The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-12-25
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Today 10 Christmas. Although our paper
may reach few Of our readers on the 2a,h. yet
10 bears the date Of December 7s,h. aud we speak
10 all oar readers ~ II we were addressing thrm
on that day. This Is the frat time this has &C.
CARED since We became connected with = news-
paper. aud, more than ever before, do We ieri
disposed to wish all our patrons, ss they open
this sheet
4 MERRY CHRISTMAS.
THIS - a holiday season all over he world.
Wherever the sun shines to-day. prov ided Chris
tianiiy isaeknow lodged there. good cheer and er-
timent ~iIl prevail The savings OF year. for
this special occasion. will be invested all will
,Sy To be happy, forgetting for . brief srason.
the cares aud perpexiiies OF lite. It's trials aud
adsersi,iss. remembering vnly tina, this Is
cirisssas, and tina, Il, comes hut once year. -
IL would bc Interesting To know how man.
iGrtrys the PECULIARLY Of the srAsou, will he
consumed To. day how many chickens aud gcvse
aud ducks will 20 the Nay ,ha, many have gone
before ihem-how many pounds Of candies will
to AID the many giassrs of ''rge-uos"
wbieh will BE- drank to-day In giving Us q head
ache against Io.mcrroS.
Hut, altht Oh II IS DAY OF general JOY and
hilariiy, none Of US should get that IL Is The
anniversary OF the GREATS, day which ever
dawned upon chr'sieudom- when q SAvioR was
bora into the world 10 redeem mankind from
The curse q that tCsbiddxn tree
whose msftal taste eroashi dxAsA late wofid
And all cur ace, vish loss of Ejsn'
Have cur readers ever seriously reflected upon
the occasion which this day commemora;es :
Looking far back into the ag-s gone, we find
that nan, feeble man, had disFegarded the com
nands q Him Whose soice spoke into being cur
world aud formed iu,o order the chaotic
materials 81 which il thea composed. lie
had issued a command which our frs, parents
presumed to violate For this sn man was
cursed and TO rvieyc hin Of that curse the sAu,e
God that bad created the world seat His Sou
ic~n ironl The courts O Heaven, 10 suffer ani to
lie, that Se through li,s posert! sht become
rico, and through hi. death have life
eternal Eightevn hundred and sixty nine
years have passed since ,hea-a period full Of
startling even,s-Ant yr, We all love TO bear re-
e@susre, aud TO Fvaeet upon tina, great evsnt
Is through glass darkls the old pairiarrhs
bad se~u The great salvation wsich wAs to come
upon the world they booked .'orsr4r,i TO . time
when Messiah rgaid coue-a tirre Of which
the Prophets spoke aud the sweet singer u
Israel bad fore,o.i. lis came but bow Not
"a the Pomp aad glory expected by The sons Of
AaFaaAn-ae, With Powes-noI ia grandeur or
ALL wostiy shos-eG, poor humble and unan-
aogaeea D. an startling event The shepherds
oa tie hi.l' Of ChAdea Na!le they Eel, the glory
'of the Lord roaal a5os; ihen heard al angel
E0ses ;sot2 lie heavens sayIng to them, Behold,
o''ag you good udings o. great Joy which
shall he 20 81 people FOR ga;o you iAs isy i
born n the ciiy 81 David q SAvioa whieh shall
he CaRIsT he Lord Al the ANNOUNCEMENT,
the naiiits4e q the heaV-nly hosts praised
God. and proclaimed pesc. on earth aad
gods. i0ssr4 m-n \ depgistioa Of these
Caaidean shepherds followed strange star
Which appeared 10 the heavens until il rested
osss stable ia Bethlehem aad there, in that
hanhls ssnss~nt thsy sosaa the insaa, Jese.
Ant fell aoss aa4 Eorshipped him, ''and pre-
SEATED HIM siih zif,s gold add frsnkiseense
"aad myrrh. Doattl-ss 20 thu. event mar De
traced the custom - svag aad receiving gifts
ai Christmas lios m-ay hearts have been made
slad to-day 81 Tie s-s;swAl Of presents. after
the manner U ihe afst instructors Of this YEARLY
offering q igrciion and love aow many kind
-'HsmsFsaees o. fri.nds all he preserved for
eoaiag years
Christian has from time immemoriai been set
apart az lay o. social reunion Friends and
relatives scattered as wisse a. the seas," come
'ose'a"r, a. IN ehildhoods hour, and sroand
the family aear,h-stoae liz. over again their
youthful days, resising memories long barred
aa4 sesaes forgotten in IN. busy ~hirl Of life
The ASSOCIATES Of other y-srs are greeted With an
enthusiasm which has long laid dormant, and
the events Of other yesrs are enacted over again.
These rsGnioss will cot Ls the least arre~aLl.
feature u io-aay, aEa "a the reunited hoase.
holds shien The lam SiIl reach on this 2.th
o'Deeember se tender, mos, gladly, the CON.
plsaaea.. 81 .h- sessaa.h i:.s ss.sa 81 s;-
old .nshasinsm With whirh Christmas vas once
observed has lass.d away IL. romariic illa-
soas-ths poeiicaI ny s,eriss ~hieh once cluster.
81 around it-hiVe all gone melted 10 the light
ofp~thspss better bot not happier eisiliza.
non. Th- nisle'o~ bough-ihe ygle log-the
bear beas-tbs hearty festivities Of Christmas
10 the tine Of oar English fathers have gisea
VA IA property and decorum which is Of
dsas''ai bSnshi 10 In fact, the ehiifrsa
nov feel tie greatest enioymsnt Of Christmas -
Ihsy have q" care, no anxiety for the faiare
and, can eater With spirit into ell the f.a aud
hiisr'y Of the s-asoa social di,eipliae and s,rie,
notions 81 profrisiy being generally and prop
ssiy RELAXED Az they climb our knees to-day
or dance aronnd their Christmas trees, would 4,
not h. Seil 10 ins'il into their young minds the
meaning Of all this 10 tell them Of the Chris,, ha
who hfsi Jaw being eighteen huadred and sixty.
Dine years ago, and 10 tell them shat he can.
forf Youthful lessons are notably the mos, en-.
daring, aud II may bs thai those Of to-day, 10
our children, may never he forgotten.
Bot slile there are thousands Of happy hearts
10 da,, there will a,.o he Thousands Of ssrrox
Jag sssss. Macy .'..e.a, ehas.'i wiii sh~s~ he
OF family reunion and mAny tear will he
dropped ia memory 81 those who ARE not -
To the hearts OF these, ss bGpe that record.
ed Rsn"r. will mirror forih N. cherished faces
o. 'hr absent ONES, and renew ihr cosenan, bond
70 meet "whefe parting Is M more "
And boS, to all. old aud young. rich aud
poor, We wish "Haptg CHRISTMAS" Ma,
their enjoymsn's Of to-day never he forgotten,
and may the, eater upon the new year soon 10
dawn upon us wiih renewed hope and courage.
ArpoIsTAEST.--w mentioned Lac, week tha,
Judge Grier, OF the suprt,nr Cour, Of the United
stats Lad rendered his '.s'sna,ion TO General