SMALL TOWNS

You know it's a small town when: When we moved to a farm just outside a small town, I decided to check in with the police and fire departments in case we ever had an emergency. I dialed the number listed for the police department and a woman answered. "Courthouse," she said. "May I have the police department?" I asked. "He isn't here now," she replied.

Reader's Digest, Contributed by N. Janelle White.

An ad for a general store in Loretta, Wis., gave its location as: "Across from the phone booth."

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