Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . ardball oh his nose, and Lannie would callhis shot, Carom, on the dog. Kindaticklish for the dog, but he enjoyed could play fancy masse anddraw shots, and was as clever at finger billiards as old Yank Adams. One evenin Lannie hung up a worlds record, punchin out over fifteen hundred caroms at straight billiards at Billy Balls saloon on east Third Ascherman could whistle like a calleyope with his fingers, and little Packey Phelan bought a snare drum on the installment plan, at Job Rosss second-hand store, that
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . ardball oh his nose, and Lannie would callhis shot, Carom, on the dog. Kindaticklish for the dog, but he enjoyed could play fancy masse anddraw shots, and was as clever at finger billiards as old Yank Adams. One evenin Lannie hung up a worlds record, punchin out over fifteen hundred caroms at straight billiards at Billy Balls saloon on east Third Ascherman could whistle like a calleyope with his fingers, and little Packey Phelan bought a snare drum on the installment plan, at Job Rosss second-hand store, that drum havin done service in the Mexican war. After Packey got sos he could knock off the single-drag and the double-drag, him and Henry organized the original Scott county drum corps, and them two kids marched at the head of the torch-light percessions in the Tilden and Hendrick parades. In them days some folks got the idea that the vote of New York state elected Grover, but us old timers knew it was the martial music of Packey and Henry that done the 219
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