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The water front of the towns would be filled with a dense packed mass of men, women, and children, waving flags. THE WATER FRONT OF THE TOWNS WOULD BE FILLED WITH A DENSE PACKED MASS OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAVING FLAGS
esent allopathic doses of information about shoals and dykes, the amount of sand per cubic foot of water, the quantity of manufactures supplied by each river town, etc. CHANGES OF THREE CENTURIES On Board U. S. S. _Mississippi_, October 1, 1907. DEAR KERMIT: After speaking at Keokuk this morning we got aboard this brand new stern-wheel steamer of the regular Mississippi type and started down-stream. I went up on the texas and of course felt an almost irresistible desire to ask the pilot about Mark Twain. It is a broad, shallow, muddy river, at places the channel being barely wide enough for the boat to go through, though to my inexperienced eyes the whole river looks like a channel. The bottom lands, Illinois on one side and Missouri on the other, are sometimes over-grown with forests and sometimes great rich cornfields, with here and there a house, here and there villages, and now and then a little town. At every such place all the people of the neighborhood have gathered to greet me. TS THAT I RATHER RESENT ALLOPATHIC DOSES OF INFORMATION ABOUT SHOALS AND DIKES THE AMOUNT OF SAND PUR CUBIC FOOT OF WATER THE QUANTITY OF MANUFACTURE SUPPLIED BY EACH RIVER TOWN ET CETERA CHANGES OF THREE CENTURIES ON BOARD U S MISSISSIPPI OCTOBER ONE NINETEEN O SEVEN DEAR KERMIT AFTER SPEAKING AT KEYCOCK THIS MORNING WE GOT ABOARD THIS BRAND NEW STERN WHEEL STEAMER OF THE REGULAR MISSISSIPPI TYPE AND STARTED DOWN STREAM I WENT UP ON TO TEXAS AND OF COURSE FELT AN IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE TO ASK THE PILOT ABOUT MARK TWAIN IT IS A BROAD SHALLOW MUDDY RIVER AT PLACES THE CHANNEL BEING BARELY WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE BOAT TO GO THROUGH THOUGH TO MY INEXPERIENCED EYES THE WHOLE RIVER LOOKS LIKE A CHANNEL THE BOTTOM LANDS ILLINOIS ON ONE SIDE AND MISSOURI ON THE OTHER ARE SOMETIMES OVERGROWN WITH FORESTS AND SOMETIMES GREAT RICH CORNFIELDS WITH HERE AND THERE A HOUSE HERE AND THERE VILLAGES AND NOW AND THEN A LITTLE TOWN IN EVERY SUCH PLACE ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE GATHERED TO GREET ME
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