Word: pubniconian
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West Pubnico has 1,426 citizens, and 1,422 of them are related by birth or marriage. West Pubnico has no local taxes, no courts, no jail. Not in 15 years has anyone been arrested. Said Pubniconian Mrs. Henry Leblanc: "The Mounties from Yarmouth used to come around, but now we hardly ever see them. They just can't find any business down here." West Pubnico has no mayor nor town council, and there are no local laws...
Variation on a Theme. To avoid confusion in identity, many a newborn Pubniconian gets a name of his own with his father's first name tacked on. Example: Allan, son of Brad d'Entremont, is called Allan-a-Brad. Even so, confusions are numerous. Postmistress Annie d'Entremont, with a letter to be delivered to William A. d'Entremont, can usually tell which of four such Williams should get it, but only by examining the handwriting on it, or noting the identity of the sender...
West Pubnico has prospered during the war. In season the hardy Pubniconian men go after lobster, herring, mackerel and tuna. Winters they repair their nets, tend their cows and chickens, live off their home-grown vegetables and the fish they salted away, and generally take life easy in their tidy, white-frame homes which are clustered about Father Leblanc's St. Peter's Church...
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