The following is from "As I Remember Scott County," a collection of oral histories from Scott County's senior residents in the 1980s. Leo Michael of Jordan remembers getting up to trouble with his friends in the 1910s.
In school days of long ago, one Halloween Day came around when the boys were aching for some excitement and decided to go out for the evening and celebrate as best we could. After school we practiced football until dark, and then Halloween took over. We walked down to the brewery and there we saw a wagon near an open well. We removed the top of the well and dismantled the wagon into small sections and dropped them into the well. Then we replaced the cover of the well and left for other fun and excitement.
Couples in a wagon, c. 1900
Soon we came upon an outhouse…sitting there so quietly in the darkness. Just as four of us boys gave a good push to tip it over, we heard a voice saying, “Take it easy there boys!” Hearing that, we very gently set it back. As we walked away I said, “Guess it is the wrong time…we will inconvenience a lot of people doing this at this time.” So we walked back into town; some of us went to the Halloween dance, and others went home.