Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-05
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tsie lot!o@lng questions ard answers:
-. 9Tery:-l des,re to become acquainted with
.ne - eIencn and German languages, and Intend
~ the study OF them myself without
sne , neip OF a teacher. Tellme thepropersb books,
ana point out the manner in which Ifou5ht 10
ploeeen. s'IG9se 1 am engaged during the day as a
"ooSkeePer; how much time should devote to-
Study a DAY SO as to make fair progress9 5I7do
expect to slearnsthe pronunciation of French
from rules; but can the German be SteTil in
that way? How long ought I 10 be ae61iFins,
aolIltyatos readaand write these languages,
with average capabilities? 50 Is. %;
dhStoeT:-You cannot learn to pprnnOunce
french prbperly without a capable instructor.
',.u Sneohlq@yon = attempt to acquire that Ian
guase rom books alone, you would possess
yourself of a vicious habit OF pronunciation
which would incapacitate you from con yersinp
lnteitglbly in French forever afterwards. The
UeTman, on the contrary, really contains but
TWO sounds which may be called difficult to an
English ear; but unfortunately, those two are
SOUNDS ;! lnsvery frequent use and sounds which
Il Is quite impossible to describe distinctly in
English words. You may; therefore learn to
read and to write both French aud German by
your own unaSSiSted industry, but not to speak
with accuracy either language We would not.
ADVISE you to waste your Labor in that manner
SJuF recommendation TO, you, and all who, like
you are inspired with n landablc desire to, be-
come familiar with the two most useful ian
gnages, after English, in the world, may be
summed np III a few words and it has 4 he adj
vantage of being based upon a personal expe-
rlenee: Provide yourself with copy of"Onen-
dortf ; English and French and of "OllenTlorfF's
English and German secure three months
tuition, Can honr day,) from an able teacher;
study both languages at once, aud on alternate
tayS; then devote an hOnr each day at home
(yery early in the mornng,) to the same task,
and IN twelvcmnnth yon will speak, read, aud
write French and German fnently, and thank
us for these practical suggestions.
Q"erH:-I have been living with woman
Tor the last eight years, and have, during that
tlme, passed her off as my wife She has borne
Chi dren, one OF whom still lives and is nearly
seven years of nge. When first became int.
mate with said woman she had been deserted
Tor four years by her husband; but she has since
heard from him, and he has been frequently in
this city within the past five ycars-though he
has never looked after her, thinking, probably,
that she was married to me. Now, sir, am I at
liberty TO marry another woman, If l feel so
disposed, without eliminating MYSELF And
could dispose of my furniture, &C., without
her consent, as purchased thcg goods myself?
| rAHSaoer:-Sir, we could answer your question
very satisfactorily; but respectfully decline
to assist any man, heartlcSs enough to play the
lPe!sTtdezto coniiding woman. By your own
acknowledgment, your nominal wife has aban-
doned everything for your affection, and Is the
mother of your children. This trusting spirit
you.would SurrcptitiUuSlyr deceive After pla.
cIng her for eight years in reputable position
before the world, you would suddenly leave her
Penniless and broken hearted to endure, solitary
and alone, the SarcaSmS and scnrH, the oppro.
hrium and ignominy, to which you, IN your
sensuaIitY, have subjected her Sir! VIC are
ashamed of you. The course YOU propose is
one dSgraceiul to everything that is manly,
ljuSt, and honorable. We have no desire to
! share, directly or indirectly, in the deIjghtful
reflection with which an honest conscience must
visit a spirit sufficiently base TO countenance
such conduct.
QWery:-A controversy arose the other even
ing, among party of friends whether the word
envelope should not be pronounced as in the
French One party conteDded, that it was an
| afectntion; and the other that it was the name
given By the inventor of the article, who wasa
Frenchman, and named froln the French-and,
therefore, 1t IS courtesy to pronounce it as SUCH
Which party is correct? Also, inform us
whether the English language has. as yet reach.
to AIgticise French words?" :
/ dnS10er:-The question is one Of taste alto
gether. We conceive it sheer afTectation to use
the French pronunciation of legitimate Eng
lish word; and the English verb enre2ope from
winch our noun is correctly derived wasin gem
eral use many years before the present envelope
Tor letters was introduced, from The sphere of
diplomacy and courts, into, The wider field of
popular service. The human language can new
er reach perfection" | can, mt most approx
innate more andmore closely to that condition of
SuPer-eXcellence. The nexi6ility OF our Ian
gnage permits US TO Anglicise foreign words:
but, when cuphony exacts it, to adopt them In
tact We considcr5it judicious rule to always
Anglicise. an exotic word for which we have no
sterling equivalent, whenever the acceptance of
4 ltln its2aien form would involve recourse to
Sounds Qi&e the French nasal n, or labial u, for
instance) not.readily mastered by the common
English. tongue.
Query What is your opinion of married.
woman who, accepts the embraces aud kisses of
a. young man with whom she is but slightly nc.
qmaim1ed? DO you think her conduct IS show
ing n due respect to her husband when be is
absent, and has delared that either IN his pres.
ence or absence it is contrary to his wishes ?.-
Has he not right to forbid it?"
ARS'rer The woman cannot love her hus5s
band who does not respect his feelings and obey
his reasonable commands. The woman iseun--
chaste in thought ii not in action, who bestows
on another the symbols of affection " vhich belong
alone to her husbands and impurity Of mind
seldom exists long without an open or surrepti-
tious association with irppnritysof purpose
The sooner man withdraws his confidence
from wife so unscrhpulouS asfIhe one Eyon4
nllude to- the better for his moral neacn md