We don't put on style and wear store clothes like you big folks down about Danville, but we live in our plain way, wear our home-spun and eat our hog and hominy; but if there is anything on earth that these people do love, it is the truth.
Stevenson emphasizes the value of truth among the people he speaks to, contrasting their simplicity with urban sophistication.
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