Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . em times Hirschl Debattie soldstogie twofers that you could inhale withoutslappin a piaster on the back of your you get sacked for a thin dime for afireproof torch that no old-time democratwould hand to a republican, even at anational election. Doctors prescribed quinine powders with whiskey forthe grippe, and lotsa guys got sos they could take thewhiskey without the quinine—after a little practice. Novv-days the bugs gargle white mule that tastes worse thanquinine without the whiskey, but carries a stiffer wallop. When the
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . em times Hirschl Debattie soldstogie twofers that you could inhale withoutslappin a piaster on the back of your you get sacked for a thin dime for afireproof torch that no old-time democratwould hand to a republican, even at anational election. Doctors prescribed quinine powders with whiskey forthe grippe, and lotsa guys got sos they could take thewhiskey without the quinine—after a little practice. Novv-days the bugs gargle white mule that tastes worse thanquinine without the whiskey, but carries a stiffer wallop. When the guy with the scythe fell down on the jobin the old days, tight old codgers kept stickin around, justto kid the folks that was achin for the knockoff sos theycould shoot his jack. Nowdays an operation is framed, andthe tightwad gets the skiv. Sam Lucas came to town with the Heyer Sisters, andmade a hit singin Grandfathers Clock. Folks said thatsong was moren fifty years old at that time. Now, when theRotary and Kiwanis clubs want to liven up, they wind 80. THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS Grandfathers Clock or clink water glasses for that otherold timer, Jingle Bells. Not throwin the hammer, understand, but some guyon your sheet is short-changin on market reports. Course,youre keen on Liverpool grain, Chicago bull, and St. Louismule, but Peoria has blooied. In the old days, standin outlike breakfast egg on a travelin mans chin, was the Peoriamarket—Whiskey, steady and unchanged, @ $ That@ $ wasnt for a shot, nor a drugstore short pint, butfor a gallon of bourbon that a guy could swolly withoutstranglin. Heres your hunch, sport—boost the town as the great-est market for hooch, white mule, and home brew. Tell theworld our leggers stretch a gallon of Johnny Walker to fivegallons by dopin it with raisin soup and alk, that our moon-shiners make five-year squirrel in five days, and our good-lookin kitchen chemists distil knockout dandelion wine intwo weeks. Bein as them bird
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