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farmer to keep us over night and haul the boat to 

 Plattsmouth the next day; we went over to the is- 

 land brought off our traps before supper, which by 

 the way, I relished very much after having eaten 

 so many meals of Peter's cooking lately. 



That evening we accompanied our host and his 

 family to dance in the neighborhood, it was a nov- 

 el but very pleasant experience; we had been there 

 but a short time when a young fellow came to us 

 and asked us togo outside with bim, we had no idea 

 what he wanted but were soon relieved when he 

 went to a hollow tree in the yard, fished out a bot- 

 tle and asked us to "have a drink". The popular 

 drink there is alcohol diluted with water (some do 

 not even dilute it) and I venture the assertion that 

 you could find a bottle in every hollow tree, post 

 or barn in this locality. 



To anyone desiring a pleasant and economical 

 outing t I certainly recommend a trip to some con- 

 venient spot "Along the Missouri".* 



Barton Nugent. 

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