The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-02-21
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MAINE

Open New House in Manchester, n. II.
Address by F. II. COlley, Esq.
Manchester, n. II. has rapidly growing
association of Maine folks and arrange
ments were recently made to hold meetings
the first Wednesday in each month in a
hall in Odd Fellows building. The formal
opening of the new quarters took place
Wednesday evening Feb. 9th, when about
200 members and those eligible to member
ship were present, and an excellent pro-
gram was given. The Manchester, N. H.,
Mirror and American in its report of the
affair says:
Mr. Higgins introduced Lawyer Frank H.
Cc!!ey OF this city, who, with Mrs. Goies. is
one Of the most active and prominent mem-
bers of the association, and he delighted the
gathering with an eloquent address on the
subject, 1.-The Man from Maine" Mr..
Coley said during the course OF his adj
dress:
'When ] was informed by our honored
president that might be called upon to say
few words to you this evening, L felt a
good deal as ARENAS Ward said he did
about going to war. ARENAS said that he
never had much of laundering for war; he
was willing that all his wife's relations
should 60, but, said the redoubtable
ARENAS, s'If was drafted | think L should
resign" However, |, having been drafted
and not being able to give valid excuse for
not being present on This occasion, must dO
the best / can. The man from Maine is
known wherever civilization has laid its re-
filming hand upon the wilderness and made
the arid desert to bloom like a rose. What
shores have not the prows of her ships
touched? What Solitudes have not her sons
invaded? Rugged as the hills that over
Swallowed the old home, they have gone
forth to do and dare in the worlds work.
And what have they done for this country
and the world? How many sturdy sons
have they sent forth to take their places in
words of the Hon. William p. Frye, spoken
many years ago. Mr.. Frye said: 'As
think of old Oxford county, rugged and
! bleak, whose soil yields unwiIlingly be-
meath the hand of the husbandman. | marvel
at the great men she has produced
SIT is a far cry from a rock heap in
Limington in old York county to the gov
ernor's chair in the great capital of the
State of New York, but Frank 5. Black,
the obscure country lad, made it, and the
old red schoolhouse helped to fit him for that
position Kennebec county furnished the
present chief justice of the United States
supreme court, and Penobscot gave to the
world that grand old Roman, the immortal
Lincoln'S running mate, Hannibal Hamiin
Absolutely ncorruptible, staunch as the
hills when winds OF GOD are blown, and
h ad not the iron y of fate forced him from
his position to be replaced by weaker
vessel Maine would have president of
whom she and the whole country could
have been proud. Nor is it the men alone
who have made their mark the women, too,
are in the forefront. Annie Louise Carey,
Lillian Norton, better known as Madam
Nordica and Emma Eames, Il trio of song
lirds that no other State can attempt to
equal. Incident after incident can be recall
ed by us all of sons and daughters of Maine
who have made names for themselves in
other States and so | say, tonight, that we
as Mainetes can well feel proud of the State
which with its sister New England States
OF New Hampshire and Vermont has sent
out more noted men and women into the
world than other States of the Union accord
ing to the population. And know that we
all rejoice that we have lived in that grand
old State, whose insignia is the lofty pine
and which We are proud to call our home"