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POEMS BY CLARA A. MERRILL
A TALE FROM MOUNTAIN GRANGE
[This poem was written for, and read at the first meeting held after the completion of the new grange hall at North Buckfield, Nov. 1st, 1904. The poem was founded on facts, but in order to be more amusing for the occasion the incidents were, of course, somewhat exaggerated by the author, who was also a member of Mountain Grange.]
Patrons and Friends:
Within the annals of this Grange A circumstance occurred—And, be it true—Or otherwise, I'll give it as 'twas heard. When last winter's icy breezes Brought the welcome news, so strange That the ever staunch, and loyal Patrons of this Mountain Grange
Decided to erect their temple Ere the coming of the Fall In the village of North Buckfield,— There to locate their new hall.—Ere the last glad trump had sounded Thro' the vales, and o'er the plain—Ere the zephyrs bore the echo To the rugged hills of Maine—
