From: firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
      
   chuck wrote:   
   > The saying in the Ritter record is clearly "won't bat", but after   
   > thinking it over I wonder if it stood for "won't bite", with "bite"   
   > given a "country" pronunciation -  which would possibly apply to   
   > advertising for snuff.   
   >   
   Well, it once did, but not for Levi Garrett. Bull Dog plug tobacco once   
   used "won't bite" as an appropriate part of their advertizing. Of   
   course, it could have been remembered wrong or transfered to Levi Garrett.   
      
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