS ,u.as ~ o'io'ions IN 'fn' CLOS
.e yeal' n"s oi"nt,e blossoms ioF me
.n"i, i"se a."' anu wIia' myrtle IoE lhe
.o,noe " ':o "o''u ,. ios'nii''s ana IAN,
.s. - i An'iie'h aaa
ueau i'aio" ,Aoun'lns IRON the sam
WY AesS' oio 'nie year quite ieaS'S
.iio o',i' .i ,e' I" l,e'i our repentance ihi
o ", ''siii,'9s .,i"' can never rt.Hi
hihu "o,os spoheh 700 ''''e OF hotspoiIt'
a' an -he'i' VI se''ins soou or oolLS
soou ~ Co.npie'eis gone Ny ,nat t't
aiohahsei 'oieo couiu ho5 recall lhehl
Gan IL DC that TINS year Is closing ana
our SINS are uiiiorgiVeh' ana we Lave 10
certainty taat wnen our last Dec. 81 has
spea away we small enter Dilssiul eteE'
mtyt Inc most oVerwneiiningly solemn
week oi al 'he year is the last week OF
Deeemper.
bu' on opening TINS SUBJECT In re-
spec' ~ noiy uay' as my 'eAt puts II,
OF d noiluay' as we moa a' write ana
this season into three chan ersNtbs f;r. +
a cbanter of il,ustrious birtbdov flo co.,,
ond a chanter Of animal dcc.dnnrn MI
the third cbanter of cbronolooic,l n.
troduction-and this last cbnn.erwnhava
reached. In olden times there was A
style Of closing an old wear and openi,.,
a new one that was very suggestive
! The family would sit mn until twel,e
o'clock at night, and whefr the clo <
struck twelve the family wonll ali
| to the front door of the lopE.. taJn
down the bar and turn bacl; Ike 10 :,
and swing the door wide omen 70 LIT !,
old wear out and the new yos,, ia A.
| that is what we are going to-. Njh
the same measured step thar tilao ,.;s
kept since it started it will come to or
door in the closing night of this wcel:.
With what spirit shall we let the new
year in? | have already indicated TINT
! it is to be one of the greatest years of FL
chronology. "Why?' you ask Have
YOU any forebodings or premonitionsy
No, care YOU expecting the n!.!I,..
mum this We : No! "Why, then, :ay
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s.np 3 $3.50 .As - Wy N,..a
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"A'i 'l0 A.is n'e0A'-i e0"'ai''
EAoH YEAR MORE E' shi.oi'
Oompare ene nrSC nali VI 'iiiS ceituy
WIN the iasl nail ne suiSes VI 'nis
ocean oi uiihs are rolliils hishei ara
ngner' ! ne FORCES ol risnI ana W.T. ''.'
are rapldiy muiclply.ng' ana tneir s,l'''-
gies lnust oe ihtelsiileo' ~ Is q oi'ro''-'-
ioglcal iact tna1 we are al, 'he 'iine con :
ing nearer 10 me "orli eueiii% ''i. j"
nrst ana then 10 us llciheraoloh' 10 L.,
redemption anu us oenioiltioh' Aho 50
expect tnat loSo Will Dc greater year
IMAM 1852 Ats "eooln3 pens VIII p'
merr1er. us oDsequies VIII De sa'!oor'
its scientlnc discoveries more orlii'a,lI
lts prosperltles more slSmncaht. lts
opening more grand. Ies termination,
! more stupendous' LOOK out 10Y lN"o!
Let printers nave IN their cases OF IVY.
plenty OF exclamation points TO SET up
sudden paragraph. Letthe consef azores
have profusion OF mowers That can DE
twisted into garlands. Let chufches nave
plenty OF room Tor increased assembiages.
Let men and women nave more rellgiri.
to meet the vaciilatlons, ana the exlsen-
cies, and the demands, and the raptures'
and the woes OF this coming 1898. IA
what mood shall we open the door OF t'le
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