What to see in America . A Clock Towek in a Hartford Park. 54 What to See in America waterproof shoes, clothing, and other articles before heattained success. Another great industrial coast city is Bridgeport. Thiswas the home of P. T. Barnum, who was born at Bethel,about 20 miles northwest, in 1810. His Greatest Show onEarth had a world-wide fame, and the successor to hiscircus still has its winter quarters in the city. Gen. TomThumb, one of the notable attractions of the GreatestShow, was born at Bridgeport in 1838. When first exhibitedhe was less than two feet high and weighed sixteen pound
What to see in America . A Clock Towek in a Hartford Park. 54 What to See in America waterproof shoes, clothing, and other articles before heattained success. Another great industrial coast city is Bridgeport. Thiswas the home of P. T. Barnum, who was born at Bethel,about 20 miles northwest, in 1810. His Greatest Show onEarth had a world-wide fame, and the successor to hiscircus still has its winter quarters in the city. Gen. TomThumb, one of the notable attractions of the GreatestShow, was born at Bridgeport in 1838. When first exhibitedhe was less than two feet high and weighed sixteen pounds. In a rocky glen at New London is a gristmill erected in1712. It has a great outside waterwheel and continues togrind as of old. The town fared badly in the Revolution,for in September, 1781, Benedict Arnold, whose birthplacewas only fourteen miles distant at Norwich, arrived with aBritish fleet, and burned the towns dwellings, warehouses,and shipping. The sheltered waters of Long Island Sound favor thegrowth of oysters, and many people are engaged in
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