The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-28
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
To One and All, the Young, the Old,
the High, the Low.

A happy New Year to you, child of
To dayl May you know more of sun
shine than Of cloud, and more of gles
than of sorrow may your tumbles and
bumps be few, your laughter be fire.
quent and long, your play be unre-
strained, your sleep refreshing, your
dreams pleasant.
A happy New Year TO you, bright
youth Of our city and eountry-all hap
piness in the ambition, the joy, the
friendships, the competitions and the
rewards Of school life. Success to you
in the endeavor whereby the firm, en-
during basis Of true manhood and of
noble womanhood are laid with what
success comes two-fold happiness-hap-
pinsss to Others and happiness to your
selves. Go forth gayly and confidently
into the New Year, OH, you who are
beautiful in the fresh vigor Of your
youth
\ happy New Year to you, young
man! We know your secret Your
faltering speech, your diverted chances,
your smart attire-these aud other tell
tale signs have betrayed you, and there
is uncommon sympathy in our hearts
as We bid you happy New Year. But
to be happy yJu must be brave. Go,
like man, and speak your mind to
her; pour out into her willing ear the
full measure Of your soul she has a
gentle heart and she viii requite you
II is not well for you twain to live
apart but your happiness is within
your comprehension. Fate is propi-
tiOus; the time is ripe, and the girl is
willing.
And why do you blush, coy maiden,
as We address to you the compliments
of this happy season? Can it be that
qualm oppresses your tender con-
science? Have you been playing the
coquette-Oi monster of ruthlessness ;
have you been reveling in the anguish
which your bright eyes aud pretty face
have entailed? We can not bid you be
happy when we know that you, unde-
serving, should not and can not be
blessed with happiness until you have
made reparatiop. Hasten TO pluck the
brand from the burning save the cal
low bat honest William ere he alto
gether perish in the delightful torments
which your charms inspire.
To you whose lives are hallowed with
the grace Of maternity. not one, but
many, many years Of happiness Live
long, wives and mothers Of this land,
to see the little lives you have cherished
50 tenderly expand into besuty and use
fulness; live long to know and feel the
sweet rewards of gratitude, Of venera-
ton and Of love. Survive those hours
of pain, Of cruelty, Of watching and Of
saeriisce-live through il all, dear, pa
tlent martyrs, TO share the peace, the
repose, the oontentment, the eompensa-
tions Of the future that surely wait for
such as you.
We wish happy New Year 20 him
whose life is inspired by honorable pur-
pose and whose strength is expended in
Honorable endeavOr. Whatsoever his
condition. whatsoever his environment,
long life to him, We say, and may this
New Year, II il do not find him already
advanced in the way TO success and
happiness, point and conduct him
thereunto.
A happy New Year too, 70 you, grand
mothers and grandfathers, everywhere
Look out upon all around you and see
how passing fair the evening is and all
that is 10 be heard invites contentment
and repose. You hear voices, too, that
We do not hear-they have never been
quite forgotten, aud they speak to you
in the sweetIy solemn twilight Of the
morning that followeth the evening,
aud OF the waking that cometh after
the folding Of the hands to sleep.
Yes, TO all-the young, the old, the
high, the Iowa hapPy New Year, a
happiness arising from and tempered
with wisdom, faith, hope and charity
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