
The first to fall was the "haunted insane asylum" that was bought and ripped apart and turned into a very poor, very un-scary haunted house. It now sports a trailer and ticket booth in the driveway and several animal pens on the grounds. Pooh, talk about destroying the atmosphere.

The second to go was a very lovely old church on the road between my house and my mom's farm. Mr. H. and I loved it. The owners tore it down a month ago leaving nothing but a patch of freshly turned earth where the foundation used to stand.
You see, in order to beautify the town, a law has been passed that condemned buildings must be torn down, either by the owners or by the county at the owner's expense. I must admit that I was excited by the law and the fact that the building that had caught fire and just sat there half-burned would be gone, I never thought that the law would mean the beautiful abandoned buildings that I love would be torn down.

It really does though because I read in the paper today that the county board is going to meet to discuss the fate of the third building, and . . .

. . . I'm sure the fourth is not far behind.
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