Ephraim Enterprise | 1908-06-26 | Page 5 | One of Bill Nye's.

One of Bill SlIt Nye Nyes Referring to a real estate transaction tion made by one Peter way back in the year 1628 Bill Nye In hi hit hi history of the United States declared New York was afterwards sold for tor 24 24 the whole island When I think of ot this I 1 go into my family gallery which I also use as a swear room and tell teU those ancestors what I think of ot them Where were they when New NewYork NewYork NewYork York sold sod for tor 24 The humor of ot this strikes deeply when one stops to consider what has been the outcome of ot this thia original investment investment in in- vestment Peter with trinkets and a few tew bottles of rum so delighted the tho native Indians that they gladly turned over to him the whole of ot Manhattan Man hattan batten island now the heart of ot Greater New York New New York the Giant City National Magazine