Preacher's Log, Far Date 1906
Dipper
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One day as I was traveling the foothills of Arkansas, I ran across an old woman with a Roman nose. I
was thirsty, and seeing that she had a gourd dipper and a water well, I asked her, "Can I have sum of
yore water?" "Shore you can", she said. I was very thirsty, but as I started to get a drink out of that
gourd dipper, I noticed that she had snuff running out both sides of her mouth and down her chin. I
thought twice about how I was going to drink. Seeing that the dipper's handle also had a hollowed out
spot, I turned the dipper around and drank out of the handle. "Young man", she said, "yore the
onliest person that I've ever seed that drinks out of that dipper like I do. "Needless to say I almost
gagged. I politely thanked her and quickly went on my way.
Copyright by Don Henderson May 13, 1986 Updated May 13, 2006