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Dibble, Fred, P.W ‚ Beehler Rheba ‚ P.W., Beauin•nt, Jeffers•n, Dist. ~3.




	“I saw lits •f s.jers dunn‘ de war. I see t~~j ]D.*flT by, bi‘ t~ Sabine Pae a ~ b•ut de tinte if dat battle.“

	“Back tri slavery tise dey uster have a white prea~ cher t• o•rne ‘r,un‘ and preach t. de eullud f.lks. But I dri‘ t ‚ member much ‚ b•ut de s, rigs what dey uster sing.“

	“I play ‘retin‘ right smart when I was little. Dey uster have ].•ts if fun yl‘ ‚ hide and s e ek, ~ and ‚ hide de switeh. ‚ We. uster rid.. stick h.sses and play ‘r•un‘ at ai]: dein t ‘ings what ohillun play at.“

	“Dey had plenty ‚1 hiss es and mulos and e•w~ on de .1‘ plantation. I had. t. l•ok atter sme if de hosses, but dem what I hatter l.ok atter was s‘pise ti be de bes‘ besses in de bunch. Like I say, I drive de surrey and. dey allus have de bes‘ hosses t. pull dat surrey. Dey had a 11g stable. Dey kep‘ d.c harness in clerc, too. Eb‘ry~ t‘ing whatde st~ok eat dey raise on de plantation, all de c•‘n and. fsdder and sich like.“

	“Atter freed.m cerne I went ‘reun‘ dom‘ &iVrent kind

•f w•rk. I uster werk in stewnbeats, and on de railr•ad and at sawmilhin‘. I was a sawyer fer a hug, ]..ng time. I w.rk ~ Un‘ in ~ sana and Arkansas ‚ and Okiahema ‚ as