h'an't

Updated: May 14, 2025

'We h'an't got any horse, replied she; 'the neighbors are very kind to me, but they can't spare their'n; and it would cost as much to hire one, as all my thread will come to. 'You have a husband don't he do anything for you. 'He is a good man; he does all he can; but he's a cripple and an invalid. He reels my yarn, and specks the children's shoes.

Lydia Maria Francis Child - The American Frugal Housewife