The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-12-29
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TENTH YoLUME-Its Close.

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exception OF fortnight suspension, occur
ing in the FIRST month Of its existence, TO fill
up the subscription list, the paper has been
regularly issued week by week ever since
During all this time il has been under our
immediate supervision, and not a number
has appeared that has not contained more
or less Of both editorial or selected matter
arranged by our hand. In sickness as well
us health, abroad as well as a, home, we
have watched over lis columns and labored
diligently and consceniously TO make Its
weekly visits acceptable TO its patrons.
We have come TO cherish a parents
fondncss for our sheet and to feel ,ha, il Is
something more 10 us than the means or in
s,rumeni by which we gain our daily bread
and u support for those who are dependent
upon Ms. Fancy invests with life, being.
anG we think Of il not so much with the
dull cold leadeu thought Of business as we
do the objec, Of garnered hopes and cherish
ed affections. We have become fixture
in regard 10 il, and its name is endesred to
us by the remembrance Of many incidents
OF hope realized or disappoin,nepis which
had taken place since its commencement,
and which have connected themselves with
its publication.
Ten Years-noihing when cpnirasted
with the endless cycle Of years, but no in.
considerable item when compared with the
three score and ten allotted by H.: psalmis,
TO MANA brief peI,od when spoken 81 in
comparison with the common duration Of a
nations existence, bu, seventh part Of the
life Of man, and full qnarier OF the time
he may reasonably eSpec: 10 be able 10 de-
vote 10 The cares, perplexiiies, and the busy
battle Of life. Ten years, taken in the
vigar aud elasticity Of manhood, and bring.
ing Us TO the point where stands the divid-
ing line which marks the ascending steps
of youth and manhood, and the descending
ones Of progressing age.
The first number Of the Union was issued
in Jan. lS4s. Il was published in the up.
per story ofthe Moody & Thornton Block on
the other side Of the river, Mr.. William
Noyes was then associated with US in its
publication, we having charge Of its edi.
,otial columns, and he attending to its
typographical execution. II continued 10
DO printed in that place until Angus, 1876,
when the publication Office wss removed
TO Factory Island, in building which had
been fitted up expressly for the use Of the
publishers, by tbs Wafer Power Co. In
Jan. lS4S, the commencement OF the fourth
volume, we purchased Mr.. Noyes' in,eres,
in the establishment, and continued 10 pub.
lish !! in the same place until Dec, ls4s,
when the building and very considerable
portion Of the printing materials were de-
s'royed by disasierous fire which broke
on, on the opposite side of the street,
Through the kindness Of the editor Of the
Democrat, no, single publication was lost,
and we were soon Installed in the Office
from which we had remeved, two and a
half years before, in the Moody and Thorn
ton Block. II continued 10 be published
there until Aug. 1852, when the publication
ONCE was removed 10 building which was
erec'ed by US, IN part, ADJOINING Pos' oihce
on Factory Island. This building was de-
s,Toyed by fire in Jan. 1853, and Wa were
again compelled 10 make some Other ar
engagements for its publication, and we
purchased the Office OF the Eastern Journal,
OF ID. L. Somes, ITS proprietor, and connect.
ING the two together we removed the ma
,erial, saved from the FIRE, 10 our present
Office on this side OF the river where Inc
paper is now published. With most oil
these facts, many Of our readers are familiar.
We have OH our subscription list some
hundreds Of names who commenced with
US in lSi5, and who have continued 10 take
our paper regularly since. We feel no,
only obliged 10 them, bat highly compli.
men,ed by this adherence 10 rs during this
period, and the more so because we know
,ha, in the progress Of time, circumstances
have arisen which have created differences
. Of opinions among persons whose sym
palhiss on politics were IN unison when
The paper commenced.
Within The ten years which the paper