Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-02-19
Curiosity Of OrthOgraphy.

A writer in the Cincinnati Times and
Chronicle remarks that some Of the spelling
that an editor has to encounter is enough
to harrow up his soul and freeze the mar
row in his bones. II means work with him,
aud in that light the fun Of the thing dis
appears. Think Of his horror when he sees
"anxious" spelled "ankshouse" by some
complaccnt blunderer, such an one, for in
stance, as can never distinguish between
cion, ton, and sion cannot see why "fery"
should not be "6rey," or imagine why the
second syllable OF necessary" should be
spelled with a c, and the third with ans.
Occasionally cases Of bad spelling crop
out among the professions, and some la
mentablo instances Of weakness in this re-
-pect come to light among the "humanita-
rians. For instance, young lawyer in an
interior city one early morning locked his
Office door, and left upon it this mysterious
legend "Gon to Brexfus."
In small New England town druggist
was surprised aud disturbed to receive at
the hands Of a dirty.looking customer the
following prescription I" Please give
the bare sumpthin to dzick him 10 cts.
WORTH
During the war letter written by a
rebel soldier 10 his sweetheart was captured,
ia which the writer said: I'VE will lick
the yanks to-morrer if goddelmity spares
our lives"
Some wonderful things in the way of
directions appear on letters passing through
the mails. The postmaster tSchaghticoke
announced, some time ago, that the name
Of the Office had been spelled in thirty diff
ierent ways upon letters coming there.
Probably " Sacttycouk" was the most re-
markable way Of getting at it. Perhaps
Schenectady has been nearly as badly used.
If one has very extensive correspondence
throughout the United States he will be
lucky IT he does not, sooner or later, stum-
bic over the orthography Of some wretchei
Indian name, somewhere between Win
nipisoogee and Yo Simmi.y," as | once
saw it spelled. What, for instance, is
man to do when he encounters such an
photographed .monstrosity as "Y Youghioghe-
ny" but cry "Avaunt, quit my sight, let
the earth hide thee!" as a certain wicked
Scotchmau once did, who was frightened at
something not half 20 horrible as that word.
Rufus Choaie, or somebody else, said
that the ways Of Providence and the de-
cisions Of petit jury are past accounting
for We may safely say the same of the
spelling Of the latter, since Pittsburgh
jury handed up to the Judge a communion
I tion endorsed, To the onorable gug."
The proprietor Of country store once
worked himself nearly into brain fever
endeayoring to make Ineligible the follow
ing note, given to him by small boy, the
sou Of one Of his customers
"mister Cream
"Wunt you let my boay hey
pare Of Easy toad shuz?"
However he WAS probably not more hoTri-
! fed than the school master who received a
letter from man who wrote:
q" have desided to inter my boy in your
scull"
The letter which some person wrote to
an editor, when discoutnuing his paper.
contains internal evidence of the truth OF
its assertions
| think folks otteut to spent their nun
ny for paypers my dad diddent and every
body sed he was the intelligentes man in the
country and had the smartest family Of
bozo that ever dugged taters.'
" This house for sail was the announce.
ment traveller saw nailed over the door
of humble dwelling in New Hampshire.
He called the proprietor to the door and
grayoly inquired, :" When is your house
going to sail ~ When some feller comes
along who can raise the wind,' responded
the man, with a sly twipkle in his eye, and
the traveller moved mournfully on.
But will bring my photographed in
yestigations to a close by observing that
any " free born American" who now and
then covers himself with discontinue by a
blunder in spelling, may lay dattering
unction to his soul that even the great
Washington was, if reports are true, not
immaculate in this respect, for in his will,
written by himself there is said to be
misspellel word.