Rationing words

Lubec, at the eastern end of Maine

— Photo by Ken Gallager

“The Maine Yankee is not nearly as taciturn as a stranger might at first consider him, but it is a rule that words are not to be wasted.’’

— From WPA Maine: A Guide “Down East’’ (1937

Downeast Maine is in red.

Brother Jonathan, an old historical national personification of New England