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imketoit*hohounsCOiniislloose your hold, and where etiquette does not I} allow taking a good grip to keep all ealc. If ; a Bailor’s life is not the life forme, a dance on shipboard i» the dance forme. A regular old fashioned break down, though it does not approach a dance at sea, comes nearer the resemblance than any tiling else I can suggest to you. My 'old banjo,* os wo used to call it, was brought frequently into requisition;;' and I assure vou that when it recounted the j* adventures oi an ‘Arkansas traveller,1 or told • J me of the ‘Head waters of Grant’s creek* and j J similar Blories, I almost fancied myself at1* home enjoying the company of those dearly loved and convivial friends for whom, in days gone by, this same old banjo was wont to tell its stories, even though it wero in an imper* feet manner. These parties had the effect to break the monotony of our journey, and keep alive those feelings necessary to the enjoy- l;i.i
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Rising Sun Mirror
Rising Sun, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 09, 1850
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Anne A.
MD, USA 01 Dec 2020
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