Many bloggers noted that yesterday was the 172nd anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Territory.
It is much lesser known that on this day, April 21 in 1836 a spokesman for Wisconsin Fullers, Wheelwrights and Chandlers issued a proclamation announcing that the Wisconsin Territory was a tax hell and calling for a cut in the taxes on buggy whips and mustache wax.
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That's pretty funny!
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