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September 11, 2010 by TimHughes
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This appeared in the “New York Clipper” newspaper of December 6, 1856 issue. Hopefully this “expedition” in Bridgeport, Vermont, was so successful that the town is a nice place in which to live today:
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Tagged: homorous, humor, New York Clipper, Vermont
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