NOTES ON " SAM HILL" POEMS 1 "Geordie's street" - the road located near*the Shell Service station in Stanhope , leading to the corner. George "Geordie" Lawson lived near the corner. 2 "German John" - John Ross - local gentleman who was critical of the Allied World War I efforts. 3 "Barney and Jim" - Bernard and James McCabe. 4 "Diah and son" - John Misener and his son Bertram. 5 "Joe" - Joseph Robison 6 "Lou" - Louis Marshall 7 "Holy Willie" - Robert Marshall 8 "Road Master Will" - Will McCabe 9 "I take the fields when Tom's farming" - The winter sleigh road passed through Thomas Horgan 's property. 10 "Heavy-weight John" - John A. Kielly 11 "In politics, a little twisted" - obviously dissatisfied with the Liberal party. 140