| A | B |
| hides | animal skins |
| cheap | costing very little |
| heft | lift something to figure how much it weighs |
| routine | a set of activities done regularly |
| urgency | the firm intention to do something quickly |
| wares | items for sale |
| determined | strong desire to reach a goal |
| outfit | a business |
| kennels | businesses where dogs are bred, raised, or boarded |
| horehound | an old-fashioned candy flavored with a plant of the same name |
| adoration | deep feelings of love |
| buggy | a small horse-drawn carriage |
| depot | a railroad station |
| riffle | a rocky sandbar just below the surface of a waterway |
| bottoms | areas of land on both sides of a river made of soil deposits |
| provisions | necessary supplies, especially food |
| bolts | large rolls of cloth |
| tassle | a bunch of cord-like pollen-bearing strands that are found at the top of an ear of corn |
| sorghum | a type of grass, the juice of which is used to make a sweet syrup |
| goggle-eyed | with eyes that stick out |
| hillbilly | a negative name for a person from the backwoods or a mountain area |
| mob | a large, disorderly group |
| spread-eagled | with arms and legs spread out |
| stationmaster | the person in charge of a railway station |
| muster | gather up; find |
| freight door | door of a railroad station behind which is stored freight, or goods brought by train |