Elick

Elick, stickin 'his knife between his teeth, an' proddin 'a piece

Dialect Tales 1883

In the same mail wuz a letter ter me from poor little Elick, a-sayin 'thusly:

Dialect Tales 1883

On a special Saturday Elick fetched home a letter from

Dialect Tales 1883

Elick wuz a wild flitter-gibbet, always a-needin 'to be kept down, but a real worker fur his age.

Dialect Tales 1883

"When she wuzn't more'n half the size o 'Elick here she rid the leadin' horse when we wuz a-thrashin 'out the wheat."

Dialect Tales 1883

Once every week reg'lar, rain or shine, Elick was sent in to the office; most ginerally Saturday evenin's, so as Jed could git his paper, the Toledo Blade, fur

Dialect Tales 1883

"Hold your jaw!" says Eben, fetchin 'Elick a awful tweak

Dialect Tales 1883

"Wonder what they say about our house?" says Elick, stuffin 'a laugh inter his throat with a piece of bread.

Dialect Tales 1883

I feel sick, have not been well for two weeks, I have constipated bowels, my little Ann is sick today, been vomiting, she had Scarlet fever this winter and looks delicate, we had 4 cases of Scarlet fever, Dick, Elick and Silvy.

Diary, January 1st 1861-Dec. 1865, 1861

Elick, did you call at every house and all the cabins on the road?

Documenting the American South, or, The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1850