Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

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Renaissance comes from JAMES G.
FERNALD. who says:
IF Longfellow had not been a Port
land man, he might have complied
with the request to send poem"
AUGUSTA HALE CLIFFORD write;
from the United States Consulate Il
Basic in Switzerland, an assurance
that the Great Atlantic is not too
broad, nor the culture of the ola
World profound enough to win the sons
and daughters of the Pine Tree State
from their affection for the home soil. -
That distinguished surgeon, FRED
ERICK II. GERRISH, writes from
Portlln 4 letter full of good wishes
and Of good feeling. but excuses him
self from taking part in the literary
exercises of this evening by sayin.:
that "Anatom and surgery do not
furnish material for prandial en-
tertainment, and seem never to have
conduced to distinguished attainment 8
in Belles-l ettres.'
cordial letter of congratulation
from MARGARET ]. NJ. SWEAT, who
says:
II doubt if there are any people in
the United States who unite more sue
cessfully two apparently more contra
dictory tendencies than the citizens Of
Maine. They voluntarily leave their
native State, and may be met with in
every other region under the sun. and
vet they really never give up their
allegiance to her, and could not spend
an hour even with an inhabitant of
Patagonia without finding some way
of informing him that they hailed from
Maine"
An inspiring letter from SENATOR
w. Z. FRYE, full of eloquent regrets
and congratulations, expresses the
wish that every member of the Pine
Tree State Club might have a grove of
pine of his own. or at least some biz
Of the sacred soil within the borders
of the home State, to which he might
make an annual pilgrimage, and find
rest and help and inspiration for the
new work before him. May God bless
the Pine Tree State Club"
mo higher tribute could be given to
Maine than in the celebration of an
Old Home week." writes j. f. FRS
BEE of Lewiston. 1T will bring a
double blessing. 1t will bless her sons
who may return and it will bless those
who have remained on the old home
stead. A return to the scenes
of our childhood and a draft from the
old geld spring would bring one nearer
to the fountain of youth than Ponce de
Leon ever reached in all Of his tabled
WanderingS."
EDWARD PAYSON PAYSON, law
yer and poet. sends some verses on
F.II.
is the closing stanza:
And as each stately year
Brings to fruition work ana worth and
While youths endeavor grows to man
hoods deed.
Still may we yearly steer
Back to the harbor lights whence sailed
the boy,
Back TO the mountain. field and sea and
mead.
Back to the Pine Tree home,
From whence We come.
PROFESSOR l.. NJ WARREN Of
Adelbert College. who says that "a
man who has the double gift of Provi-
dence-the privilege IF birth under tn"
Pine Trees, and the honor of residence
under the Buck Eyes. may be rightly
considered to have claims to any de-
gree Of earthly fame he may desire.
tells in more serious vein Of some Of
his views in connection with education
in his native State.
Stirred by the recollection Of the
names uf the great men Of
Maine. names which like jewels
on the outstretched forefinger
Of time. sparkle and shine for
ever" DIR. NATHANIEL BUTLER
President Of Colby College, tells us
that Maine has brighter jewels to show
than had the mother Of the Gracchi.
ana concludes a stirring poem with
these lines:
"Longfellow. Hawthorne, Willis, Frank
Blaine. Reed and Hamlin. statesmen,
baris and Scers.
Howell, Frye and Dinsley, men Of high
I.ittlefieid. Burleigh. Fuller of the gown,
And Washburn, Drummond Morrill,, Fes-
ouoth Maine. My jewels these. Be
hold them-Men.
AUGUSTIN JONES, the author of
The Life of Thomas Dudley. second
governor of Massachusetts, and our
great peace promoter, also recalls the
gIories of Maine men in an interesting
head roll He tells us that the sons OK
Maine are everywhere. ana growing
enthusiastic over the prospect of the
Ola Home week, he says: Inere Is
nothing like the gathering of the chill
dren of the entire clan from the wide
fields Of the world to rejoice together
at one glorious Thanksgiving of seven
days duration"
The glorious achievements OF the
men of Maine are sung by JOHN {.
MURRAY of North Berwick, who, IN
the course Of a stirring poem, tells us:
wherever heroes brave the battles roar
And rush to triumph on the heldS OF gore
Wherever statesmen toll for liberty,
Their souls embodied in her high decree:
Wherever platform, pulpit, bench ana
bar
In eIoauence and justice shine afar.
Wherever art and science darkness span.
Adorn the world, and light the paths of
man,
Wherever inspiration wakes her fire
And flashes glory from the nations Tyre,
'Tis there. wherever be the h0ly ground,
The sons Of Maine will be forever
found
A tenderer spirit breathes in the
dainty poem contributed by ADE-
JAJDE V. FINCH of Lewiston. which
is entitled ITO a Maine Sea Moss" of
which she says. among other graceful
fancies:
..y,,, hiring YES bring to me