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Show OUB FIFTH BIRTHDAY. Tho HtifALi' enters upon its fifth vt Jir lo-tltiy- It has, in this period, Mltlishrxl itself on ft solid bacis, mid litt.3 built up a prewpcroud biisincas. Jt luiEi (tceoujplishi.'tl this fy mci'tiug t'c wauli ut" the people. It h;w;v;med l he iv live skw.s pupcr. It hits used i'ui'y resuuree ul its cuimiiuinl to so-uro so-uro fur its raiders Hie earliest intel-liyuieu intel-liyuieu f'f the ikiinys of the great world witiiunt. A.s a luf.il medium it Im-j flight to foster and eueuurae eery ligitinmie business iutere.it. It lias Inborn, tor tho greatest gix-d of the greatest nuuiber, and has recognized recog-nized tho force of tho proverb, Vox Willi, vox Jki, and all who have had thoughts worthy of utteranee, have been privileged to pcak in its eoIumiLs. It as endeavored to make as goal a paper ad possible, and ita gcuuiuc success would seem to attest (he general esteem In which it is held. Its promises fur iho future arc few. U proposes to hold the leiul wh ieh it has acquirLd by honest effort and liberal expenditure, and fo continue to Ik; tho best newspaper in the Terri hiry. russGssing iibsulute freedom, euftering frum n- dictation, being in-ovulated in-ovulated with none of the pestilent rabies wlii-jh fettcri the pens and blinds the Uiuu tf purtian sheets, the Hkrat.d is enabled to tic vote itself it-self ecicly to the interc.'-U of the whole people. By tho same ourse of fair - dealing which l::ia heretofore eharaeterized it, it expects to continue to be the organ of all good citizens, without regard to r;ice, condition or sect. The Hr.KAi.n tkes this occasion tu (hank its thousands 'of patrons, at home and abroad, ,'or the liberal support sup-port winch it has received from the beginning. Its customers and friends embrace all shades of poll tied and religion: re-ligion: But for their recognition and patronage it could not have succeeded. succeed-ed. They have placed it on its high pinnacle of prosperity, and it shall be the especial charge of the Hf.k.u.d tc see that it remains worthy of the trust imposed by this large measure of con Mdence and support. |