Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-20
For the Anerleaa.-
neview Of Iuatitiala Extinguiaher.

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Justitia's article entitled Structures
on Phllomath" Is o regular ambidexter.
IL is gotten off In n style to deceive the
unwary into q belief that Phllomath is
getting terrible excoriation, while, in
fact, II places Lady and iSrinish in awk-
ward juxtaposition. The word "Swin-
ish" is set in Itallc letters to certify the
technical application of the term. But
thcre is nothing sour about thatl
Justitla insists that the light, not the
luminary, really shines. /, however,
maintain my former position. AS far
as her scviptural quotation has any
bearing it is against her; because, that
text being metaphorcal, the word light
becomes substitute for the real lumi-
nary. Hence, my position is nothing
disparaged by her high authority; IL is
indeed confirmed
Again, shc clluckles over tho express
sion ait Tho light glimmcrs through
the crevices in cottage" and cAhoris
tho consultation Of Wobsters dictionary
for definition Of tho word "glimmcr.
But, inasmuch AS her iavosite lexicogra-
pher is too self-conceted or so ignorant
as to be unable to keep within the fixed
principles common TO the countries
speaking and writing tho English lam
guagc, his vulgar changes from cstab
lishCd usage are nugatory hero as they
arc before the New York supreme court.
An examination Of authorities, however,
so far from convincing mo Of mn crronc-
GUS employment OF tins term here, re-
lsults in confirmation OF its correct use.
The word, as find, means "to pass SUI
perGcially" II she adopt Webster as
her authority she should conform in her
practice TO the standard. But Wobstcrs
localisms arc pitiful things to set up
against universal custom, general def
nitions and approved and standard com
mon lexicons.
10 me, tho appellation az. Wallace
: Jones indicates or expresses no gen.
der, wherefore IL is gramiaatically, ncu.
tor gender. Justin, nevertheless, expo
scs tho secret by charging that IL be-
longs to the sc nus feminine; this ! find,
upon investigation, to be true And as
the boy who went for tho doctor said
"if sho DO not u married woman she
looks like she was" Nor does the noun
T, philomath, in itself, particularizo tho
5 gender Of the ono TO whom IL is applied
Yet Justita feels authorized TO rcgurt
4 its substantive as scil.countorp part ant
:. real bicorporal. This is manifest from
/ her first pariiality TO the little perpen
/ dicular pronoun. but which, when sh'
has solf-nominaicd the rank and giyor
qualities expressed by tho tcchnica
slcinish," she thence transmogriies int
1--WE" BY this change In terms, iLmus
. he presumed she means 60 insinuato
correspondent change IN her relations
> Sbe talks dippanlly about iateiil
;, geace regarding my use of tho phrase
=" classics and "slung md Clint iIcru
= turc" But, as usual, shc only EXPOSE
y her ignorance of tho use Of language, q
/" well rs Of the rules of grammar, rhel
= ORIG and logic, notwithstanding lac
= proficiency IN college lore. For, in he
remarks here, she betrays such onignol
ancc Of logic as to prove that she cal
10 not distinguish between ironical and II
q. cral expressions Her quotations irol
o Philomalh, concerning "modern cla
~ sizes - is nm irony; and no Intelligent
II. being would mistake IL for litcrality.-
nc But her quotation regarding ISLAM
" and cant literature" is, as she clam
y language employed in tho literal sens
II This rela ton Of facts is deemed sui
n cicnt answer TO her qurrc: how ca
y, those sentences in the Same paragraph
is bcrcconciled? Thus, they are harmon
zcd on logical principles aud prove Il
Il writer TO have boon speaking inicll
b. gently, understandingly and congr
Il. ously.
il, Justltia discovers that tho word up
10 gasua" by some inadvcrlencc has 81
he pcrnumerary S in titus, Pegasus
y. This error Is tho only rcai fault she HI
he brought In hor whole article of "etri
~, lures" But that spelling Of the nau
OF originated IN accident and was not Dc
NJ. signed, in tho least. still, If sho mu
nd crtciso this, | think she should d
on 50 grammaticalIy. People then migl
ca think she understood what sho talkc
Ia about,
IL Again, she has not dared to dispute
he single allegation Of mno regarding p
IL ctcal composition or tho laws Of yers
ho tication. PulLoMATu.
Country.llomc, Ind.
Correspondence.
re MEANWHILE, Inn, Jan. 9Th, 1860,