The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-12-25

Church, Hartford road, on Thursday evening
Jan. 9th, commencing at the same hour. Alss
festival and oyster supper in Mr.. Whiteford';
stsre house, near the Ridge Church, on Jan
llth, 18th and 18th.
An opinion of much Importance to Rail
way companies and others, delivered by His
Honor Judge Grasen at the late term of Har-
ford county Circuit Court, in the case of Sa-
rah A. Foy and others VS.. the Phila., Whining
ton & BALTIC. r. R., will be published next
week. The case grew out of the killing OF
/ plaintiffs husband, j. B. Foy, by the cars OF
the defendent, at Perrymansville, on the 2lst
Of Jan. 1875
The members of Mount Moriah Lodge, A.
F., 4 A. NJ, of Towsontown, held a reunion at
the Smedley House, on Tuesday evening last
The supper was gotten up in COL Mann's best
style and all the delcacies Of the season were
served in a manner to tempt the appetite of a
prince. Speeches were made by Messrs. w.
M Isaac, ]. T. Ensor, L. M. Bacon, VIM. ii.
Ruby and others, and altogether the affair was
one OF much pleasure.
Prices for game, &c. in Baltimore, on Tues
day, ruled about as follows: Canvas-back
ducks, $3.50 per pair red-heads do, $1.25 per
pair; mallards drown and black, Is cts. to
81 per pair; coots, rs to so cents, each part
ridges, $3.50 per dozen pheasants, 81 to SIPS
each; dressed turkeys, 20 cts. per pound; do.
chickens, Is to Is cts. per pound; venson Is
cts per pound onions, 1925 per barrel APP
Piles, So to "a per barrel.
About II o'clock on Wednesday night a
strange rumbling noise was heard by some OF
the residents of this town, and some of them
also assert that they felt their houses Jared
very perceptibly. On the same evening, quite
a severe shock of earthquake was felt at Rich
mond, Va, and the citizens were considerably
| alarmed, many OF them rushing into the streets
to learn the cause Of the strange phenomena.
The time of the shock at Richmond was 11.4O.
CHRIsTMAs.--To day is the glad return of
Christmas. 1t is the anniversary of the birth
of the worlds Redeemer. His advent was her
aided by the prophets and magicians for ages
before His appearance. The classics of the
times prior TO that event were filled with the
information of His coming. 1t was an event
anxiously looked for by Jew and Gentle. The
! former were the literati whose witness and
| teachings pointed out the necessity of Chrsts
| coming of His death and resurrection fer the
| salvation of fallen man. The latter looked to
| the former for their teachings They were the
uulearned, the under strata of society. The
| one were the arstocracy and the other the
commonalty. The Jews had the books, the
records, the learned men, the doctors in the
| sciences and information of the day. Theirs
was the then only theology. All other classes
looked to them for their political policies and
for their theoretic instruction. They had been
Gods peculiar people for centuries. They
were not only the theologi ans, but the real SOL
id aristocracy of the day. From their learned
men the world had been taught that the Mes
siah was coming to redeem the world from sin.
But the world-the rank and file OF the Jews
even-thought that the Redeemer would come
with great pomp and show. They expected
Him to come like "a great King or Conqueror
with splendor, parade and magnificent dis
| play. Instead of this He was born in a stable,
of obscure parents, unnoticed by the admiring
gaze of the world. He grew to the years of
| youth and manhood. But because He did not
come in the garb of splendor and grandeur,
the Jews did not consider Him the Christ in
consequence thereof. But He went about teach
ing men their duties and pointing them in the
road of salvation, warning them of the dangers
of sin and setting them an untarnished exam
pie of life. He condemned wrong in every
shape and attacked sinners in high places
Those who had been living in the simple tech
meal observance of the law and considered
themselves models of Christian virtues were
warned of their rottenness and wickedness and
boldly exposed for their hypocracy and lack of
Christianity. People who considered them
selves too good to be seen in common society
because they attended the synagogues regular
| ly and paid tleir rates punctually were told
before the listening world that they were the
ings created a complete and most marvellous
revolution in the world. 1t is still in progress.
Its work is yet going on. Its influences are yet
making the most wonderful impressions. He
was earnest, bold, fearless-having nothing at
heart but the fear of God and the redemption
of the world. His is the most astonishing ex-
ample in the worlds history of what can be
accom- plished by fearless, consistent course.
This is the character whose birth we celebrate
on Christmas day,
| 1t was not until about 500 that any particu-
lar attention was paid to the observance Of the
day. 1t was then instituted as mark of rev.
erential respect fer the Saviour of men. Its use
has long since been corrupted into season Of
hlarity and jolifcation. AS long ten CEN
turtles ago in the civilized portions of Europe
the peasantry all repaired to the cities and
| villages to have the frolic. Many took with
them the fruits of the years earnings, which
would be exhausted before they returned to
their homes. The festival generally lasted
twelve days, was of public character and was
INDUCED in by all the people. Its celebration
| in this manner was universal. There came in
| time in England to be so much suffering grow
out of it among the poorer classes that the city
authorities would issue orders, when the coun-
| try folks had been in the city for two or three
days, to have them depart for home. In later
| days the manner of celebrating the occasion
| has partaken of the refrements of advancing
civilization. Sum ptuous feasts are had around
the family board when all the branches of the
family are gathered around the common head
| This is pleasing feature of the day and is
| creditable to our civilization. But there is yet
too much hilarity and carnival revelings asso-
ciated with the celebration of the Saviour's
birth. Let refine of Christian sentiment has
ten the expulsion of these from our midst, A
pleasant Christmas to all our readers. -
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