The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-09

IFFhh FALLS ncptember Sth, 1852.
Editors Union :-One Of my good friends came
last week 10 sec me and going back In memory 70
other days asked me u I recollected the political
campaign We had made together In the wilmot
johnson aud Bayard struggle, and how twisted
the ears Oh the people with my singing. Yes!
well do recollect the fun We had. We were
merry crowd and the cider flowed freely all the
while the band played. Had written any new
sohgsl No! Had not done much singing since,
but a. he seemed TO think u was my business to
hatch out something new give you this for his
benefit:
who's gwine TO fight In de battle, In de battiel
who's gwine 20 march Wild de army oh do kingl
Lissen at de drums how dey rattle, rattle, rattle;
liark TO dc bullets, how dey sing,
Close up, saints, In do center!
Fall In sinnahs, on de tanks!
'Tsntion, right dress, eyes front. steady,
All stand quiet In dc ranks.
OATS right. men keep s,andin keep astandin,--
Not bit oh danger oh an inimy benin;
De ahmy's nj de front, nm our ginerai commando
Has got out pow'fui pickit line!
Wait for 20 orders ill dcy come. den;
Keep up Patienee-render thanks
Dat you has nutin' fur 10 do-oniess lis sufin'
To stand up waitin' In dc ranks.
'Twont be so long fore 10 orders. fore lie orders
Soon we'll be gitten' em-de orders TO advance
Den ebbry man In dc eolum TO his duty;
Show what's dc value oh de chance.
Fight. an we'll obcrturn dc debbil.
Fight! an we'll hab dc country's thanks!
An all ~ git pension an honn bile mention
wha, stood up s,eddy in de ranks!
The poor fsllow-fuil Of rich genius and genu-
inc humor aud pathos-who wrote this IL gone be-
fore into "the silent land" Rest 10 Irwin RUSSELL
The Bsiair road Is to be dxed up at once. graded
and gravelied as far as Perry Hall. and Joseph
Snyder Il 10 do the work. Next spring probably
Il will be carried out TO tho bridge and then 10
kingsville, thoroughly Piked. II they only give
Snyder fair chance and let him do Il right. I'll
guarantees they will be surprised at the Increased
amount Of travel over IL and consequent increase
In the amount 81 tolls. II IL much shorter route
than either the Philadelphia or Hartford roads. and
once made even decently passabie people will
gladly take u In preference. DO you know that
this road business IL the most important factor in
our county Interests? Good roads make every.
thing else good and raise the standard Of all sur.
roundiuss and also the people who travel over
them. Hence how important IL Is that We should
have a good road Law aud good supervisors 10
make good roads But our supervisors do not a.
n rule come up to the mark aud are GENERALS too
big for their brecches." There's q defect in our
road Law in that II gives the apprehension much
power without any supervision OF check on them
OF their expenditures. In fact IL u ono Of the
great defects Of Baltimore county's government
that there l. no check anywhere and no way Of
getting the train TO down brakes and 20 SLOW"
except public sentiment, which has TO be educated
~ to il. II We had something like a regular.
vigorous, searching quarterly examination Of OFF,
Gers rccoris-vouchers-in every department. Of
every official. under oath. and IL We had every
road supervisor made 10 give detailed statement
q his work subject to the inspection Of a capable
engineer before being paid We might perhaps fare
better and get more Tor our money. am told
that Charles county has the best road system 10
this State. aud am waiting my opportunity to
study itup. The principle underlying all govern.
mcnt that most interests the tax payer IL to get
the mos, and hes, for the least money.
wonder some cn,crprising folks don't form
company and run horse railway out the Belair
road as far Putty Hill. ought 20 pay by con.
Meeting with the city red line on Gay street That
whole section Of country is very thickly settled
and such road would be well patronized. With
the immense development of such corporations in
the city lately. IL surprises me that no one has
branched out this way. Sometimes going along
look at the comfortable house Of larInan Schons,
With gravel ards all around IL. and wonder how
such live man gets along among so many dead
people. l, gives him good chance to reflect on
his latter end. But he l. jolly he don't reflect
much though guess he can grit his teeth and
'euss" under his breath when he gets cheated 10
politics. Try il again. llarman.
But all these other points concerning thing. on
the Belair road fall into utter insgni6cance when
compared to the internal, stencil giving. death
dealing hog pens Of man on the roadside just at
Georgetown. How in the name of heaven the in.
babitants stand IL ! eanno, imagine, but one Whit
of = smell will sieken decent man for a week
afterwards and lay the germs of epidemic
typhoid fever 90 Hill hundreds Of human beings.
Il IL equal 90 dose % siryehnine in its Effects
I sincerely hope our next Grand Jury will inlict
him and the court punish most severely. and for
one am perfectly willing to help pay the costs of
prosecuting him. The community has some ri ghts
that every body must be made to respect,
Yours. BiLLY BARLOW.