I'll fetch Goshen before daylight." "Hold on a minute.

I'll put you up a snack to eat.

You might want it." So she put me up a snack, and says: "Say, when a cow's laying down, which end of her gets up first?
Answer up prompt now--don't stop to study over it.

Which end gets up first ?" "The hind end, mum." "Well, then, a horse ?" "The for'rard end, mum." "Which side of a tree does the moss grow on ?" "North side." "If fifteen cows is browsing on a hillside, how many of them eats with their heads pointed the same direction ?" "The whole fifteen, mum." "Well, I reckon you HAVE lived in the country.

I thought maybe you was trying to hocus me again.