A side road.

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1862.  

        An’ Concord Bridge, thet Davis, when he came,
Found was the bee-line track to heaven an’ fame,
Ez all roads be by natur’, ef your soul
Don’t sneak thru shun-pikes so ’s to save the toll.
Lowell, ‘Biglow Papers,’ 2nd Series, No. 2.    

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