Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-08-20

This Is too common a deficiency in ed
ucaton. Good writer's, COOL reld ,rs.
ana good 'hathematicians. are not unfre.
quently found to be bld spoilers. There
are persons who Fl I'd i, very difficult tc
! qulliy themselves in this elemantar,
branch of knowledge, but this difficulty
they should spare no pains to overcome
and that carly, for otherwise their ,.no-
rance IN this particular will prove Il con.
staat source of modification and loss to
them VIC have known individuals well
quallled to fill important positions, with
the single exception of deficiency in
spelling, who have been deprived of those
positions solely because of this defect.
Says writer in the Massachusetts, Teach
er:
"A gentleman of excellent reputation
as scholar Was proposed to fill pro-
tesSorsh'p IN one of our New England col
leses, not many years since; bat in his
correspondence, so much bad spellin
was found, that his nam, was dropped,
and an honorable position was lost by
him. The Corporation of the collie se
concluded that however high his quaili-
cations as a Professor might be in sener-
al literature, the orthography OF ms cor
rcspondence would not ada mach to the
reputation of the institution.
a prominent manufacturer, in l nj ii.
boring town, received business letter
from an individual who had contracts /
to supply him with large quantity of
stock but 50 badly was it spelle |. anl
50 illesible the penmanship, that the re-
celver found it nearly impossible % d ci-
ph cr the meaning. An immediate deais-
ion must be given in reply; AMI yet, 50
obscure was the expression :hat it was
impossible to determine what should be
the answer. Delay would be sure to
brlng loss; wrong decision wo id
lead to a still more serious result. Per
picked with uncertainty, throwing down
the letter, he declared that this should
be the last business trrns lc. n between
him and the writer of such an iiliterate
communication for, said h, i am lilb!c
to lose more in this alone, than eau
make in lifetime of business with him.
a gentleman who had been a book
keeper some years, offered hiruseIf as a
candidate for the office Of Secretary to an
Insurance Company. Although d N n ot
estlma5ie character, possessed OF miny
excellent qualifications h lail1l Of be-
ing elected because he was in the hab-
1t Of leaving words mis.sp ii,l on hi,
books. The position wonIl req liro him
to attend to portion of the c3rfa,Poad-
ence of the Office, and it VAS thought IN
correct spelling would no. in,are the
Company very excellent reputation
from their method of doing business,
whatever amount might b. tttns ,etel
Some blunIers which have beea made
by bad spoilers are quite lu Icro@s. Oac
on closing letter says, IL would write
further, but have pQnc in my head. .
OF course he had piece Of glass in his
head Another shoemaker sen ling
to friend an account of a consuming
fire. says-''l have lost my awi,' = Quite
a devastating conhAgration there mast
have been
Take heed therefore, reader, that you
learn how to spell correctly, and if You
are young, that you learn in the days Of
your youth.
And if you write for the press, may
you have the rare good fortune to find
what yon have written correctly, printed
correctly.