The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-24
THE NEW YEAR.
(BY A MEMBER OF CLASS T..

New Years day brings to us all recolecClohs Vi
the dawning of other years and the pleasures
that attend the passing of the old and the olrth
of the new But to us. situated as we are tnese
thoughts come with far more force IMAM lhey
do to our more fortunate brethren ouIslue 'ho
walls. Not only do we recollect the olI'h Vi
wears. but recall the morning OF our own exist
ence. when we knew not the world ana us ways
and it appeared clothed in beauty, sunshine anu
banniness. In our revere, the gloom and mist
that peryades the vistaS OF our past IS dspersoa
by the warm, bright rays of early recolectlons'
| From the past it is but a step into the 1u'uro'
| and before we are aware. we are ID Tile reaiiiis
of creative fancy and are building castles IN the
air at rate that would astOnlsh Chlcago COLI |
| tractor.
| But these imaginings come tumDnns ABOUT
our ears as the accommodating night guaio
helps us to our lights. Flrlng our ouoeen' we
attempt to rebuild our airy structures from the
ruins of their former magnlhcence. put our eli
deavors assisted Cor retarded) by CLOUDS OF
smoke are futile, so we have to accept the past,
sborn of the beautiful garments in which friendly
fancy is wont TO clOthe it.
) Rut why should we be ever looking regret
fu,,v into the past even though there be much
in If TO deplore The very fact that our past
lives have not been so we'll ordered as they
should have been should be the incentive TO
prove to those who best love us, ana TO Ihe
world at large, that we are yet quite capaDie ol
regaining the lost ground of the great pattie VI
life at least in large measure. In the terIls VI
a hackneyed but appropriate quotatlon, WHY hot
.turn over half a dozen new, white leaves?
of the good memories of the past bury those
that are evil and live more for the present anu
FIXTURE Let us each make thorough analysis
of our moral natures, and discover II possible
, what remains worthy of salvation ana reoeihp-
?, ton. Why wish to lie down and sleep away our
imnrsonment? Here in this solitude, and this
a, game of solitaire it is possible for us py dgen'
studv to discover a system which will enable us
id 70 win in the great game of life. difficult
undertaking admit; one that requires time
,r n.t;ance and noblest efforts. Personally, an
determined that not one club will enter lntt
the construction of my new revised game Il
successful can return to the world. snap III!
. fingers at the .unco guild and rigidly righteous
find a niche to deposit myself Id. ana lhsciio'
over the portals thereof: Here the "icKe'
cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.
If this land of prairieS contains not SUCH ie
treat, consider the immensely OF this World o
Ill ours. and surely somewhere between StlWate
a and China. there is some spot where Can Is
=" tabsh my roof tree and smoke the pipe OF con
a. tentment If there is not, am conhdent al
not one of Swifts Struldbrugs, and know tina
the time will not be long until II the all bt
holding sun will see no more in all his course
These are few of the vagrant thoughts.
fancies, rather, that have come to me during th
7as first hours of the new years life, and they ar
at as you perceive, sadly mixed as fancies USUAL
are, but here is a late arrival which nope WI
es. atone for the preceding ones.
ce. AS these young years grow old and new on on
are born into the world to adOrn the eartn VIII
their exquisite handwork, we are mpresSe
er' with the fact that 1.-The world do move; ana
this latest offspring of time daily ages Toward l.
ms. end we are nearing the possession Vi 'i''' wv
,or given boon, liberty.