"Ed and Charley Peters, pa's cousins down t' Peory. They're th'
stylishest relations we got."

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"Wilbur Peebles, that is. He's ma's cousin. Ain't he got funny hair? One
time he went t' sleep in meetin' and pa took and done up his hair weth
yalluh ribbons off'm cigars. Pa says Wilbur looked awful comical--jist
like a horse's mane at th' fair. And Wilbur's awful absent minded. Onct he
was t' our house alone and he decided he'd go down town, so he left a note
t' let ma know. It said, 'Gone down town. Will be back at five. Have hid
key under mat.' Wasn't that silly?

"Turn over."

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"That's my little cousin, Johnnie Aiken, down t' Brimfield. Ain't he
cute? He's jist th' worst little feller t' ast questions yuh ever see. And
th' funniest ones! Onct th' persidin' elder was t' their house and he
hadn't no more'n said th' blessin' till Johnnie ups and says, 'Say, pa,
how fur kin a cat spit?' he says."

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"That's Aunt Minervy Hopkins, pa's aunt. She believed in sperrits.

"Turn over."