Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-12-25
HOLIDAY THOUGHTS. The Vast Sea of Good RetOlHtiOns That Have Been Broken m
 the Past.
Some Sensible and Seasna blr sag gestiOns for the Fntu Ap-
 plicable to All.

UPPER VERDE, Dec. 20.-We are
 getting ready, some of Us, to start
 the New Year with attemps at be- ing good. Some of us manage to
 keep pretty well to the front with our good resolutions, but the ma ! jority, alas, the poor majority, are always camping in the rear. Sup pose Wa could-of course it's non- sense-but suppose we could stack up all the broken resolves of poor humanity, straight up how nigh would they goi up to ibe stars and clear through, "l reckon" Laid side by sade they would reach round and round the world, winding it about as oIe winds string around . ball It's rather sad, the thought of ali the made and broken Tesolu- tions of all who have lived. and erred, and hoped for the right, ever since tue world began. We joke sooui it often, but it's sad, never he less, It's serious thlng 10 contem- p Ue. Your shara aud my share of th,s>e past resolutions are but a drsp iu buuniilrss ses; and l fancy, if angels ever weep they have surely wept over this almost llmitiess iesti- mouy to 'he strength of human weakness. lt makes ruF heart, ache tO thiuk of the long Is. oi broken vows-thoss silent 0itues,Vs to mans inability to keep he pa, D that leads unerrngly up to tue light. Nevertheless, about .Li lety-niue one hundredths 0i tAe worlds people will make some moro of hose fragile resolutions, with the honest inten- ton of keeping them. A very wise person once said that the road tO hell was paved with good intentions and ia view ot the many queer things that have been done with a good intention. l ,eartiIy endorse the remark. i have known myself too long Co say what | shall do in in the coming year, but l hope many good things for myself and others. 1 have read of many queer things l that are likely 10 take place this ! year. The populist paper. that finds !. it's way into the bosom of my read. 1 ing room, (aRd sitting room com bined) tells me fearful tales of how 1 the country Is going to destruction | in the hands of the old parties, and | of how 1t can only be snatched from the brink of perdition, or some other terrible place by tho new young party just getting old enough to sit upon its hind legs and howl. Now l can't see far enough Into the future to prophecy worth a cent, and these things may De SO; but it took lots uf tramping aud vast amount of footing to overthrow Jericho, and I'm nightly afraid it will take ten times that amount of toot 10 blow down the two old, time honored paIties They may do it though; some folks have got lo4s of wind.
 Notwithstanding these queer poli- tical prophesies, we hope some good things for the year, 1896.
 We hope for our lovely valley, and Tor the country generally. pros porous time materially We on the Verde hope for good crops, and a better market, and we also hope that the merchant, who is in the habit of the farmer in the weight pf his produce, will resolve for the coming year not to do it again.
 We nope to be better friends, and etIer nelghbors, and to remember he Golden Rule in our dealings with each other We hope that the Lord in His goodness will enable 'ome Of us not to tell everything we near, aud not to imagine we hear .hings, when we dou't.
 We also hope, by the grace of Sod, to be enabled to attend strictly % our own business, durin the in- coming year, and to let other peo- lle's affairs alone. We realize that Iothing short of miracle will help ! iome Of us in this respect, and we hope that the miracle will )e wrought soon-by the first week U January, If possible.
 We also hope that we may be, by ! special providence, withheld from the Lords work because ye don't like some who are engaged herein.
 In the abundance of our hearts ye hope many other good things for ,ur community, and for others as he need may exist.
 The valley is so quiet now that ,ne must search diligently for a Jews item.
 The ministerial brethren have ,oue back on us. Rev. Hedgepeth las failed to keep two appoint cuts ately, aud a MT. Scho6eld, of Je- ome, was to have held a song ser 1ce last Sunday, but he faied to 'ppear. Try us again. brethren; We re not beyond redemption, although appearances may be against us There is an opening in our Sunday chool for first class oTganist. A econd class one would do. and, in a f 'inch, we could get along with i hird class one. as we have often lone in times past. The position Is I ne of pure benevolence. [
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