The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-12
J. n. 10 Z.G.B.
BRIDGEPORT, o., Oct.


Editors IntellsenPr
Neighbor z. G. B. zealously defending
the subject of phonotypy, on the 9th ult.,
would seek 10 destroy the peaceful slun.
her, Of the heroic dead, and, as indicated
by the tenor OF his logic, would have
them to rend their "cerements in disgust
rise re.embodied from their marrow
honses," and in condemnation Of the
sacred rites Of burial, seek a more speedy
return 10 dust and ashes in the roasting
ovens recommended by modern ianati.
cism.
In the aerial frame OF spirit manifested
by the writer the mdtcriaG used by our lit.
erAry ancestors, are subjected to severe
criticism. But II Milton did pen down his
thoughts with a"dilapidated quill" il Is
none the less true that the old man was,
alphabetically, very Sound on the goose"
Bacons "qrcasy parchment" is an emblem
of durabiliu and the old "post.Chaise, at
10 miles a day." when quoted and ap.
pliedin illustration of educational means,
IA A symbol of thororighncss. Thorough
ness i an essential element in any de.
partment Of education, and which meth.
cd Of travel affords the better means of oh.
seryation and secures the more thorough
knowledge OF countries passed through,
10 miles a day either on foot or on a
chaise, or sitting at ease in cushioned
"palace car" and hurled along ut the rate
Of 40 or 50 miles an hour, while all visi.
Bile and stationary objects along the way
are deceptively represented as whirling
past us in perpetual circles? Ihope that
The rorH does not appear TO my friend as
moving In a similar manner,
We 1re very familiar with the custom
of pleading for the sale OF patent rights
and various nostrnms by this dodge at
our railroads, &C., but the argument will
NOT apply with any force in this case in
favor Of nv opponent,
Ease of acquisition decreases the value
Of any commodity in the estimation Of
The purchaser.
Labor ia capital when applied az an
educational means ~ we'll as IL mechan.
ical skill.
Constant employment il preferable TO
,pasmodic iobberyin any pursuit Of life.
There il no ROYAL road 10 learning. There
arc many supar.coatinp and whitewa,h.
inc processes resorted 10 quite Gatterinv
10 ihe casual observer, but they consti.
into eros. deceptlons. The gentleman
claims that too much lime Ia employed
anI millions Of hard.earned dollars
souanderel by our primary teachers, in
Inc small pittance thew receive for and in
teaching Young children 10 read our
written language. and strangely asserts
That the addition of seventeen letters to
ohr alphabet would 40 diminish the dill.
cnlties in the way that the increased
whole could be mastered by the pupil in
n few daW,
Does he imagine that the growth Of
intellect ia locked M In those seventeen
forms. and by giving them 10
our Juveniles their minds would
develop spontaneously, and 40 speedily
that thew coull cnmpfehpnd all the ideas
represented by tho words Of orr language
iat In ndvnnce Of ihnt condition linited
nv the gradual and natural growth If in.
lellect? lie complainS tbnt out nresent
sy.lem Of orthopraphy renuires tnemor.
Zinc NJ srsry rerd We'll il not a word
The Sisn Of nm ideaY And in order In
rnm nTehpni nm i,lpn IL Il mi necessary IN
Stndy and know the wori that renteseniS
M Would he teach sounds and words
without ideas? because A few lions arp
in tho way Of n pupil mastering The or.
thootonhy If ,r,ry word In our ,lictiona.
tieS he wonid seek 10 TRANSPORT him from
Inc temperate cline Of heaIthengendering
activity 10 the ttopical zone Of ease, spons
taneity and idlenesa, where he might de.
lipht iis vision with the perpeluai repre-
seniations Of delioii(ai sound, and let The
ideas whirl in the giddy round Of CONTEXT.
Words represent ideas, and the form Of a
word consists In ali languages of the lei.