Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-11-14

Ihc q.es,iol IS .ft-a asksI, how IS possible
fir ta- reporter @. ! tlava tHa re5s. a. they fan
from ,he ifs Il la-at speaker. AID tie 81 u-
der at verbs ia r.r.riHy is -ole the iss. because
Of The many s7--cl,s ana ali-es..-. -1 r-s .t-i,
which arl lar5 aiao-t 5aily "a t-s c..-las oi
;ae ci.y ra9ars- Tie f-c.s ia reference 90 .ai-
art. aaI tae fl.l.i les upon which -al .t--ali,
il is ForuiaIlg termed, is constructed, have 10
been deemed wo..hy Of au exp.aasl. % .l D. rol o.
lar .o1a; .ai teuoe one q tie H. st -ii-.t a.,s
10 pr4e,.c- &C ..sutly. r,Hainl a mystery 20 t-c
million. 4 sfist analysis Of d few l,aii7= ilets
relating e. tlis .uaj ct, may be Ct ee1-r-! ill.,
ter ..
A rersoa who Is accustomed to use gen, q III
find 5y noticing the beats Of clock, OF lie ,r-
diuary construction waca beats hall seconds, that
be can make tEo SIT, kes oi tie pen fo- each tick
Of the clock or at rate @ iosr ,asA s-e,-l.-
The hard s capable OF thus making tao Lunire5
and fosty marks .ta the pen in each minute -
While some p1r.oa- nay eJu.ii.r45iy ox,se. tais
average, Others Will fail below IT,, aud tl1se are
fsE ho can fora with accuracy three hundrld
lines OF strokes ia a minute, while few viii fail
5elos tSo hundred. We are thus quite s.fs in
the average we adypt, ana from which most indi-
ridusls who use the pen win vary u.uch less than
e. either extreme We have ild.eatel. The prob
len t1on which my system of shor. hand propo-
sss 70 soire IL 20 reprsseut y about two hundred
and forty strokes, the word. wLieh fluent speak
or rro4oua ees in one minute. 1, is found by re-
rested trial. Of many speakers, tlsr the avera &c
Luu.b,r of woTds delivered ia each minute is
one buuG7sl and twenty. IN Congress, Whero the
Ell cial verbatim reports have given opportunity
for accurate as s-i,lates u lar number o; speak
ers. the average IS found 20 be one hundred and
taegty two Words. Oie tuldfsi sud twenty is
ho= ever, assumed as d more aoclTa,e g.H"ai av-
eFage. Taking ;ais number @; Wor therefore Is
Cur sJ.niarl, 90 represent them b. Two
hundred ami iorty strokes Of tine pen. Il Ne ca
invent s. stem OF shor,-haai tina. vii do this,
We can write tee HoFis Of ons ra5 spsaSs as tAo
average rate. Tls attempt t0 Invent such .
system has often been made e4i =ita various de-
grees Of sg,ccs. 4 f-u more team twenty 90 b
sgstems have at different times be l. somewhat T.
tsnsively used b reporters. 4 lloss Of tLen i.
Aat LNA ANNA A1A4A lFase-1ie - f-A-ilA Au44s
any aroage Of 40 ftrokes Of the pea Three
Strokes hass aora generally beea eqsired ia writ
ias al average a7l. sni the spa.j q tn writer
has been limited 70 eighty OF ninety words each
minute. byyeaIs olFra-;.ee aoseyer, .ai many
abtTeyiatioas. i-rate sPeaas.s l4.s 6esa sac
eessfuliy reported, IS many sofIatia reports tes-
tify. fall anu careful ana! !sis 4 the sounds Of
our language, together with an analysis 4 geo.
netrieal forms has resulted ia greater degree OF
simplicity and pfie.ie4l utility, Ia ihe system rov
used bY The ablest reporters. It la. beea fouLa
possible If the strokes sre e8Esfgiy made, 50 that
ole form need not much differ nj jet not b. nais-
taken for smother, to represent words b. an aver
age Of a little less than two sfro-e.. thus bris.-
ing speed O. a hundred ard twenty words per
minute quite within tie power Of the hald.
! The system by which this degree Of speed is at
tailed, is the result Of inaay years OF study aud
eKpeTieaee oa the part Of many practical repor
tors, though the chief pecnliArity of the system
IL dre to an individual. This system is theoreti-
.-lIv all ths, is required 70 follow speaker whsn