The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
The " DOWn-East " Dialect,

"But YOU and have heard and COINED
and laughed over the prOvincialism of
the Georgia Cracker and the West
ern Hoosier,' and l have for YOU some
of the expressions of the 'Down-east
Yankee / have recently been VISITING
the mountains of Maine and New Hamn.
shire, and while enjoying the sights my
self, collected some of the sounds for
YOU; they are in this book" and she
handed me small memorandum.
"You can lug that off with you''-
lug, mind you, and not tote as the South
erner would say, nor tack. la the West
ern man.
'EWhy, how you talk" I responded,
as my eyes fell on that quotation in the
little book.
Yes" laughingly, she rejoined, 'that
is one expression of surprise, f1d I
warat to bnow is another, with there!
sure and du tell! for mild EXPLANATIONS
Of wonder"
And then we drew our chairs near to-
gether like two school children, one
knowing the lesson and teaching it to
the other.
Where were you when you wrote
this book?''
please study its photography and
speak by it," she interrupted. =" a0rI
what you have before you in Oxford
County, Me. see people there on
holiday from all over the country. a
marSter large crowd. How the men did
S1oop bosses, watches, boots and knives
on that day. 1t was an enjoyable occa.
sion. Two men i'll, but neither was muoh
hurt. Two boys elm tall far (fr)
tree that made me kinder narUous; was
Skeered they would fall and get Scr,pched,
An L1yean encampment was one jest
where we ct dinner"
THAT is very good, CIary A,guSty,"
remarked her husband. Coon and
tell about Ms, Hills husband shoSS."
Wall, | wish you could btve seen
that antmIl-he was such pcoty cooter
(pretty creature). l couldn; help be-
grutchin Mr.. Hill, for the mimi was
not q Skeered of anything, MT even the
kerS. He was a horse of great Ually
(value). He was full of ipcrret, but
Mss Hills YoWng-un haverjd n, often.
He was as sound as berrt and fine
roader. Charles, be y0u really gon-ter
to try to buy him?" she asked of her
husband.
"Ef could git red of Two l now have
the f,tst house | sol foot into would be
Hills.
"What did you fine to eat so far
North" l quericd.
Chickens, aigS, butter, 6ris (berries)
and cake (biscuiD. Tie last Sunday we
,OGS in Oxford we had Wled fowl for din
ner and it oOar naonSt7ous nice. | think
the water of them folks wells be the best
l ever drinked. Them people is mighty
clever, but awful Guns. Now there is
Bill Haskill as has been keepi1' company
with Lizy Jane Virgins nigh onto twelve
years and they in'tmarried git. There
is Mss Stellings, a 2Oidder lUOnlan with a
sight o money, but they say she Sot so
much store by her husband Ooved him
so much) that she won't let no man keep
company with her. Although the sun
was marSter hot Sbeersciy anybody had
unlbrils (umbrellas). Ihad lace fringed
parasol with me, but when l riz it | see
two or three steerjn' at me so hard took
it down. The dressing of some of the
men was not stylish. Some of the cots
(coats) fit gaming (uncouth). A few
men always sot kerled up (crookeD as
ef they had the run1atiz."
"PIease pause here for definition"
| asked: what is this and where did
you catch it?"
''Let me look; oh yes; that is stimi-
gilious That word was fttst heard in a
church trial. The parson was arraigned,
charged with having attended dances.
Deacon Podger having been appointed
to put the charges in writing, read them
at the church meeting. He stated there
in that the pastor had been guilty of an
offense of immense magnitude and pre-
ponderosity, and that his punishment
should be Sbimigilj0,tS. 1t is said that
upon the pronouncement of the last
word the parson skipped through an
open window, ran off as if for his life,
and has never been heard of since.
There are other words worth observing
as luther for leather, bl0wed for blew,
6tttte for kettle, diU for dived, fer for far,
hern for hers, yOurn for yours, SaSSer for
saucer, bod'nt Orter for should not. A
cat yo0s and bird yipS; this keow gives
more milk rs the other, instead of than
the other -Boston Post.