Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-11

ming her gentlemen friends came ''to
offer their sympathies," as they said,
but Lizzie thought it was rather to sat
isfy their curiosity, and she wished her.
self anywhere rather than in q country
village. Every one expressed such deep
sorrow for her, that she almost began
to think she must be very unhappy
being, and she became wrought up to
state Of wretchedness she did no.
dare to venture out, and at length ex.
cused herself positively to all visitorst
This state Of affairs continued until
the return Of Mr.. Rivington, which
took place rather sooner than his wife
had anticipated. Lizzie ran to meet
him, and throwing herself into his
arms, burst into tears.
"What ails my pet?" he asked, as
he kissed her affectionately.
son, Dudley!'' sobbed Lizzie,
"therc has been such strange report
circulated through our whole place
they said that you and l quarrclled,
and for that reason you had gone away
and left me.''
A quizzical air came over Dudley's
face as he replied:
"What rery strange reports, my
dear, gain credence! How could this
have ariscn-do you know!'
81 have not the slightest idea," re-
piled his wife; 81 am sure it could moi
have been from anything that l said
this time"
Dudley crossed his hand thoughtfully
across his face as he observed, slowly
"Could it have been from remark
that made on the morning l lef
you? reco.lect now meeting one Of
the neighbors, who inquired how yor
were. Ireplied that you were very vel
when l last saw you, but that we had ,
few words together and separated.
noticed that he looked rather surprised
at my answer
ooh, Dudley! how could you 20 ex
claimed Lizzie.
"Why, my dear, I was only in fun
and then besides it was all strictly true
but people are so matter off act--any
one might know that | would not leave
you, no matter for how short a time
without having few parting words witt
you"
''But it has placed me in such 8
very strange position. did not think
that of you, Dudley"
Mr.. Rivington folded his little wifi
in his arms, and asked to be forgiven
Lizzie had generosity enough to SCI
how much trouble she had often beef
the cause Of bringing upon him in {
similar way, and now, in her turn, sh'
laughed heartily over the modification
she had suffered.
Her husbands remedy proved a mos
efectual one, and from that time Liz
zie was more careful to preserve trutl
in the spirit as well as in the letter, o
all she said.
Satisfactorily the vors
feature of any composition, be it eve
so poor as regards construction an
sentiment, is the mis-spelling Of com
mon words. And however neatly writ
ten, however beautifully constructed
any piece Of composition may be,
here and there, a word may be foun
incorrectly spelled it takes all the beau
ty away from both composition an
penmanship. The most glowing Ian
guage ever used, the most inspiring
sentiments ever uttered" Thought
that breathe and words that burn p
if written and incorrectly spelled, lost
all their force, all their power to vii
and control, and make but feeble i'm
preston on the reader.
Spelling we all have to do with NOR
or less. Whether We read, or write, o
talk, or only think, we must spell GU
words. And it is just as easy to spell
correctly as incorrectly. Or, if not a.
easy, it is certainly by far the best way
Attention while reading, close appli
cation to the spelling-book, and FIRE
quent reference to the dictionary, vii
make any one a good speller. Inatteu
ton and carelessness in these respects
will generally result in a poor knowl
edge of spelling.
Spelling should certainly be consid
cred a subject of Importance with teach
ers. It should be their aim to incul
cate in their scholars love of correc
spelling. At any rate, they should cal
their attention to the most importan
words in their reading lessons. NJ
teacher has done his whole duty to hi
scholars, who has suffered even one
reading lesson to pass by without hav.
ing been satisfied that every one in the
class could spell every word correctly
This may be ascertained in various
ways, according to the capacity and cir.
cumstances Of the class. 1t is not my
intention mere TO designate any plan
Each teacher can follow that which bes
suits his school.
If it be necessary that scholars have
thorough training while at school, that
they may become good spoilers, is it
not very important indeed-is it not
an absolute necessity-that the teacher
have thorough practical knowledge
not only Of spelling, but Of the rules
which govern correct spelling, and of
the pronunciation of our English words
st least? And yet We often meet with
teachers who cannot spell some Of the
simplest words Of our language. Such
teachers are sorely puzzled by having
to refer to the dictionary, when called
upon by scholar to spell word And