The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-23
Missouri to Maine and
Return.

!, long anticipated. Iwenty-seven
\ had passed since our eyes had
r. mon the beauties or our feet had
~, the soil of the Pine Tree State.
Hno this long period only two or three
/ tss had crossed our pathway. To
.hsr we had missed these associa-
and friendships during this period
t,te ii mildly. AS a place of resi-
r Maine has some drawbacks; but in
| .ospqct what is true of Maine is true
l.r states, for not one of the States
4-aly free from some Objectionable
. and our attitude toward the
\ oId State of Maine is fittingly ex-
,.i IN the following line of the poet:
NTH all thy faults, love thee still"
,.s my trst love and no other can
|, tske its place in all respects. Twer-
,rar ears of sojourn in other States
,olv made "the heart grow fonder"
In months and years we both had
si,e5 the hope that the trip to Maine
oack again would sometime come
Mn a1r reach. But as time went on
obstacle after another came between
.o+ the attainment of our OF ject.
csr al length the way was open for
,ttslrment of the end, long period
Illness lntervened, and for years the
n whom the trip was due more than
he writer, and to whom it would have
!, still greater pleasure, gradually
..n- aneQual to the task and finally
I .sken To a still better home, "Where
rcsel cease from troubling and the
barr are at rest
,her many months OF lonely waiting,
,.1 by other members of the family
|nyt the trip. the month of June was
sse5 AS the most suitable time in
|rr TO make the trip AS we were
M 10 pack our grip and away, bust
1 complications interfered. To save
|reges from a greater loss We were
EDeIlei to go into court. Having won
sniff We once more turned our atten-
to The trip to Maine, but as we were
b, again to pack our grip and away in
month of July, one of our Office force
|gisred by getting herself put on the
/ list For nearly a month we had to
h but as we were ready to give up
/ hope in despair things began to
Igrter and in three days time we had
|rcrt ticket for PASSPORT and were on
Evgv leaving Springfield at noon on
\ twenty ninth of July we arrived in
Louis at night and the next morning
hive in Lndianapolis. From this point
Egurr-yed through Indiana. Ohio, New
|rs and Massachusetts,, reaching Bos-
noon on the last day of the month,
|rng to reach Belfast the next morn
/ In TINS we were disappointed, owing
[ht lack # Sunday train service. Of
L tset however, we did not feel in
b. to complain. Would that there
anore attention paid to Sunday train
Gcr and less Sunday travel.
| tOlr way to Maine we tarried for a
I'll IN Portsmouth, N. H., and the next
stopped off at Augusta, where we
h taken in charge and kindly enter
EFd by Mr.. and Mrs. Daggett, the lat
e5tng he daughter and granddaugh-
b Of persons whose friendship we had
FnFi in lS7l. Two hours ride the next
(rUg anded US in Belfast, where |
FasiaIeIy espied my longtime friend.
A. Hubbard, who in anticipation of
arrival was at the depot to meet me.
We changed in twenty-seven years
Fun, Yes, assuredly, yes; particu-
Pr % the color of the hair. But the
|gacs form was still intact; the eye
Pinot ost its brightness, nor the voice
eameness, nor, let US hope, the char
Ter It's symmetry and beauty.
l Tie first man to be met and recognized
Name Was Engineer Chas. F. Shaw,
EAm We saluted at Burnham Junction.
IstaSt had changed somewhat, mainly
1e line OF improvements since we So
Pine there. The shoe factory had
n charged, the corn factory erected,
lso the sardine and fertilizing facto-
+ The water works and sewerage
(iems had been installed; the old steam
Ut wharf had been rebuilt. The houses
FEared TO better advantage; the lawns
re better kept; there was a much
EgH profusion of flowers by the side Of
Ea-ks and on the lawns. The streets
|Heh better shape. The ever present
was very strongly in evidence
@e1 at from the bay Belfast never
a'fe looked so charming and beautiful
now looked to me. If you coule
devise some scheme to eliminate
ls Of that dense fog which day aftel
folied in from the Bay of Fundy, Of
ps other place, and divert the gull
IAN SO as to greatly modify the win
Severity, what delightful paradise
Would have in Belfast by the sea
type say that the winters are being
1lled, that they are neither SO COLI
aey were, nor so long. Possibly it il
@9-but the man from Missouri VIII
pad experience along this line, no
Flalng to bubble or question, woul'
''aly oe inclined to say, "show me.
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