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EX-MAYOR FREEMAN PATTEN OF GARDINER.

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HE Squires of ancient days were they, who fixed their hearts on lan il •
'Who loved the joyS that fertile fields and lowi~ herds command
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\Vho walked amo~ their ~rowina: crops and saw in simpler lives,
A peace that wealth alone denies to him who for it strives.
The modern squires, in full descent from those of ancient date,
Find rich inheritance of life in owni~ "l'eal" estate
And, kin to those, who loved the land turn backward to the soil,
As full relief from strenuous lives of turmoil and of toil.
Allaloa:ies hold ~od herewith, in him \."ho's limned above.
A man whose business talents ~reat, can ne'er deprive a love
For fields and flocks and acres broad, from havina: its desire
But finds in each important call. incentive to aspire.

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