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HON. FREDERICK S. WALLS OF VINALHAVEN.

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HE man who deals in granite, is supposed to have the rocks;
For in Vinalhaven quarries it's the kind of rocks that talks,
Analogies go further in the case our verse recalls,
For the Vinalhaven granite has been used in bunding Walls;
And as granite serves in simile for walls that firmly stand,
Let's extend it in this instance to the gentleman in hand.
He wears the old bronze button, of the boys of '61:Must have had granite in their systems: if they hadn't they'd have runAnd the chap who took to running as a habit. it is plain,
Could never be Commander of the G. A. R. In Maine;
For if there is any kind of soldier that the veteran cannot stand
It's the man whose characteristic is deficiency of sand.
Walls was Sheriff of old Waldo and. in local boards of trade.
A hard fight for harbor-dredp,ing he consistently has made:Of the Sena.t e was a member, way baclt in '95,
With an interest in the public, which he ever kept alive:
Take his public service ever and I'm sure that you will find
That he's always done hls duty-for he's not the shirkiu,g" kind;
Which suggests that we're not failing our position to maintain
Wben, for analogies, we utilize the granite hills or Maine.
For as granite serves, as simile, for Walls that firmly stand,
We'll invoke it in this instance for the gentleman in hand.

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