The inscription reads:
"traveller. . To squatter": can you give me some refreshments and a nights lodging?
squatter: no sir. . Haven't got any room,nothing to eat (fiddles away)
traveller: where does this road go to?
squatter: it don't go anywhere, it stays here (still fiddling)
traveller: why don't you play the rest of that tune?
squatter:. . Don't know it. . Traveller: here, give me the fiddle. . Plays. Date: 1870 [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Medium: print. Collection: Library of Congress. Currier-ives-arkansas-traveller
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