| Show THE OLD YEAR TEAK THE NEW V YEAR tim THE NEWS of today to day dec 30 is ii the last of bf the present year the th centek centennial year of the united states the tho second epoch year I 1 in the history of the republic I 1 eighteen hundred and seventy out oue 3 and nd eighteen hundred and seventy seven comes in with the union in a very unsatisfactory y condition politically and commercially morally and socially insomuch that in the minds of ofin many ally aily reflecting people the great question guestion df popular govern government mentis is as Is much an n unsolved problem now as it was in seventeen sev sov enteen hundred and seventy mix bix ix politically the country is distracted by contending parties pretty evenly balanced as to numbers and influence commercially things are in a very poor way busi bubi business is dull and the hard tim times s of ittie h e last four years linger yet with little prospect of an early close morally the situation is no better for the amount amounts of fraud de li eption ept opt lon ion and iniquity of various kinds hinds that is daily coming to I 1 light ight in public and private affairs airs malig high anti and jow jow low throughput the laud is almost appalling so is ii not much to boast of thousands and thousands of people people who are able and willing to rk and af labor requiring skill and experience are this day without the means of subsistence in many of the great cities of the land and without prospect or hope of f a any ny means to obtain it by their labor for months to come this is anything butan but an agreeable picture and the discourage ments of it are much augmented by the unpleasant political possibilities bili ties irid and probabilities of the early part of the he new now year however let us hope for the best and meantime and notwithstanding discouraging a appearances e a and dismal disi I 1 forebodings k gearene we wili will wili wish our numerous patrons friends and readers a HAPPY NEW YF YEAR AR WHY way DONT YOU WRITE 0 OB P aleast SEND A PAPER frequently complaints and suggestions gest ions have been made concern concerning ing lile tile ft neglect of persons residing in these valleys injo in regard gard to writing to rela reia relatives fles fies friends and acquaintances living at sit a distance there I 1 is neglect in this matter of friendly correspondence but perhaps hap s not more by 1 tle ile people alile in this torr territory tharl liy people epie outside 0 of f it if the facts were sifted and examined i nevertheless M it woud not hurl burl oui our I 1 citi elti citizens zens zeng if they were to set an example worthy of extensive emulation in this regard where some are better than others some sum must be best and it would be no discredit to the people hereabout I 1 if F they were to take a higher position thau than they have taken in the practice of df frequent friendly corres prudence pon pou dence lenca with those thoe with whom they are acquainted relatives or not botand and aud who live far away from t them in ih the 0 great word beyond the mountains 8 somebody must be at in this commendable cam practice and why not the R people eo T ae of this goodly region it ia la one of the remarkable things ir in social life the general reluctance of people to write letters persons who can talk bv the abe hour bour and never boat boata bo at a loss for so something to say interesting to themselves at beasi least are exceedingly loth to sit down and write five minutes to an absent friend why is thab there ia Is no overwhelming reason for it most bloat people can write and write plain enough to bo be read and understood one objection is that many people fe do not like to write what is that thai people peonie do every day things they do no ilik liik like ilke to do Moreo moreover ver it ia is a distinguishing mark of true christian courtesy to do things one doea does hot like to do when they will please othera and certainly most cheo people 8 are gratified ra t idled to receive letters or from old acquaintances at a distance complaining letters aud and dunning letters except excepted eJ but if pep pop people polledo ledo do noa get into debt they ibey will not be dunned pid aud and if a cheerful and thankful spirit is cultivated there will not be BO so much to complain of as there i is and consequently there will be less complaining writing is a pleasant occupation now and then and also an elegant accomplishment one that ie le competent to improve the mind enlighten and enlarge the understanding and cultivate and develop the affections itis it is also much t aler easier than many people think being merely to job jot down own your thoughts as they come along about anything that will be interesting to the person to whom you are writing ting I 1 at the same time as a rul rui rule ruie e not committing to paper anything ny ing you would fear any one else reading with how bow many people do odd half hours oc or hours nang hang idly on their hands handa they not knowing what whit to do to pass pasa the tedious time awall away those odd half hours would suffice to do all the social correspondence s pon dence needed and this use of them moreover would prove a pleasant variation of occupation and oftentimes a relief and refreshment to the mind whether burdened with overmuch anxiety or with ennui for want of sufficient en employment or ofa of a healthful variety ot of it some people say thy they 46 do hoof not bot know knew what to write what non sens bens they know what to talk about to people whom they meet evory every day and every hour but they do not know isnow what to write about to relatives relative s or old aci aei acquaintances u aint whom they have nob not seen for months or year years lani that r strange drange write to them what you would talk to them so far as it is judicious to do so write as freely us as you would taiko that you wr write ite ito nothing that you would regret writing tell them how you are how your family are how your stock or farm or business is prospering what is your daily life and that of your jour families your duties and your recreations recreation what youn your hopeland hope hopes sand and prospect sf what aie the transpiring events bents of importance in your famil family yand and in the community I 1 and anything else that wili vill be proper to teli tell your friends by bi letter and interesting to them those who really will not strive to overcome their reluctance to writing to their friends abroad might as the next best thing send them a local paper as a friendly reminder occasionally or regularly many people like to read papers papery published in utah those t that at are ofa of a respectable character for purposes of this thia kind we do not knew of a paper that we could conscientiously recommend in preference ference reference ge to the DESERET NEWS the he weekly NEWS rier iier perhaps haps being ba best st suited for that purpose it baynot may not be all that we could wish it as what earthly production really JE but at the same time it contains a large a amount aunt of interesting reading I 1 g matter carefully written or selected and as a household family paper with high and hon hou honorable orabe aims and designed to present truthful and instructive Instruct fie views of men and things to give wholesome interesting and entertaining W literature and to exclude from its columns everything which can be reasonably objected to or not commended in a favorite family paper we certainly think the NEWS unsurpassed by an any v paper pu published bushed in the bocky rocky mountains or indeed anywhere else and therefore we can consistently say that everything considered si we regard the NEWS as the most suitable paper of any we know for the purpose of sending abroad to friends and acquaintances in this estimate we are strengthened by the remarks made b by v the missionary elders who bl have ave ate been preaching abroad they kindly inform formus us that in their travels they found that the NEWS was ivas cordially welcomed and highly regarded us as a trustworthy journal by per persons s ons in the church and by many of the more candid of the people outside the church therefore can we consistently recommend our citizens when they have not time nor inclination cli to write to their friends a long lung way kofl to send the NEWS to them as the best substitute for a letter and also to send the paper to them any anyway way whether a letter go goes or not it will do good und and nd sow the seed of righteousness to spring up many fold in happy days to 0 come therefore NEWS abroad all ali a 11 and eveny eVery everybody bod to you r x ea tives friend sand saud ac ta who live many miles away ulal they may know they are kinds rinds rindy remembered in the valleys of utah now this holiday time is as good a time as can be to commence such an agreeable and useful practice therefore send the NEWS abroad and send it frequently and freely |
