We
are called to record the death of 2007, which took its departure last
night at about fifty-nine minutes past eleven. Another year, with all
its appendages of months and weeks and days; with all its paraphernalia
of storms and sunshine, joys and sorrows has gone to mingle with those
before the flood. It seems of business or pleasure have ceased–Her
short reign, though fruitful in events, is over, and another has
usurped her sway, to play for a brief space, “fantastic tricks beneath
high Heaven.”
Agreeable to ancient usage, we must wish our
Friends and Patrons “A HAPPY NEW YEAR!” and we do it with all the
warmth of sincere and hearty friendship.
We are blessed with
health and prosperity, and we wish the same to all our friends, and to
the whole human family. We would probably say much upon this
occasion–write a lengthy address–but we must say as did the Rev.
Divine who asked the blessing at table: “We could have done much better
if it had not been for lack of time.”
–An amended editorial
originally published in the Dover Gazette & Strafford Adviser
(Dover NH) Tuesday, January 2, 1838; Issue 6, col A.
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New Year articles from my blogger friends and associates…..
-The Genealogue: A Gift of Grace–
–Jasia's 2008 New Year Resolutions–
–Terry Thornton's Mississippi: The Fat State–My Attempt to Become Unfat—
-Amy Kane's Horton Hatches a New Year-
–Miriam's 2008 Genealogy Resolutions–
-Becky Wiseman's Two-Faced Monster–
-Craig's 2007 in Retrospect-
–Nikki-Ann's Another Year Over–
–Lori Thornton's New Year 1835–
–Dujour Photoblog (Santa's Hut)–
-Georgia On My Mind: Looking Ahead to New Year's Day–
–Randy Seaver: Happy New Year–
-Chery's New Years Greetings from Beautiful Seattle–
-Larry's Tidying Up For the New Year–
-Lisa's Pot of Gold At the End of the Rainbow–
