Newtown's history and historian, Ezra Levan Johnson . nowheres, zi knows on, its been hereever since Ive been here. The questioner, together with a lis-tener, who related the epsiode to me, died long time since, but thelad of the years long gone is still living and a grandfather. That samequestion is one of to-day with some, who, upon pleasure bent, drivealong the lanes, the by-ways and the highways of our extensivetownship, forming as they do a complete net work of mysteriouscomplications, which, at the same time, are a delight to the artist,the naturalist and the botanist, though a burden to
Newtown's history and historian, Ezra Levan Johnson . nowheres, zi knows on, its been hereever since Ive been here. The questioner, together with a lis-tener, who related the epsiode to me, died long time since, but thelad of the years long gone is still living and a grandfather. That samequestion is one of to-day with some, who, upon pleasure bent, drivealong the lanes, the by-ways and the highways of our extensivetownship, forming as they do a complete net work of mysteriouscomplications, which, at the same time, are a delight to the artist,the naturalist and the botanist, though a burden to the tax payersand a perplexity to the town fathers. A conservative estimate ofthose best informed, as to the mileage of Newtowns roads to bekept in repair at town expense, is not less than 400 miles. Whileit is true that none of our roads go anywhere, it is equally truethat in their circuitous courses and serpentine windings they have acontinual series of surprises for tourists, to whom it is the heightof pleasure to drive along our country HOUSE BUILT BY EZRA H. JOHNSON E. L. Johnsons grandfather, in 1795
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