Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-01-25

from Phonetics. is so arranged that we
have only to make one inflexion with the
pen to make a representative for sound.
BY this means we are enabled to make
move with the hand for every move Of
the organs OF speech. As the fierce
lIghtnings are snatched from their de-
structive course, and leid harmless at
our feet. so are the lofty strains and
flaming eloquence of the gifted orator
ladelllbly placed on paper while yet
moulding IN the mouth. By phOnogra-
ply we are enableh TO have the livid
! thoughts Of the statesman as they occur
IN the excitement Of the moment. The
Photographed sets down with pen in
. hand, and as the melting strains pass in
al the ears, they pass out at the fingers
ends, in characters legible and plain.
Said the Hon. Thomas Benton, when
shown verbatim report OF one of his
speeches, taken by a small boy, Had
PhonOgraphy been known forty years
dgO.it would have saved me twenty years
of hard labor"
Nearly all OF our verbatim re sporting is
done in PhonOgr ply, and many manu-.
scripts are now made out entirely ia this
system. Editors hire amanuenses 10 pen
down their thoughts as they occur. Mer.
chants hire Phono5ra piers for clerks, tina,
their business may be done up with
speed.
How often il is, when we are writing
shat our thoughts begin TO crowd around
e.
alas! our pens seem 10 NOPE. The
thoughts that 50 obediently suggest them
selves we are unable to pen down; they
keep crowding around us. till out OF va
tIence' they bid US farewell and take
their everlasting flight from us. The
mind without knowledge of phonogra-
ply, like bird in csgs has no room to
exert itself and cannot tell to what
% Inds i. can soar
Tt. the eS,,or. the LAWYER. and the
minister. FhonoSra ply offers itslf as sn
I'D 10 them III their researches. For
those who wish To take dePcsitions moth
ing is better. For the person who wish
Is TO rePos; for papers it is priceless
boon
l, will save the au;hor four ffths OF
the mechanical labor required in the or
binary mod-; sua persons wishing to
save extracts or speeches. sermons &c,
will find Photography TO be an inralua-
lie help.
"Then write away.f, away, did Won not dream.
That Yankees ere long would be writing by
steami
Yolt dream nearly tue, but s'cqm il is ound
Won't 10 ior Tia work SOY we're writing by sound.
PHoSETics: 4 DICTIONARY.
G. The Phonetic principle pro~isss
more lien dictionary ia the psrfcetj0n
Of thc EEgliSL Iangxage. 1t is found 10
De such an suxlliary in bringing about
anifornity in our language that it has
bssn considered hes; TO publish a Pro-
nouncing Dictionary with tho spelling as
ususl. and that the pronunciation may be
understood, i, is sPslt phoneiically. and
act ordingly there is .uci. book now in
cour-e of publication. II We could have
al cur books, papers ana pamphlets in
Phono.opy we would sosn oil learn to
spesk slikes because. when we spell
word Ne ell pronounce il alike. iuvari-
soiy; for i, will admit Ct no other pro-
auncisiioR. Hence il is as possible to
take a wreas road. when there is no other
than the right one. as il is 10 pronounce
wrong. Ii will. therefore result in
J.. Z. The ultimate perfeetioA of the
English Language Our language sands
n need of amendment. This system Of
f.rs Itself Is remedy. ead as the only
remedy. 1t cannot DO otherwise than
remedy cur language; because, as We read
We will learn how 10 pronounce correct
" and as VS. pronounce correc. others
will take lessons OF US. and thus We will
be adding Improvement 10 improvement
all finally We arrive at the height of
perfection. This can ksver be the case
II we still cling TO the treacherous alpha
BET now in use, Every man has author.
~ for his pronunciation, and so long as
this is tie case. jus, So long will every
man have pronunciation OF his own.