MAINE: A Man's a Man for a1 Thai-

Back in the days of the horse & buggy, a man who waved his arms while negotiating turns in the State of Maine wouldn't necessarily have been yanked off to the booby hatch. A freeborn Republican American citizen had a right to act like a danged fool if he wanted to, as long as he didn't damage property. But since it would have been a waste of motion, with no sense to it, nobody did it. Horse knew where he was going anyhow, even if some of the drivers didn't.

After the automobile was...

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