Jedge

But he a'n't no singin'-master—not of I'm any jedge of turnips.

"I ain't no great of a jedge about anything but nat'ralness of books, and it really does seem as if some of your men and women was dreadful uncomfortable creaters.

"De ole jedge has be'n a little onreg'lar sence de wah, suh[…]"

"Heap of it, sir," replied the overseer, taking off his cap. "It was that fine yaller lady there that made most of it. She's the one that's a-fomintin' trouble right along. She's a quiet lookin' gal, but she ain't. It's all right what the jedge says to me, but I'm goin' to have a little settlement with this fine lady myself, this time."

There ain't nobody reported missin' in this county as we know of, either; so I jedge a verdict of a^([sic]) unknown person dead from unknown causes would be about the correct thing.