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Nay, he carries this looseness of language into 

 matters of positive knowledge ; the straightest stick 

 of timber in the world is only about straight, and the 

 politicians are about as dishonest as they well can be. 



Suppose we try him upon his corn crop ; we sub- 

 mit that it looks a little yellow. 



" Waal yes, kinder yeller ; t'ain't fairly caught 

 hold o' the dung yit " (pegging away with his hoe). 



" Do you think there's any profit in growing corn, 

 hereabout ? " 



" Waal don't know as there is much ; kinder 

 like to make a little pork, and have a little about for 

 the hens." 



" But why not buy your corn and raise something 

 else, provided you can buy it, as you often can, for 

 sixty or seventy cents the bushel." 



" Waal kinder like to have a little ' heater ' piece ; 

 the boys, you see, hoe it out in odd spells ; don't pay 

 out much for help." 



" But the boys could earn their seventy-five cents 

 a day, couldn't they ? " 



" Waal suppose they might about ; but kinder 

 like to have 'em about home." 



" Have you ever tried carrots ? " 



" Waal no ; kinder back-achin* work to weed 

 can-its." 



And not only does this apathetic indifference to 



