Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-27

D always catching up and
getting ahead of us In spite OF his ad.
yanced age.
II In always the same old story!
Spring surprises us with Its bios.
SONS and Its bursting brooks and then
summer has come and gone before We
know II.
Very few OF us stop to think that
this swiftncsS of time In It's passing
indicates that We ar. really LIVING
rather than io!iins through life.
II Ii only when the days hang upon
our hands that We know how blessed
are those other times when We hay.
To make lists of the many things We
have TO do and get up early mornings
to begin them.
OF course We ar. likely to complain
that We get 30 little done. especially
Mt this time. when the calendars tell
IN that another 56S days have become
u part Of yesterdays 1000 years.
We look back respectfully and rcpinc
that ". have IA little to record In the
way Of achievement. beyond the mere
act of Twin. from day to day and from
week to week.
But iivins In the TIEht spirit. HtFiy.
Ing. II not always accomplishing and
completing the tasks W. set ourselves.
IL nothing To regret.
Il comes near to that simple life
that sounds no grand and Inspiring
when l, IL lived In the woods. but
which ik quite N fn- when lived In a
III. city.
There Ia no doubt that when Nc try
To s.' NJ standards Of happiness and
eontcntmcni and peace at the close of
u year ,ha, has had i'a riffs Of sun
shine and Its stretches of shade. tina,
IL IL impossible ,o put wealth. or fame.
or success. personal popularity. beauty
uT even health itself forward as the
great. good thing that makes life worth
liyinE.
The thing that counts IL the ability
and the dcsirr to feel an interest In
things. In c,rnis aud P-Tsons-in the
game Of life itself.
All the other blessings paii unless
,ha, interest remains. ., Is very close.
~ akin to health for I, il a part o,
youth. Of vitality. of life.
II has brcotnc the general practice
to speed the departure Of the old year
with every Indication Of rejoicing. ~-i.
coming In the ncw with acclaim and
expressions Of satisfaction.
II IL natural and wholesome 10 look
forward. but those of tie Who wish Ia
include tho brick Of gratitude In tho
building Of our characters should learn
TO omit our complaints of the luck the
old year has brpuEh, us.
In truth. the new year will he to a
Errat extent like the old-wha, Nc
make II and how NC take u.
Things will happen In accordance
With the same laws tina, guide this big
earth Of which nc arc small part.
So wc can greet i.oS In calm and
happy manner. rather than with any
manifestations of fr-nzied joy a, its
coming. aud let US have tho good man.
nTrs To speed our parting guest. 1907.
POLITELY.
With all his faults vc know him Tor
what he was and tn" new year IL as
yet a stranger to us.
We can hope and believe that all
good things will come with him. bu,
let US avoid the hackncyed oonEratu.
laiion on the passing of twelve.
month that probably treated us better
than We deserved.
The dawning of another January Is
invariably the time for what are called
good resolutions" which translate
themselves into rash promises. usually
broken before the new year is we'll un.
der way.
That was the old-fashioned way Of
expressing an inclination to reform
ones bad habits and people kept on
from youth to old age making these
good resolutions every 5ist OF Decem.
bcr. finding themselves each year fur.
ther from perfection than ever.
Good resolutions are not so preva.
lent. or at least not so noisy as they
used TO be at this time.
They have become popular material
fcs the comic papers and everybody
knows what joke they are.
Nevertheless. the close Of a year Is
a capital time for look back. a retro
spcct in which we can see the faults
that are ON the mend with us. or the
ones that have perscvered and grown
stronger.
Maybe some new tendency has
sprung up which does not promise
we'll.
At AL events u We are able to get
a now xipx nf cha