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THE VETERINARIAN, JANUARY 1, 1858. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS OE THE EDITORS. 
“ Earewell, Old Year ; a long farewell ! 
Resistless fate has rung thy knell, 
And laid thee in the silent grave. 
Where sleeps the tyrant and the slave.” 
The period of our probation having ended, and being 
better known to our readers than we once were, w ? e may be 
permitted to greet them with our sincere wishes that they 
may enjoy many happy returns of the present season. 
A happy new 7 year ! The reception of these words will, of 
course, vary with the character of the person to whom they 
are addressed. The man of science-sees yet before him many 
untrodden paths, and much to be ascertained ; and this 
being his delight, he know s it w-ill not do for him to be idle. 
To the man of commerce, they tell of the return of vessels 
freighted with goodly merchandise ; to the husbandman, of 
broad acres covered with the “ yellow w ? aving grain” and 
other produce of his land to fill his barns with plenty; to 
the aspirant for fame, of increase of reputation; “to the 
doating lover they speak of happiness and bliss ; to the gay 
reveller, of crowding cups and goblets flowing over ; to the 
miser, of means tending to increase his hoards ; and to the 
revengeful, of hours to come w hereby a satisfaction may be 
gained. ( A happy new year V Monitory wmrds ! Weighty 
is their influence on the heart of the sage and the Christian. 
They are words of advice and counsel to the thoughtless and 
the giddy — to the voluptuous and depraved. They remind 
the reflective man that his life is another year nearer to its 
close ; and they stimulate him to a renewed and more vigo- 
rous discharge of his relationship to God and man. They 
show the speed with which time is travelling on to the final 
