The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-04


seas that intervene,
Between this pilgrim and his native sod;
Gone are the crumbling sepulchres, the
pageantry and sheen
OF nations bowed beneath aOppressiOn's
rod.
Gone are the idle dreams of fame by fair
Italia's shore,
Vanished the thoughts and longings wild
Again boy he's standing outside his faith
er'S door,
And the pines sing on the craggy hills of
Maine.
Forgotten the old world stories, mysterious
and quaint,
Tales of the ages when the earth was
young;
OF warrior knights in armOr and OF perse-
cuted saint,
As told by sages and by poets sung
Forgotten the years of wandering. with all
their load of care,
The sorrow that had filled his soul with
pain
For now he's back in boyhood and breathes
Beneath the pines he loved in dear old
Maine.
oh rugged, grand old mother, what great
sons thy hills have seen,
What daughters hast thou given to our
race.
Upon thy rocky hilltops still thou sittest
like queen,
Wearing thy emerald robes with match
less grace
What songs thy Longfellow has sung be-
side the CaSco'S shore,
Great motherland of Hamlin, Reed and
Blaine,
The pines still chant their requiem above
the oceans roar,
Their deeds are told b. every hearth in
Maine.
The wanderers dream was ended and be-
fore his tired eyes,
The tall cathedral reared its massive form
Grim with the rime of ages, it pointed to
the skies,
Immutable in sunshine and in storm.
But still he sees the vision of that far off
land of home,
And sighs for youthful pleasures once
again;
Back in the hills and valleys where child
he used to roam,
Beneath the pines he loved in dear old
Resolutions thanking everybody who had
anything to do with arranging and carrying
out the interesting program of the meeting,
and expressing appreciation of all the fav-
ors bestowed by the railroads and hotels,
were adopted just before the adjournment
of the afternoon session.
The Journal of February 6, 1902, had this
editorial paragraph:
Why does not the Maine Press Associa-
tiOn follow the example of the National
Editorial Association and supplement its
literary exercises with addresses from men
outside of the fraternity? For example,
could we not have an address on the libel
law by Hon. Herbert NJ. Heath at the next
meeting in Augusta? Then, when we meet
again in Portland, call on Mayor Boothby
to tell what has been done, and what may
be done, to encourage summer travel to
Maine.
This led to correspondence with Mr.
Heath which came to fruition in the splen-
did address on 'The Law of Libel in
Maine" delivered by him before the Asso-
citation in the Senate Chamber at Augusta,
Jan. %, 1908; and last week we had Mayor
Boothby's paper on practically the lines
suggested. We call attention to the matter
now as we believe this policy should be
continued
Many of the familiar faces were not seen
at this meeting. Some we shall see no more
in this world. But as the veterans drop out
the young men come in and their vigOr and
enthusiasm will perpetuate the Association
and increase its usefulness. Bro. Rollins
of Ellsworth, who Joined in 1901, met with
US for the first time, and Bro. Kendrick of
Boothbay Harbor was among those in at
tendance. He Will always be held in CRATE.
full remembrance by those who participated
in the excursion to Boothbay Harbor in
1897