Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1913 — Great Poet’s Birthplace. [ARTICLE]

Great Poet’s Birthplace.

The house in Portland, Me., where Longfellow was born is now a tenement in the poorer part of the city. A little while ago a Portland schoolteacher was giving her class a lesson on the life of the poet. Her talk finished, she began to ask questions. .. “Where was Longfellow born?” wan the first question. The answer did not surprise the children, well acquainted with the situation, but it gave the teacher a shock. "In Patsy Magee’s bedroom,” cried several children at once.