{“Stick the remnant of each bar of soap onto the next bar.} Theoretically, some of the atoms will remain in the bar until my very last shower. When I’m gone, my son can continue to use the bar as I have…and thus shall my zealous frugality be passed down from generation to generation as long as my descendants shall lather up.’’
From The Tightwad Gazette, founded in Leeds, Maine
Monument Hill in Leeds, Maine. There’s a Civil War monument barely visible here, left center.
