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...reported from Kentucky. . . . And, finally, in Uncle Remus, in "Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match At Last," Joel Chandler Harris (the distinguished father, I assume, of our present correspondent) writes: "He had a wife en th'ee chilluns ole Br'er Tarrypin did, en dey wuz all de ve'y spit en image er Je ole man." It will be noted that Mr. Harris indicated the omission of the sound r in very with an apostrophe (as in the first example cited in this paragraph), but he does not indicate any such omission in the word spit...
...right smack on a tack I woodn't aben more surprized then I wuz ter larn how many TIME readers wuz former apple butter stirrers. Why, shucks, th' mailman thot Xmas was here already, jedgin from th' extra letters he's had ter deliver...
...wuz mighty fine o' yer ter let yer readers know about our "Former Apple Butter Stirrers' Society Fer The Purpose Of Promulgatin, Promotin and Perpetuatin Memories Of Apple Butter Stirrin Days." And th' former apple butter stirrers thet's rote in 're mighty grateful...
...been kinda wonderin how many of yer readers wuz apple butter stirrers when they wuz kids...
Ennybody thet ever stirred apple butter in a copper kettle thet held more'n 20 gallon, with a hikery or maple stirrer, in the back yard when they wuz kids is eligible ter join; providin they got sick at least twice from eatin too much apple butter on homemade bread afterwards...