I quote from a letter of one of the participants, cyrus K. Drew, of Louisville: I met Field on one of his pilgrimages for old bottles, pewter ware, and any old thing in the junk line.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
"Son," he said in a kindly manner, "I'm bound for cyrus Spradling's house, and I begin to suspect that I must have lost my way.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
Then McCalloway's thought was interrupted by the voice of the boy declaring eagerly: This hyar furriner 'lows ter ride over ter cyrus Spradlin's dwellin' house.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck