ve never heard the expression "dime bank," though you should know a dime is 10 cents. Listen kid, are you going to let that old Gulch heifer go and buffalo you?! "Kid" is a very common word for a child, used here affectionately. The sentence as a whole makes no sense today, though it’s probably worth knowing that a "heifer" is a pregnant cow and a buffalo is a large cowlike animal…ie… "Are you going to let that woman scare you?" The next time she squawks, walk right up to her and spit in her eye! "To squawk" is to make a loud, high crying sound, the way birds do. What’s the matter? Going to let a little pig make a coward out of you? A critical word for a person who is always scared, or has no courage. What’s all this jabbering when there is work to be done? "To jabber" is to talk quickly and unclearly. I know three shiftless farmhands who will be out of a job before they know it! "Shiftless" is an interesting word for lazy, and "farmhands" are people who work, obviously, on a farm. I saw you tinkering with that contraption! Now get back in the wagon! "To tinker" is a nice little verb meaning to try and fix something, often when you don’t really know what you’re doing. A "contraption" is a machine that looks unfamiliar or confusing, and a "wagon" is a four wheeled vehicle for carrying things that is often pulled by horses. Someday they’re going to erect a statue to me in this town. :: Well, don’t start posing for it now! "To erect" means to put up something (such as a statue). "To pose" is to sit very still, usually for a photographer or artist. Crullers. These are fried pastries, often made with lots of sugar. Dorothy toppled in! :: It’s no place for Dorothy in a pigsty. "To topple" is to fall over. A "pigsty" is a small fenced area for pigs, though it is frequently used as a word for a very dirty room or house. Go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia! "Anemia" is a condition of weakness caused by too little iron in the blood. It’s unlikely anyone would say anything like this sentence today. Dorothy, you always get yourself into a fret over nothing! "To get into a fret" over something is to get upset, worried or angry. * There is a land I heard of, once in a lullaby. A "lullaby" is a gentle song used to get children to fall asleep. * The dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. "To dare" to do something is to do it, even if it may be very dangerous. "What’s she done?" I’m all but lame from the bite on my leg. "Lame" is a dated word for physically disabled or handicapped. That dog is a menace to the community; I’m taking him into the sheriff to be destroyed! "Menace" is a powerful word meaning threatening or dangerous. Note animals are often "destroyed," which is a curious way to say k
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