Hot Lakes Chronicle Christmas article with modern translation.
Wednesday, December 25,
1895
CHRISTMAS
has once more come round when it behoves us to wish our supporters and our
non-supporters – all the compliments of the season. Here, as in other
communities there are carping individuals to be met and endured, who retort
that in the struggle for existence now going on, there is little inducement to
pass empty compliments. Our philosophy at Christmas-tide prompts us to make the
best of existing things, and, standing as we are on the threshold of another
year, trust that the coming months may be laden with a panacea for all our
ills. With this brief homily we wish each and one of our readers, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Wednesday, December 24,
2014
CHRISTMAS IS
HERE! And we wish everyone the compliments of the season. Here, as in other places,
there are groaning gerties who struggle for something nice to say and whom we
must put up with. Our thoughts at Christmas are to make the best of things and
at the beginning of another year, trust that the coming months may be full of
answers for all our problems. With this short message we wish all our readers, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Behove: be fitting, to be
right and proper or appropriate for somebody.
Carping: finding fault,
complaining or tending to…
Retort: respond sharply,
say something sharp, angry or witty.
Inducement: a prospect or
reward that gives somebody a reason for acting in a specific way.
Homily: a sermon on a
moral or religious topic, a speech with a moralizing theme.
Panacea: a
cure for ills/disease, solution to problems.
