Posted by Noa on December 19, 2001, at 18:29:13
In reply to Re: Little local news tidbit, posted by Katey on December 18, 2001, at 11:49:36
That is actually a very old practice---early american social policy about the poor and indigent--common practice was to cart them out of town to the next village.
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