Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-03-28
A man named William Shakspere, Of !

Lei him lear thus; ior u shall come I" pas
iha,eypr, bragyart shall be called an ASS.
An additional reason for IN. appearance
If ,he"Val, d,c,ory" is supposed IN he Il
desire on the par, 81 Mr.. u. tnavail hin
: self Of an "ppo,tInit, 10 aveng. hun,el
on the humble writer nt this conuuuica-
tio,,. " no once had the huor OF being a
member Of the 5. :. Corinu,ee of this
town. aud who, in that captc,'y, lad the
'emerlty to speak Of Mr.. lIawes a, bemg
lsnmeNhar shallow aud Supei fci i.
Il As a pubic instructor IN ills town Mr..
4 II. seems 10 regard the following diff
cnlt,' "a the most perpl'x ng.
During The fr>i par, 81 my teaching
he SAYS Il had man, difficulties to enc"un.
te,-nnne l. Z. no one of which ,cc, 2
more apprrn, than an uRQua lfel and an
in fcient :. s Committee bur take
pleasure in saying that diff ulry ! p
School C,anini,it-> has been removed. y
Without commenting on the pe,splcu
nv. grammatical accnrac, and ririorir
Of tins passage, must protest, u" the part
of the board, az ,iil>, the injustice of being
represented /" the public asa ID iiicuiy'
we were not "dtii:uIity.' or at least We
did MT mean ,o be-. But # We were
there Is one consolation, about It. and thar
Is, that we w,re "aPparenr"-n"t hiddr"
and un>ten. but open and above board.
/ As regards the q.al If ;a'io"s OF the
Committee. speaking for myself, | trauk.
/ IL acknowledge tha. | always felt ii hui
MI a,ing sense Of my unhtneS> FOR The p.
/ >lrIun; bat notwithstanding ! was elec'rd
twice by my fellow ,nwn>rnen. and con.
lInue,l tor wears in that ofiice-ii ,hr
q rI'tirarlons OF myself or my associates
have heretofore been questioned by the
pubIlr one thing l. ceitlin, II can never
become subject of controversy hereafter.
The publication of the ..val-Jlctory' ha>
most conclusively settled tina, question
against US.
Taking the address a. evidence of the
literary requirements of its author. With
is not Unfair. submit whether any clas>
of pupils ID anc ID b., oa.l the h rnbook.
could with propriesy be placed under his
instruction; and as far ;ss have been in
s,rumcntal in giving him higher posi-
ton. humbly ask pardon, and an will
linz to BE- forgiven.
! am not critic and make no preten-
sions in that direction. Ny acquaint-
ance with English grammar, as taught in
the Schools. is not extensive. l have
never occupied the teachers char, but
still, Mr.. Ed tor, t l am not trespassin5
too much upon Your columns. with your
permission | will call attention to a fe
of the bcauties # this literary curiosity.
1t is caarit BIZ % b,levc, ana sin
cercly hop that some of tn. gross viola
tons of the plainest rules Of syn'ax are
typo graphical errors. and of thos, shall
say nothing l would suggest however.
that you Mr.. Editor, compare the MANI
script with the printed copy and Poin
out such errors, if there ar. any.
In justice to Mr. u. he should have
The benefit of such explana' ion.
This being promised, make the broad
statement, and think Gin do 50 safely.
that there is not single sentence correct
ly written in the whole production.-
There is very little choice in hem, one Is
about as bad a. tn other. True little
sense, or .ther m oanirs can b, discover
ed in som, of them, while Others are per-
fcctly uhintelligible AMI do not make r..
specta Bile nonsense.
Here is one Of the best. "Soc;al in.
tercourse and adaptcdness to different
ranks in society deem Of indispensable
value to the teacher"
The meaning of this slor: sentence at
first seems sufficiently clear. but upon
examination doubts l'ise. Does he mean
that The teacher derives the IN eit of this
social int .rcourse,' or do the pl)ils
social intercourse to different ranks in So
ciety is not good English. Besides the
i.lea Of diff rent rams in society Is not
democratic.
The following passage is evidently an
attempt at fine writing. Much labor has
been bestowed uponit. an 1t may con-
tain som, profound and valuable idea'
but if so, it will remain forever und4scov'
cred.
notwithstanding have had many Ar
lacks. and as believe wiIhslood them all
vet do MT wish 10 recall any crem;n-
stance Of Justice, Right. or even c"urte.
sy to mar the feelings Of any one {; yet