The new era., 1860-05-17
&c aea For thec New Era
An Allegory.

III Tie dstJ otz oaF CuluHooQ, we uSeO
| often to hear Of a beautiful structure,
called ENGLfsH9 GRAMMAR. As is nat
ural with children, we desired very
much to see this famous building; and
well do we remember the day in which
we set out for this purpose. ID
The school house was in our route.
and it was there we were TO stop and Sc
( cure the services Of the teacher as guide
! We found the school about to com
4 mence; yet the teacher was kindenough
to comply with our request, and in a
few minutes the structure appeared.
The building was beautiful to hehold;
still there seemed to be something mis-
terious connected with it something
that we could not fully comprehend Our
teacher said it always appeared so to
new comers, and in order Il become
acquainted with its pecuiarities it would
bs necessary to study them. 4. oa
We entered the lower apartment,
and were there introduced to an old
lady whose name was Orthography =
She, as we afterwards learned, had the
whole charge of this apartment, and had
reared it with her owe hands. ~ .a s
Her family consisted of twenty-six
little fellows, nearly all Of a size, called
LETTERS of the ALPHABET. Such "a
family as this is enough for one person
to take care of, and so thought Ortho-
graphy; for her whole time seemed to
be devoted to placing them in different
groups, and in teaching them to knoav
their places. qa
Bidding this lady good-dav, we ascend
ed to the second floor. Here we made
the acquaintance of ErYMoLoGY, "a
younger sister of Orthography. and her
family of eight persons called, when
taken together, PARTS OF SPEECH II oa
First in order comes Mr. Noun and
his wife, WERE. In the absence Of these
it seemed as though nothing could be
done. Verb was more aciire than an5
of the other members of the family, yet
when not accompanied by Noun she
never accomplished anything. PRo-
NOUN, the brother of Noun, was very
clever fellow, and always occupied his
brothers place when it became neces-
sary for him to do so.
The children by this union were ,AD-
JEcTIvE, and ADvERB. These, like all
other good children, were very strongly
attached to their parents. This at
tachment, however, was very peculiar;
for, although Adjective could not exist
in the absence of his father, Noun, yet
he cared not fig for his mother, Verb.
In like manner, Adyerb had no sympa-
thy In common with her father, while |
her whole life seemed bound up in her
mother, whose side she never left ex-
cept to minister to the wants of her
brother. Adjective. Adverb had given
much attention to the accomplishments
which are deemed necessary for a young
lady of the nineteenth century She
could sing beau'ifntty, dance elegantly,
play the piano perfectly, etc. etc..-all
of which seemed essential to the enjoy
ment Of her mother, who was wont TO be
in different moods at differenttimes.
Noun and Verb had also two servents,
CoNJ JUNCTION, and PREposITIoN, upon
whom devolyed the responsibility of
keeping things together.
As we were passing through this
apartment and listening to the history of
the various members of the family from
the lips of Etymology, we observed in
the further end Of the room disconso-
late. lonely-looking parsonage. pacing
to and fro in state of excitement bor-
dering on insanity, uttering ncoherent
to US almest unintelligi-
BILE. This parsonage, we were told,
was entirely ind pendent of the rest of ;
the family, and was allowed to remain (,
only through motives of charity. His
name was Proposition sos P aa ~
We passed from this department into
he higher one of SYNTAx; but for fear Of ,
wearying your patience, will only re-
mark Of her, that she was an inveterate
alker. yet said no foolish things; and
vas very exact in her use Of language. {
PRosonY, our next acquaintance, 5oc- y
lpied the upper or fourth story Of the
'uilding. She seemed to place much
'eliance upon her sister, qSyntax, and /,
seldom undertook anything. Of import Ii