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HON. WILLIAM R. PORTER, CAMDEN. LMOST three hundred years ago, ",hen first this land was bein~ wrought And lives were full and hearts were true, and smallest thi~ were danger fraught, 'Twas then the Porters settled here, as Pilgrims strong with ready hands. And clearin~ hewed in pathless woods und teachin~ spread from fOl'elgn lands. In later times some came to Maine. perhaps in search of knowled~; Oue landed where they had the best. the famous halls of Bowdoin Colleu;e 'Twas here the Attic roots took hold. a mattet· for corw:ratulatlon; SiIllOO William Portel' thru their aid. has helped alon~ all education. In Custom House and Senate grand. he served with equal stl'e~th and zest; On Banking too his mind he placed. in all be did his very best. The offspring of those Puritans. those stUl'dy Inen in coats or tan Now show the legacy of time. the wholesome, forceful man.

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