The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-01
Infant Full of Hope and
Promise.
Noisy Marion Welcomes Advent =
Resolutions Numerous as Usual
Broken Already.

accompaniment OF sorrowful head.
shakings. 1t was catalogued 1908
but the Recorder had been on the
job too long TO be fooled by mere
numbers, knowing well the dog
cared volume had done service
since the beginning of time. Besides
he was not a puppet of the publi9
choice ami had no fear of expert ac.
countants demanding access to form.
er records.
Seating himself before the dying
embers of the Fireplace he leafed
the pages one by one, closely scam
ming their contents the while.
~ John Jones do resolve with the
beginning cf the New Year neve.
again to cultivate the acquaintance
OF John Barleyoorn with whom
have been closely associated these
many years" CNote) lie fell off tha
wagon on the next day while driv
ing in the vicinity OF Bucyrus, o.,
U. S. A.
Resolved, by Bill Smith, that he
will allow his conscience to lead
him in all things, never to be cor
rupted by money or position and
that he will be on the square with
bis fellowmen from this time forth"
Note IIIe Igot into politics. Nuff Sci
''Sam Brown does hereby resolve
that during the coming year he viii
endeavor to raise the standard OF
his work to the nearest possible
point of perfection, that he win not
soldier or squander the time of the
company, and that he will take his
pay envelope home every Saturday
night intact so that bis wife may
apply 1t to the debt on the home he
must provide for his family" (Note)
Laid off the following week because
the company entered the trust and
closed the factory without warning.
John Grey resolves that he will
radiate happiness and peace by be-
ing happy and peaceful himself
that he will see the virtues In his
friends and have a supreme charity
for their weaknesses; that he will
consller his enemies negative
friends whose efforts TO confound
him are merely spur to endeavor
and a detriment to themselves that
he will throttle the tongue of gos'
sip and slander in his own mouth
and gently but firmly discountenance
II in the mouth of others; that he
will preach charity by bringing I
into the home of the unfortunate in
the form of material things, coal, or
food, or clothing; that at all times
in shadowy places and those of sun
shine, he will preserve a poise OF
mind and soul which shall keep him
firm in a world of failure and sue
cess, sorrow and joy, temptation and
victory" 0Note) This man lowered
above his kind as a mountain above
the lowly valley and all humanity
acclaimed him good and great, Sue
cess was I'm his right hand and in
his left he he'd the power whereby
the history of the race is written
in letters of fire.
The book of records fell to the
floor unheeded; the Recorder
dreamed dreams and saw visions
Suddenly there was the noise OF
coming events, thousand tongues
of bells, the bark Of million guns,
the scream OF many whistles, the
mingled laughs of folks in every
cline Watching for the advent Of
the gay little cherub 1909 The
portals of time were flung wide
and through the open way caper-
ed the youngster, all wrapped in
the rose draperies of future hopes.
Placing to his eye the telescope
of events he cast it slowly over the
planets; he reached the earth, the
northern hemisphere, Amenica Unit.
ed States, Ohio, Marion; here he
stopped, drawing long breath OF
"They are live lot in that town
all right, he unused gazing in tho
homes merry because of his ar
rival, and churches where he was
being greeted with services, and Big
Noise of bells and guns and
whistles. FI'H remember that place
in my WILL anything as good as
that is not to be overlooked in the
handing out OF plums."
And he cast about for the sight
Of another wide awake town In
the same class. The Recorder simply
scrubbed the eight from the tail
end of the record and substituted
a lovely nine.