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shsw that the first abia accents that the human organ

shsw that the first abal accents that the human organ
can utter in infancy almost Identical and certain
ly proceed from the same consonant root pa and ma
All this went on very smoothly till he came to the
French, which he admitted to be an exception TO his
rule pfre aher) and more (no,her) bore but slight
analogy TO his prmordlal and universal sounds. But
here he created difficulty that did not exist and need
lessy overthrow his own theory-as papa and maman
are always used by children, aid infants endeayor to
lisp those words in their first attempts. This
serious hitch in the Professors verbal anaogies; and
went to shew, at all events, that ne did not know
much about French, however sklful he may be in
Hebrew. The Chinese terms for father and mother
he told were poo and moo, al which the ladies gig
eled considerably. He then went through the same
process with the word pdter which he affirmed was e
Ultimately deduced from the same root the Sansc- for
that element being uda, the Greek pd0p, the Latin
udor, the Dutch and singular enough y the French
being acasser, and the English water" This is the
first time we heard that rasser was the French
synonym for eau
1t was evident TO any observer that, though he re-
erred to the cognae dialects 10 illustrate his posi-
TONS he was but specifically acquainted with them,
as he had to apply 10 his notes before he could form
the characters of their aphabe,s. The spectators
will recolect how perpexed he was 10 write The Ara.
bic word for raier and that he failed in accomplish
ing it.
We left the room " lille Mr.. Nordheimer was taking
great pains prove that city is no, KITTY, and that
Key is not she in fact me whole affair was laborous
.trlhing, and an abortve attempt TO give import
ance to verbal distinctions. We could not help smil-
ing to see of our dearly and well beloved female
clients there who puzzlng their dear little souls
and straining their bright eyes, TO follow Mr.. Nord.
heimer in his cabalstic fourshes on the slate, and
to catch his meaning when he delivered himself
in words. But, perhaps, in the new school,
knowledge of Hebrew may facilitate the operations of
the kitchen, and ensure proper discharge Of house
hold daty the young ladies of Mrs. Wizards semi
nary are walking encyclopedias, and oushine all
their sex in conveTsaziones, and scientific soirfes II
would be such a satisfaction to send washing bill in
the characters used by Moses when he wrote the
Penta,euch; TO despatch a note to friend in the
language of Miriam and toread the Song Of Solomon
in the original without the symbolica interpre atoms
with which the Church has clothed its glowing poetry
and anatomical illustrations of natural history. Some
Of the sweet creatures however, seemed good deal
ennuyed and dropped eff and but very few Of the
more determined blues remained when we babe the
scene of humbug adieu. As we observed them look
ing as serious mouion q1i rfre, we could rot
help thinking ofa paragon Of the sex,
Who liked IN" English and the Hebrew tongue,
And said there was analogy beiweentm;
She proved itsorehow out of sacred song,
But must leave the pro Is ~ those whove 'em;
But this heard her say and cantbe wrong,
And all may think ich way their judgments lean ern,
"'Tis strasge-the Hebrew nsun which mean, am
The English always use 10 govern d-n"