The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-17

until the auchoneer 80 announces.
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SpH,L,Ss MAYeaES---I was observed OF
The irregular rnsGhv,l practitioner who sur
mo,Inted bis doer with the inscription, in.
wiling and rtSssufeng to the trembling VIC
Tins Of tertlsn ,aa.d qaartern feyers, Ayers
.curcd,n that be OBVIOUSLY did not accomplish
his restorative exploits with spell. The
.unisarned elnBCic. amid his pots OF febrituse,
had. It is Gear. addressed hiasself to the art
of purgiay' y way mltades instead OF learn
ing how 30 spe,i their names. TO him such
idle photographic researches and iugenn'ties
were vsin. An sgue by any other name
smellcd tu,ttc rs sweet aud quaked quite
as profountiy, and yielded with equal read
mess to tn cmbittered drench and the pur-
gatorisl, detection. But if he were aIlve
now. and EXP ec,ed 10 get patients, he would
have tc ttke down his sign. No
BODY -wruld put trust in leech who adj
yeriiseG his ability so bupgirgly; for just
at pres mt there is really something nAe
q sre4,Ie n,ania prevalent 10 the land. 10
.crnrsta photography is far from being the
,.u;alrault il once was. In Old times even
the. Rather Of his Country could trip and
stumble amid bis vowels and consonants
without losing public confidence, or aoat.
in".a lot of that overwhelming dignity OF
s|,ut.t,y excee ded Cato. Nowadays anybody
hn1Y;in,,a mace of such lustrc and copsplc-
uity who spelled badly would find bis hero
ship challenged at least by every pedasogue
ami every sprlno.school champion III the
lord. Precision and orthodoxy in TINS par
tj,,ulsr has come 10 be considered tun0I-
. mental virtue. Your average entry cieik OF
to-day, lav>bin2 supelfluous accuracy on
;;rbbons and calicoes, outspells the First Ma
=, oolcon and there is probably not al un-
tlcrgradua,e from the venerable arcades
, of Bonn to the newly shinglcd porlicos OF
Bloomington, where Mr.. 1i,on introduced
his new theories Of marriage and morality,
who couldn't readily "spell down " Albertus
Magnus or George Of IrebIzond. Ihls Is
very crcdit1ble TO the precision IL 1t does
not affirm the extent and amplitude Of mod
ern cultivation. TO spell well may be said
to be the beeinning Of virtue rs far as lcarr-
inc is concerned. IL is the foundation upon
which all intellectual attachments must lie
reared: and we can therefore only regard
this sudden change and furious breaking out
Of spelliDgschoolS all over the country win
respect and appreciation. 1t is rather odd. II
is true, to see bald and bulky doctors OF d.
yipity and leap, middlC-aged attorneys crowd.
ipy the rudimentaTy ways of learning and ell
bowling in amiable scholastic compc-
tition the shrcwd and prccoclous louis
fihe school-room and it does not diminish
the oddly Of the spectacle that the old boys
are generally spelled down early 10 the even
inn. and are subsequently careened over by
lubberly rabble Of hal!-srown prodigies
who enact the most INDUSTRIOUS decasyllabic
eypioits with diaboical ease and certainty.
In an Indiana contest, recently decided, in
which all the neig hborlng parsons and select
men took ambitious and eager part, the VIC
{ tory remained With 4 chucElC-headed youth
of seventeen, whose conceit since that &C.
.4.urrence has been so lDtolerabe that num-
.be.s of the vanquisbcd are looking up bard
verbs in the hope of reducing him to hui
,muty. Incidents of this sort viii OF course
occasionally happen as the result OF any lbc-
raj movement, and we can hardly en-
pecs the spelliDg-School revival to
CONF and go without developing good
daa. of local bumptiousness, and ex-
citing considerable wrath on the part of
pom pous and ponderous persons who miss
easy = ords Of two Sy llabies and collapse omid
the 10. d mirth of their competitors and the
public. But setting all these things aside,
there Is i'll doubtless remain solid residue Of
acQuisi on as the result Of the spelling
schools. They constitute u more liberal
,.mode OF social culture than polichomanie,
and are-uot SO tedious and heart. breaking as
the eIacnt.onary tournaments of average pro-
,yiEciul LcighDorhnods. Possibly, people
would derive as much really useful
knowledge by getting together at
stated seasons in their lyceums and
lecture.roous and spelling one ar
.oothcr. down, as by listening to the ordina-
.ry ruiz OF lecturers, some Of whom, accord
ing. to the testimony of the Rev. DIR. Gay,
81 set forth to-. oupg meu and maidens doc
ct, trines which no precision Of orthography
land 10 embellishments Of rhetoric could
ssWeetea or make wholesome. Let lis by all
..meaus lave mere spelling schools of the old
fashioned sort AID fewer lectures of the new.
fashioned sort. After u.trum of this sort
sof lettered discipn it need be said Of no
America,s youth Or maiden as ArtemuS Ward
said of Chaucer, - He had talent, but be
Auldn'tBpell."--Ne,c York Horh.
ptgoSeCa6i sc MArCy.-Trinity Methodist
8 E!scopsl church, the first to give 4 spell