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Farmer Runs Away From Home With Horse and Buggy
Elmer Brombaugh, a 62 year old Arkansas farmer, left his wife and home after church dissolution and a failed marriage. He traveled the South for seven months in an Amish high wheeler with a sleeping compartment, ending up in Trilby Florida where he tends oranges. He says faith, love and life have faded and plans to return home unchanged his search for a better life.
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