March 21, 5:26 A.M
Take the baby , yere . When we 'd got down to the bottom of the batch it come her turn , an ' , lawzie , I wus that flustered , comin ' so sudden , thet way , I could n't think of no name fer her ` cept Chattenoogy Tennessee , where I come from near , an ' the very nex ' day I wus readin ' in the almanac an ' I found one I liked better . Watts , he hai n't no help to a body , he hai n't no aggucation to speak of , an ' do n't never read none , an ' would as soon I 'd name his children John , like his ma done him . As I was sayin ' there hit wus in the almanac the name ` twould of fitten the baby to a T. Vernal Esquimaux , hit said , March 21 , 5:26 A.M. . The baby was borned March the 21st , ` tween five an ' six in the mornin ' . Nex ' time I wus to town I hunted up preacher Christie , but he said he could n't onbabitize her , an ' he reckoned Chatenoogy Tennessee wus as good as Vernal Esquimaux , anyhow , an ' we could save Vernal Esquimaux fer the next one -- jest 's ef yo ' could hev 'em like a time table ! '' The afternoon was assiduously devoted to overhauling the contents of a huge tin trunk in an effort to find a frock suitable for the momentous occasion of Microby Dandeline 's journey .