The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-12-30

Where the sentry his guard was keeping
And within the rude camps or beneath the cold
damps,
The soldiers lay quietly sleeping.
The ploughshare old stood still in the mould,
And tee grass in the lane was growing;
And the ripe, brown grain stood uncut on the
plain
And the meadow grew rank for moving.
But 0 blessed day, when the smoke cleared away;
And peace DER the nation was beaming
And the dear old Flag, from each hilltop and crag
Once more WAS gallantly streaming.
Mid the shot and shell, mid the storm OF He'll,
II floated in majesty queenly;
Not stripe was erased, not star was displaced
When the dawn burst upon 1t serenely.
How the men turned out witha cheer and shout,
AS our heroes were homeward returnlng;
And each Mother with Joy wept over her boy,
Aud the nation with gladness was burning
@. the maidens sang and the merry bells rang,
And the whole earth te Music seemed waking;
And the good God of love smiled down from
above, rs
While our hearts with Joy were breaking.
Kind Readers LII you'll hear our lay,
We wish you well this New Year day; M
May no rude grief disturb your joy,
Or piuching want your mirth destroy;
Your barns be filed with plenteous stores
Aud f.iendshipreign within your doors;
Nav Peace and Plenty bless your homes
Through this and many coming moons;
Nav pain and sickness want and strife,
NeFer mar the current OF your life
And when last your race is run,
Your Journey ended--work all done,
May you depart 10 hoary prime,
AS corn is gathered in its time.
We owe you thanks that through the ear
Whose dying kuell now strikes the ear,
The ''Union' lived TO note its close,
To tell its triumphs, joys aud woes.
No storm of rebel grape or lead,
No poisoned hiss of Copperhead,
No willy effort how'er made,
By ambushcd foe or open raid,
Has hurt or harmed or changed its course
While you stood by to reinforce.
Each week it entered at your door
And brought its little social store,
OF locals, verses, stories, news,
Who died and who wife did choose;
The markets and the state of trade,
Who gained battle, made a raid,
OF clothing, what the latest style,
Who lost horse or who "Struck lie +"
Who robbed house. who raised brawl,
Who wore the largest waterfall; -
What merchants sold goods ''cheap for cash,
What train run OF and made smash;
All this and much we can't recall, --.
It told you through the Year, and all
For less than many IL one day,
For hurtful vices throw away.
The t'Un;o1," young, yet old appears =
Though young in name, tits ola in years.
The marriage yet in mind is fresh
That made It's parents twain, one desh
From two stout stocks it sprung 10 lie,
A sturdy father with Wig rous wife.
And may it spread, enlarge, improve.
A blessing to tbs country prove ~
May old subscribers pay their bills
And new subscribers Ill its iilis.
For Union may 1t always stand
The Union of our Fstherand.9
Our town the marks OF age diSpiays,
IT'S settled down to SOBER ways.
Surprise would not oerwhelm the race,
To see a wall thrown round the place. aga t
A few might marvel, butthe mass @Hs
Would know twas done 10 sGge tie gTctS.
It's avenues are deep and wide,
The object Of our special pride
Designed for show and not for use,
In natures widest scenes profuse.i
The Anime regions scarce can claim .7s
Such guches deep, such grand ravines.
It's board walk, oh for magic pen
And fitting word and thought and then,
We might portray for distant friends
The real charms. our boardwalk lends. q &
And vet It's cot so bad a place 81
As some whose names we here might trace.
II has it's churches and hotels as well,
Both, places where the spirits love 10 dwell.
The irst, it's hoped, are spiritspnre divine
The lSst are mostly feeble spirits OF wine.
Its chief attraction though seems aj the stores,
Where loving husbands congregate by scores,
And spend each blessed evening Of their lives
Instead Of staying home 10 cheer their wives.
Here Village statesmen talk with looks profound,
And news more triding than their jokes goes
round
Here civil rights and questions deep 20 view
Are fully settled IL an hoar or two. ,,.
And here some Captain or perhaps Squire"
D;verts The crowd with tales that never tire.
Most heartily are these stores abhorFed
By loving wives concerned about their Lords
For here by idle fsncieS led,
They spend much tine that shcusG pe slent y
bed
The Railroad too, we here would merlicn,
It well deseryes our commentator;
For safety, sure it has no peer,
No ''1anaSh" occurred throughout the year.
No boiler "bust," no coupling broke,
No horse vas frightened by the smoke,
No limbs were injured, no lives lost, a
No rails were broken by the frost
The turnpike still keeps up its tolls
A proof that turnpikes haye no souls.
The Charles street road we hope TO see
Completed st al early day :, ~ a-
Unjust exactions then shall cease
And purse and patience have release.
Next spring another church will rise ~
And with its steeple pierce the skies, .. ga
To show the world that wealth and grace -
Are growing here with equal pace, gtsa ! -
Aud now since strife and war are DER ssts
And cruel drafts modest no more
Since Peace is smiling o er the land ls
And things resume their former stand,
We hope to see our town extend,
Its wealth increase, It's business mend;
New buildings going up by scores,
For dwellings, factories, shops and stores. Gosh
+ Throughout our county, rich and grana,s 4
Is progress seen on every hand ae. sH huai
The anvil'S ring, the hammers stroke, q. 8 sia
The hum Of looms, the farmer noie, efs 81
The whirr Of wheels, the rush Of trains, 81
The Gathering noise Of loaded wains, M ~
The cheerful sound where, skilled 10 rule,
The village master keeps his school s., ss
The congregated hymns Of praise,7sa 7.
The thoughts fiat grateful prayers raise,
Unite IN ono grand song sublime, 5a as hs,l
70 God, the Lord, of every; CLINE. aissis
And Maryland, 20 more IN chaiuss sise ro0A
May well rejoice o or all her gains IS 81.
Hef harvests reapt, her garrers stored,
Her borders freed from rebel horde, s4fs 81
Her commerce whitening every sea, 4e.
| Her streams clicked with machinery,
Her Consultation, gres4om'a Chart