, 1879-01-25
SPELLING REFORM.
IN fhe E,lt{pr af The Tribune.

FoNn DU Lac, Min., Jan. a0.-Iiaying notlerl
several articles In your journal advocating wllnt
The authors thereof Are pleasetl to ieEIn re-
fortn In spcllInE, trust you Will allow ne, Oh
behalf Ut tie UNUSED orthodox ortlIugEnpty vi
our lanEuare, Space In yous columns to nuka
panetraht Efforts fu lts Ietcnas. l suppose. IT
tr question alt becn put 10 linn, that Sir h0ger
dc Gnrrrly, II ir dill not fuint at the ncru su-
grstion Ut such Ii barbarissn, uilght have allow
I'd that lnurh might bo aati on both atdeA at tho
question: md II he haA been liylug In l.ese prcs-
cut lays. when 80 much ltincraht trusl! is spurt-
ell forth to lsteuiux crowds VI ennlticd illera
seeking amusement aud ever ready to Hccspt
auy uaw fnly from sheer lnyt Ut excitement. he
wuusd undoubtedly llava been right IN hts con-
lecture; nevertheless tbs truly educated pur-
t,Un Ut Engl!sl,-spcakiuV humanity, part of
Mhosc rclIslu,,, like tEsnt OF tho scholars Of all
ns.ions, IL Jealous supervision over tho purity
Ut their mother longlte, would as undoubtedly
have asscsted that ltt'o could be sa!d IN favor
Of such scheme, aud lhas lIstls crude, ilIad-
vtkcd. aml ttlugeu1.
Lex w now consider aotne Of the arguments
advanced III support Of tue proposition of sarss
lrn,otlasts.
Onc writer states tl!at three yeara OF cllIld's
lifu ass spent III Iearnilg The ru.liu,ents Of the
prrsent mode of spelling. Whfsh time, hu says,
Under q nl,onetm 'ottn, might ba employed III
ht04G AAfAASGA Hth - k&tEuO4UEVEAl
errur, Tor slte irlunt mlna IL streng thcned, sud
it, tlcnuFy exercised atnt Improved, In learning
THE suuin!ents Vi speltpK vt ltR mothers knee,
Or 2t uaIle-sc0nlt long beioru It to Capable of
cninprehe!!lItsg rEure ulyahrea Atudie1. 1u 1gct,
nfteF ctistl had mustered tllu p1uuvtc $ystetu,
It wuull bs impesatlvcly Necessary lAat III
shuul1 lnaster tA.. slcu.la.,hl form before lc
ruull ESati the literature III tic day. or lat 0f
tlla ntlghty past, fuF 1t IL not to w supposed
that the bltlLrslu ut itlu world II 10 bo 70.
written to sayu Eln, thu latur Vt learning -
spelI II; thus Ut u Inter day, When bis memory
nlay be less tenacious, liz would l!4ye 10 lbse
time, which tllen might 10 pa.tcr euIpluy-
I'd, tn STUDYING Z form OF spelling
quits new to hIul, whilu Ais uityanrs
III that stnly would be constantly ttnpclcl BY
hts prcyunS pln!neltc nequ!stIon. After lcay.
Ing The ttatne-sefiool mud counelcluy to read,
the child uueonsvIuu.ly uud tnpcreeplibly galns
knowledge Ut spelling l-art tlxsn With III. all
yaucc III his yuruus other studies. particularly
| iu learning tu write. Thus hu NAY eventually
uceon4e y wellTrulnued ostAoEraphlst with.
out having gpcut lnugu time In lts study. Such
MAJ Tic eu4e with thu writer ol tlis article, ho
VIA p444cu almost ulrcst .Eou, 4 lanc-athuol tu
| classical Institution aud tjle Latin grammar.
after which hts knowledge Of spelling WAS gath.
eicu tro:u the headings VI his "ruuy-lxouks." +"
AMI FROM tic corrections Of the English srutr-
tnI I'll his Lutu EXERCISES. EittI such other rAall-
| lnG ns Eliylt Gc obtained iu the retired Village
| Ia xh!en Ills .iltuu Halter Auusiahrd. but
| th!s Is IEFEsslon, rstyaUiN u futs Hs0n{ojA3.
| AuotLcE writer ur lretufer states that. III =
! tlllt Should Ask lis teacher why a word WA