'Can't 'ford the time, Cunnel, but must git three dollar a barr'l.'
'That fellow is a specimen of our "natives,"' said the Colonel, as we resumed our seats in the carriage. 'You'll see more of them before we get back to the plantation.'
'He puts a young cow to a decidedly original use,' I remarked.
'Oh no, not original here; the ox and the cow with us are both used for labor.'
'You don't mean to say that cows are generally worked here?'
'Of course I do. Our breeds are good for nothing as milkers, and we put them to the next best use. I never have cow's milk on my plantation.'
'You don't! why, I could have sworn it was in my coffee this morning.'
'I wouldn't trust you to buy brandy for me, if your organs of taste are not keener than that. It was goat's milk.'
'Then how do you get your butter?'
'From the North. I've had mine from my New York factors for over two years.'