The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-07

Shot the deer, and here hath been the whil
Of the loom, the hum of the busy wheel
and here
Such peace that thy children called thee
Unity.
From scattering hut to busy
Town was the dream Of more than score
of years,
Was the life of men who toiled and won
their way
Where they have tr0d,
Dead sons and daughters of these woods
and streams
And hills, let the living feet press rever.
emily.
By the altar of their tolls and prayers and
fears
May the living consecrate sacred shrine
OF their souls best to stand through all the
Throughout the land today, the indie
pendence
Bells shall peal, her drums resound, her
Boom to celebrate our unions birth
And thine own, fair Unity, with freedom
song.
Truth to thy country and thy God
And the whole world beside;
For this our fathers tOiled and bled
That in peace we might abide,
And far off peoples heard the cry
Of freedom ringing wide.
From far beyond the sea they came
To dwell in this fair land,
10 till the soil and plant the plain
AS had our fathers planned;
And still they come from overseas
Led hither by Gods hand.
America is free,-for this
Her rocks and hills flowed red with blood.
They fell, her sons, on her wide plains,
BY her swift streams, in the green wood.
They gave their lives for freedom
And ours, not theirs the good.
They gave their lives for freedom,
And we, what have we done?
Do the Stars and Stripes still float
Ger the land of freedoms sun?
We shall know it by her people
If our land be a free one.
There each man shall be neghbor
And no man wear crown,
And each man shall be happy
And live in free town
And his toll shall bring him comfort
And his worth shall bring renown.
And they that come from overseas,
Bowed by the Oppressor's hand,
10 win name and find home
In the freedom of Gods land
Shall not be serfs to bear the yoke,
But brothers to command.
What have we done for freedom
That the deeds of our sires shall stand
Till the last star set in heaven
And the last wave wash the strand.
Have we held fast the purpose
That our exile fathers planned?
Men are starving in the cities,
Fall like beasts upon the plain,
Waste their lives with toll and grieving
That their striving may attain
What the soul within them pleadeth,
Die and seem to strive in vain.
God knows if our aims be noble,
Our leaders false or true.
He knows if our hearts are loyal
To the faith of the red, white and blue
He knows if we love his children
In his Kingdom the wide world through
Then up for the cause of freedom,
Let wars and wrangling cease,
And the Stars and Stripes forever
Wave Ger land of peace
Till the world shall join together
AS brothers to the race.
The meeting closed with "Auld Lane
Syne," by the Belfast Band.
The Band gave half hour concert on the
lawn, after which many of the visitors lef
fer their homes.
In the evening handsome display o
fireworks was made on the schoolhoust
campus, after which there was ball il
Adams & Knights new hall, with music b!
Keyes' orchestra of Belfast.
The hall is in the second story of a new
building on the site of the buildings burHe(
last year. 1t is 40y70 feet and has a flint
floor for dancing. The lower story has
large stores in which Adams & Knight keel
in departments everything except millinery
The Odd Fellows have erected a new build
ing across the street to replace the on
tIn do, ,ifr1,t ,+o
The lower floor contains a hall, 4ox7o feet
with ample stage, dressing rooms, Office
etc. The second story contains the lodg
room, 36x4o feet, dining room, 24x34, to
gether with needed ante-rooms, etc. 1t vii
be ready for use about Sept. 1st.