The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-01-06


The dead year was your and oul
friend. II brought o. MS more smiles
than tears. more of rest than worry
more of victory than defeat more o.
min than loss, more of health than
sickness. more of friendship than
hatred. more of blessing than burden
more OF sunshine than storm. To ON
homes il brought mole of light than
darkness. FarmNille advanced i'm
things material and things moral.
TIE community had good degree OF
prosperity. The commonwealth felt
tie throb of new life i'm all branches
OF industry, and Mr. Roosevelt will
al least say that it was red letter
year i'm the history of the nation.
Thousands went TO death i'm railroad
wrecks but million, slept Serenely and
safely while travelling at the "fren-
lied" rate of sixty miles am hour.
Hundreds went TO watery graves
from decks and staterooms while thou
sands sailed the seas i'm safety.
The demon of crime shocked us now
and then while the angel of charity
flew over the land gladeniug the
darkness of the night and giving new
glory TO the glow of nooutide.
Some men continued 20 swear but
more men to sing songs of praise 20
the God of the year. The early buds
O. spring were blasted 10y the biting
frost but the summer soon gave us the
full bloom. There were more good
mornings" spoken than "good-byes.'
We had the spring thrilling with
promise, the summer bursting into
fuitage and flowers, autumn crown
ei with fatness, the Christmas time of
happy meeting, glad giving and CRATE
ful receiving.
Bless the Lord. O my soul and for
get not all his benefits 1t is lie who
has kept our feet from falling, our eyes
from tears and our souls from death.
"Watchman, tell us or the next
year. Something of unknown. un-
tried, unwritten 1908. DO we catch F.
even an echo? Is amy hand found TO /
lift the veil? Is there a prophet i'm I.
our midst who can with any degree of /
accuracy record the doings of tomor- /
Tow? There is but0neanswer TO ques- /
ton like this, but Hope whispers into .
our listening ears, virtue will continue .
10 have its own reward. The liberal
soul will grow fat. The friendly man
will have friends. Theforgiving spirit
will know the blessings of forgiveness.
Diligence will accomplish results.
There will be seed time and harvest.
There will be marrying and giving i'm
marriage. There will be births and
burials. And those "who trust i'm the
Lord and do good shall dwell in the
land and verify they shall be fed. "
Help us to make the year the best,
the brightest and most useful i'm the
history Of the Herald. Remember
that il is YOUR paper and that we
are simply YOUR agents i'm its con-
structiOn and conduct.
Happy new year for our humble
workers in field and factory, for our }
busy housekeepers, for our business
men and women, for teachers and q
scholars and for our preachers and 7
those to whom they preach.
I'm going to keep a record writ a
Each day Ofall spend and "sit,'
And balance up at night
I'm buy nothing without pay v
The cash upon the very day, I
And get the change an right Z,
I 'spose I'm "git' discouraged some. q
Like one Ofmy Old friends has done,
And want 10 burn the books
Before the first weeks records down,
And Kick myself and tear around
When / see how itiooks.
Am goin to write the good do q
And all of my shortcomings, too, "A
And balance right along.
Just like do with "eit' and "spend,"
And every moment know which end III
Is short ana which is long an
reckon five an did more of
At castin' mp this kind OF score
/ mean tryin' 20 keep -
a moral sketch of self m sight ma
Our photographs in view each night Je
To look al fore we sleep. In
Wed try our meannesses 10 shed TN
And put on kindnesses instead, f.,
Much like one would, guess,
Before the kOdak's searching eye. 0N
Caught unsuspecting on the ny, Phi
BE always at our best fro
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