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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 . \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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