mount'neer

Updated: May 11, 2025

The ocean o' progress," went on the mountaineer, with a flourish, "has rolled all 'roun' the mount'ns, but of all the fleets o' commerce in all these years, thar has not been one to send out a boat to help the marooned mount'neer." "Didn't they ever try to get help?" queried the boy. "We're not askin' help," the Kentuckian said, "thar's no whinin' on the mount'ns.

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - The Boy With the U.S. Census