The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-04-09
A SPELLING PUZZLE.

a SPELLING PUZZLE.
To th- people who pride themselves
upon their aptness at spelling, we rec
osnturud the following test which las
h'-,n compiled ia leisure moments by a
gentleman in this city merely ;ss a liter
airy curiosity. 1t Is eleyerly arranged
with a view to presenting a. many diff
calt words in as small space as possible,
AID there are probably few of the gift
ed spoilers who can write the whole
from dictation without making some
bIuuderS.
The n.oSJ skilIfuI gauger ever knew
was a lnaligned cobbler, armed with a
poinard, who drove peidler's wagon,
using a mullen stock aS an instrument
Of coercion, to tyrInnize over his pony
shoi with calks. He was a GaIilean
SadIucee, and he had phthisicky ca
tarrh, diphtheria and the bilious inter
mittent erySipelas. \ certain Sibyl,
with the sobriquet of ''Gypsy." went in
to ecstatics of exclamation at seeing him
measure a bushel OF peas, and separate
saccharin" tomatoes from heap of
peeled potatoes, without dyeing OF SINCE
ing the ignitible queue which he wore,
or becoming paralyzed with Il hemor-
rhage. Lifting her eyes to the ceiling of
the cupola of the Capitol to conceal her
unparalleled embarrassment, making a
rough courtesy, and not hardsSing him
with mystifying, rarefyins and stupefy-
ing, innUendOes, she gave him cough,
a bouquet of lilies, miynonnette and
fucilsias, a treatise on mnemOuics, copy
of the ApocrypiIa in hieroglyphics, da-
guerreotyes of MenIelsShOn and kosci-
usko, a kaleidoscope, a dram phial of
ipecacuanIla, a teaspoonful of naphtha,
for deleble purposes, ferrule, clar-
ionet, some licorice, Il surcingle, IA cor
nelan of symmetrical proportions, a
clIrOnometer with n movable balance
wheel box of dominoes and cate
chism. The gauger, who was also n
trafIicking rectiiier and a parishiOner of
mine, preferring a wOolen surtout Olis
choice was referable to vacillation oc-
casionally occurring idiosyncrasy), wo
fully uttered this apothegm: Life is
checkered, but schiSm. apostasy, heresy
and villainy shall be punished" The
Sibyl apoIogizingIy answered: There
is a ratable and allegeable difference be-
tween comfortable ellipsis and a trisyl-
labic di3eresis." We replied in trochees,
not impugning her suspicion.
The Columbus Journal very justly
and properly calls the attention of the
country to the action and position of the
Democratic party at this time The
facts are strongly pat and are worth
remembering. ''Harper's Weekly finds
sufficient ground for apprehension in the
fact that now, rs before the war, the
South is stealing bach into power, and
the mcst important Democratic leaders
in both Houses of Congress are South
ern men and late Confederates. IL the
people will wake up to this fact in time
We shall have 10 more such doubtful
successes as that of New Hampshire. but
rather overwhelming victories The
Southern politicians have always ex-
celIed in their capacity fur manipulating
affairs, and wiil,, we have been quarrel
ing over questions raised by such gigan-
tic intellects aS the Nation such as,
whether Schenck plays poker. whether
Buffers recommendation will secure the
appointment of stevedore in the Boston
Custom House, whether the failure of
the Attorney General to reach Tie Su-
preme Bench brought a nervous attack
OH Mrs Williams, and the lika,-the
Southern politicians have been swiftly
and suaveiy graspjng the reiHs, until We
suddenly find between sixty and eighty
ex-Confederate officers ia the next Con
gress If this is not a startling cOndi-
how much it would take to Startle this
nation, now iast emerging from the
blO0diest war in all history. brought on
by lust such Southern craft aaI North
ern simplicity. The brains of the Dem
cratic purity have always been in the
South its stomach in the North II its
brains could keep its stomach basy there
never was any complaint from that quar-
ter. If the Northern wing had plenty Of
plunder, the Southern wing might have
all the power. These relations stu cx
ist-the old firm commenced active bus
mess agaia on precisely the Old footing,
as soon as the blockade was raised, after
having kept up Gland iestine commuui-
cation all through the war. lt Is almost
incredible that the lovers OF national
unity should show so little apprehension
OF such a state of affairs. The conliIing
with which we listen to the
pretty talk OF these sabtls politicians,
while t!.ay "a ~ St .aling with HOiseless
steps into ppw-r Is painful thing to
see, while the laa yet smokes with the
blood OF In. prechIs lives given away
that the nation III; .s,.rt regain power stolen
from it By the sam strategy. How shall
the American people learn wisdom, if
they will not learn in even the fools
school OF experienceE'