Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . Busy Days Down on the Levee. Steamboat Saint Paul, Diamond Jo Line Passenger Packet. 28. THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS When theyd ast could they help shine her up, old Billd say,Getahell outa here, you doggone little sav-ages, or well turn the hose on ya! OldBill always talked in pure steamboat lan-guage, he bein the guy that taught themsteamboat mates, raftsmen, and the moldersat Daviss threshin machine foundry howto put real kick in their conversation. Thenthe kids would holler to old Bill, Dare yato, ya big stiff, ya! and theyd leg
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . Busy Days Down on the Levee. Steamboat Saint Paul, Diamond Jo Line Passenger Packet. 28. THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS When theyd ast could they help shine her up, old Billd say,Getahell outa here, you doggone little sav-ages, or well turn the hose on ya! OldBill always talked in pure steamboat lan-guage, he bein the guy that taught themsteamboat mates, raftsmen, and the moldersat Daviss threshin machine foundry howto put real kick in their conversation. Thenthe kids would holler to old Bill, Dare yato, ya big stiff, ya! and theyd leg it downthe alley back of Van Patten and Marks, andcrawl into them big sugar hogsheads thatthe steamboats brung up from New Or-leans, to dig out the brown sugar that hadmelted between the staves. Ever know the handiest tool for a youngster, sport—out-side a pocketknife? Why, its a hoss-shoe nail. Comes inhandy for chinkin off brown sugar in hogsheads, and forholdin up pants when the buttons snap off—them little ladsonly wearin pants, waists, and spenders, and mebbe a swipe hoss-shoe nails at Jack Speeds hoss-shoein shopwhen they was
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