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HON. JOHN A. DECKER OF WELD. | HON. JOHN A. DECKER OF WELD. | ||
− | + | IN the growth of inland cities, he has played important part; | |
− | + | Rumford Falls and Millinocket, -- was behind them from the start: -- | |
− | + | For he early saw a future, for the wheels of industry. | |
− | + | Where the waters idly tumbled o'er the barriers to the sea; | |
− | Where the waters idly tumbled o'er the | + | And now mills for pulp and paper with their smoking chimneys tall |
− | And now mills for pulp and | + | Mark the place where all was silence, save the roaring water-fall. |
− | + | A man of strong convictions, he much rather fight than run, | |
− | A man of strong convictions, he much rather | + | As you'll learn, on all occasions, when there's fighting to be done; |
− | As you'll learn, on all occasions, when there's | + | And one instance I'm recalllng, just to make my meaning plain, |
− | And one instance I'm recalllng, | + | Was when Decker joined with Ricker -- to "Save the Lakes of Maine," |
− | Was when | + | To this task he lent his service, with an energy and zeal, |
− | To this task he lent his service, with an | + | That did wonders for a movement, that he spoke the commonweaI. |
− | That | + | He has lands along the lakeside -- but no catalog will do |
− | He has lands along the | + | For the best of all his holdings are his friendships, strong and true -- |
− | For | + | They outclass blocks in Millinocket or all that title gives; |
+ | For they bespeak the friend and neighbor, in the spirit that he lives. | ||
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HON. JOHN A. DECKER OF WELD.
IN the growth of inland cities, he has played important part; Rumford Falls and Millinocket, -- was behind them from the start: -- For he early saw a future, for the wheels of industry. Where the waters idly tumbled o'er the barriers to the sea; And now mills for pulp and paper with their smoking chimneys tall Mark the place where all was silence, save the roaring water-fall. A man of strong convictions, he much rather fight than run, As you'll learn, on all occasions, when there's fighting to be done; And one instance I'm recalllng, just to make my meaning plain, Was when Decker joined with Ricker -- to "Save the Lakes of Maine," To this task he lent his service, with an energy and zeal, That did wonders for a movement, that he spoke the commonweaI. He has lands along the lakeside -- but no catalog will do For the best of all his holdings are his friendships, strong and true -- They outclass blocks in Millinocket or all that title gives; For they bespeak the friend and neighbor, in the spirit that he lives.
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