Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-06
A Short Account Of Some Of the Most
Important Events in Its Life, and
r Brief Mention of Some of Its Lead.
ing Rusiness Men. Both Past
and Present. by
Rev. Father eoepfert.
Continuation last week.

Continued from last week.
The New Year, 1898, has dawned up
on us, mid the grateful accents of JOY
and jubilation ofall the nations of the
earth. Once more our limited globe
had finished its annual aerial journey
through space unlimited, through
planets and stars innumerable, having
made three hundred and sixty-fve
times-ever accompanied by the moon,
it's neighbor, conapanion and friend-its
daily rounds andywindings, and shown
to the sun its every aspect, it's longi-
tudes and latitudes, at every instant
renewing and fixing it's meridians.
All this was done under the ever
watchful Eye, and safe and guiding
Hand of the all-powerful, all-wise, all
loving Providence of sour Father who
is in Heaven" and who allows His
twelve hundred millions of earthly
children-unconsciously, constantly and
rapidly rolling through the distance
to recognize Hisssupreme authority, to
worship, love and serve Him; to pray,
not to blasphemes to work for our daily
bread; to increase in temporal and
spiritual wealth during our brief voy-
age through times towards eternity.
Night and day sthis circumvolution
takes place, ndlnillions of human be-
ings reflect not, IL remain blind and
heartless; they I've, toll in city, on
land, in woods, and die without ever,
caring to know their Creator, Redeem
err and SanctifeE although as the Roy
al Prophet Says; "The heavens shew
forth the glory az God, and the firma-
ment declareth the work of His hands.
Day to day uttereth speech, and night
to night sheweth knowledge, Psalm
Is. Would to God that all men were
animated with the fervent feelings of
the three youngmen, Sidrach, Misach
and Abdenago, who, in the midst of
the furnace Of Burning fire, at Baby
lon, burst out ipto Canticle of praise
to the Most High, like which no poet
yet produced! Daniel, Chap. 81
A year was but a short pencil stroke,
traced by time5but furrow on oceans
path; but linksto the short chain of
our existence; but one more child's
span of our life.
With the New Year, each one should
turn new leaIand write, by his vir-
tuous deeds, asbrighter page of his
life's history, d page wherein will
shine, in letters of gold. the words,
s'Truth, Justice, Charity, Repentance,
Sobriety, Purify, Virtue and Fideli-
ty." 9s
But we mustrefrain from too much
preaching andreturn to our subject:
Eagle River'sH History.
A region, like ours, is not easily ex-
hausted. Such rich, new region, as
yet hiding itsprimordial treasures, is
simply bottomless mine for thought
and admiration. The next century,
now so near, will reveal things in our
district which, spoken of now, would
be received lhy not a few, with scep-
tical disbeliepfng smile. The most
part of settlers here, who seriously
tried, are delighted with the result
and loudly proclaim that Villas county
is determined TO become in the near
future, great and glorious country.
So it will.
There arelstill great depths to be
sounded, rich lores to be discovered, a
wealth of information to be- obtained.
1t will require time and patience to
gather from every quarter, the scat
tered fragments of our community's
earliest and newest annals, which, like
peerless gents glitter. everywhere.
Thus the grains of gold shine brightly
upon Alaskasfivers beds, or are hid in
chunks and blocks, as coal, deep in the
minee, neathearth's surface, reached