Stephen Laing bought a cabin on five wooded acres near Leyden, Massachusetts.

AuthorOliver, Charles
PositionBrickbats - Brief Article

Stephen Laing bought a cabin on five wooded acres near Leyden, Massachusetts. It didn't bother him that the cabin didn't have running water or electricity; he wanted to live like Henry David Thoreau. But the Leyden Board of Health apparently doesn't share the author's belief that "that government is best which governs least." It forced Laing to remove his...

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