The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-11

Bad spoilers are sufficiently common IN
this country not to be in very great demand
and occasionally to bring reproach on our
common school system. No position. pub
lie or private, is wholly free from the per-
son who mIsuSeS the oTthogTaphy of the
English language, and even the school
teacher is often brought down by a sudden
and wel-diIected shot. There is some ex-
cuse in cases of this kind, aud diStin-
guished citizen in the consular service of
bis country may be lighiIy dealt with for
his wretched way of spelling hearts. as his
business is not particularly with hearts :;
but there are cases in which bad spelling is
not only ineXcusable, but where it has led
II domestic trouble and uuhdppinesS such
as few other things could have iustirated
1t Is a remarkable fact that no young lady
has yet been heard of who came from school
with any really valuable knowledge either
of arithmetic or photography, and particu-
laIly the latter. They bring home from
expensive establishments a burdensome
store of almost every other kind of learn
ing, bnt they write letters and do shopping
the favorite diversions of young women
without knowing how to spell or cast up
half a dozen figures.
n Shortcoming OF this character has
brought charming young lady of Illinois
to grief. She had lover who dotted on
N
! This young lady was one of the most beau
tiful and accomplished of the sex which is
noted for its beauty. She had been to
boarding school, and money had been Law
ished without stint on her education she
knew French and Latin aud enough Greek
to be actually claSsed with her literary
tastes she read only the very best boOks-
! not the kind which young ladies too much
/ incline to, but those from which much
: Ia tn ha Ia. AY.H H.,fl !,
ed to be polishing the already polished ia
mond. Besides this, she was happy in pos
Sessing, to an eminent degree, all those
/ accomplishments that make a young lady
attractive in the society of the period. She
/ was brilliant and witty in conversations
/ knowing exactly what to say and where to
/ say iG she danced divincly, dressed like "A
! princess, aud bore herself with 5he grace
and charm of \ juno. She was more than
, a lady, for she knew how to cook and once
! took the prize for the best loaf of bread a;
| the county fair. la due time the young
woman with all these splendid accomplish
/ ments made the usual preparations for
/ throwing herself away on the young man
( who had mouopolized the most of her time
/ for a year or two. This innocent and con
| tiding man little knew v hat u terrible ca
lamity lay in wait for him. Business call
/ ed him from home "a few DAYS while the
wedding preparations were going on, snd
! lie wrote and she wrote. as young and en-
! thusiastiC lovers will do under such ciIcum-
: stances. In little while he nelghbur-
hood was Mortified to learn that the match
was Of The wedding preparations ceased
and all was solemn.
Then the young woman sought redress
in court. Moved by that curiosity com
mon 10 her SEX, as we'll as tn the other sex,
she wanted to know why be declined Il
fulfil his promise. 1t was such IA natura
question that he was compelled to give his
reasons, and did So without indirection by
producing one Of her glowing letters IN
/ which she described her happiness in view
. of the coming ''uupshals.' and incident
ally referred to her ''dim oud'' ring. The
stony-hearted wretch decliued To mary
anybody who couldn't spell nuptials, eSpe.
cially within a month Of her Wedding day
The young lady brought her portfolio int
court and emptied letters out where the
lighJ of the law could shine upon them
The first one read was i'm answer TO hel
! gush about the ''nupshPls $" very brief and
truly business like. He wrote, ''This mar
ridge can never take place" She not only
found out why, but she recovered damages
. The judge was a humane man, and CON
graduated the young woman on her escap'
from mau who didn't know how to spell
I marriage within a month of his weddin.
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