Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-24

understand that in the state of New
iorh' tnere is a wonderful spirit of inn
pFoVement in education, by which child
1en may become men in knowledge. in
nan the usual time required, and that
soon the normal schools will offer all the
advantages of so many colleges. One oil
tneSe plans of improvement is, to teach
children spelling and definitions at the
same time-for which purpose, Salem
loWn and G. w. Sanders have published
eacn a spelling book. But see by the
pubic prints that some waggish school.
masters, both in that State and in New
England, make great sport with the def
nitlons. Both the compilers undertake
70 define one aoOrd by its SYNONYM and
words are SO arranged that line may be
read equally well, beginning at either
end or In the middle. Thus, music, har.
mony, and melody are given as synony-
NOUS, and you may teach child to say
m@sac IS harmony and melody, or harmo.
"y IS music and melody, or melody is har-
mony and music.
Now the wags say that the great obiec.
ton TO these definitions is, that they are
not true; harmony and melody are not
synonymous
Town writes that goad is a spur ;
then spar is goad; but the wags say,
this is not true; they are different things.
He says. tarbOGrd is lcf Then the left
hand is the iGrbOard hand.
He says that to create is to make
sometimes it is so; but the wags who make
pens in school never think they create
them.
He says to barte, is to trade; then the
reverse is, to trade is to barter.
But the schooIoasters wish to know
whether buying and selling in New York
which they call trade, is all done by bar
Ger.
This man says that 10 seem is to ap-
pear. But when the sun appears above
the horison, they wish to know whether
it seems above the horison.
He says cog and SIG are synonymous
and bird may be shy, but is it ever said
20 be coy
The author says that buffet, boz and
! slap are synonyms: then the seaman
whose ship is bufetted by the waves meets
with many hard bon and slap.
The author teaches that to pilot is to
guide and to steer. Then to steer is tc
pilot, and the man at the wheel in the
ocean pilots the ship.
To scGmper is to scud, and to run
Then ship scudding before the WING
sc0mpers.
Leaven, harm, geaSt are given as sy
nonymous Then liquid and solo
substance may be the same
Lather, frOh,suds are said to be synon
ymous; then froth from the mouth Of {
horse is lather and it is suds; and the
froth of foaming waves at sea is lathe
and SudS.
Tara, turbGn and he1d-dress are Civ
en- as synonyms but our ladies will no
admit that every head-dres is a tiara or
, turban; of course the schoolmaster doe.
not like to reverse the order of those
words, and teach his pupils that head
dress is a tiara or turbGn.
Our author says that to antersect is t
cut across. Then this word is the syno
nym of tvo aoords. Other examples Q
> this sort occur.
The book of Sanders, as well as that G
: Town, abounds with such definitions
which many of our good people do nc
consider as Improvements. They thin
: a child thus taught, before he enters int
the world, will require good deal of DIS
{ lmprovem9nt. Yours, &c.
n SUNDAY ACCIDENTS.
G Whether it be true or not as is trequen
: Nv asserted, that fatal accidents occur niue
l. oftener on the Sabbath among those wh
) violate the sanctty of that day in sailin
n for pleasure, those which occurred in on
harbor last Sabbath are a solemn warn
il ing to all not to be so employed as TO
,e unprepared for sudden death. Whel
is were the parents oil those lads who so ma
rowly escaped watery grave2 We cor
the facts below from the Daily Advertise
: Oh. Waterman.
II Ga Sunday, Capt. Sturgis, Of the Re
enue Gutter Hamilton, proceeded TO Il
n brig ArgaIi, at anchor in Nantask
I, Roads, the crew being in state of mu
~ nv. He induced the men to return
N m their duty. and the brig proceeded on h
4 voyage.
=; AS il was calm at the time, Captain
~ ~ emf down in the life boat attached 20 t
~ ~ Gutter, and on his return, severe SOU
~ having come on. he discovered a SIN
~ boat near Fort Independence, containl
ses seven boys, who were unable to mana
~ the boat and were driven out to sea,
ids boat at the time being nearly tull OF '
IA; IA ter. They were taken Oft IN safety
~ the life boat. ~
~ ~ Soon after his return to the city, Ca