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Looney Roach had a large head and jaw. [[Jason W. Strevell]] hired him to dig a well on his new yard. His son [[Charles Nettleton Strevell]], who was preparing to open a hardware store, relates this conversation:

 R: I hear you goin' to opened a hardware store.
 S: Yes
 R: Be ye gona to keep lickquer?
 S: No
 R: Hubel, he keep lickquer.
 S: I'll let the other fellow sell liquor.
 R: I'll be wantin' a rake and a hoe, and a few other things, 
 and I'll kinda borry around till yours get here, then I'll come in and buy 'em av u.