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HON. OTIS HAYFORD OF CANTON. HE MEN who built the railroad, up along the brawling stream Tha,t dra,i ns the Rangeley waters thru a country that's a dream, Deserve a place, conspicuous, run ong the truly great, Since they hazarded their fortunes, in the service of the state. Among the men who pushed them up the Androscoggin shore, Otis Hayford's to be reckoned, when, with half a dozen more, They brought the Rumford Fans and Buckfield up to Canton's old domain ; And invoked the railroad era in the garden-land of Maine. Time has sanctioned the good judgment that these men exemplified. Busy towns and inland cities have sprung up there side by side; And the rush and roar of progress mark the wisdom of the move, In the ways that men of business so consistently approve. In politics, a worker for the party of his choice A republican is Hayford, with no uncertain voice;Twice served Oxford, in the Senate, with a record to his praise, And in the College of Electors in the Garfield-Arthur days; Six years a State Assessor-he has done a lot of things That demand that heavy task of dut y that a sense of honor brings. And 'mid all bis other service, he has ever time to spend

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To exemplify the virtues of a neighbor and a friend.

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