Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-14
Verbal Neleering.

ture, some wear. ago, which covered
chairs and tables ami bookcases wiih a
thin aver Of same cos,l,er wood than thai,
OF which they were made. L, deceived
nobsiy, 10 begin with; i: preseE ei the
ircongrGous spet.ac,e Of SNOWY Louis.
QINorze design in The cheap parlor Of
some country farm house; an1 j, Was
usually marked with divers colored spots
where the thin veheeriug had cracked of
leaving the btseT foundation displayed in
a.. is ugljnrss.
Fortunately. enc ci the sensible fashions
Of our Own time has well nigh pu, an end.
AZ leAs. for the present, 10 insecurity and
pre;ense, in household furniture and home
decoration. We make oar chairs, now 4.
days. for Purposes OF Use; we pa. good
s:ariy leg under our tables; and We POI
i.h the ogigira. WOOD, however cheap i!
Or, instead Of pas,iug over j, papery
suee: Of some cJs,,ier nlH.eEiAn Honesty
in be arts of building and sGo-nlleEt Is,
3. Least, the fashion OF tie hoar; and is
iEhleuce goes b@yoni the realm Of COM
forl or convenience Ua;i. j: ex-rtS a real
ef-c:. by example and illustration, upon
The mora, nA.lte. |: i something gained
,h.. the children Of to-day are less fsmi..
lar " sham and ..lse, in their daily
surroundings. ban were lie boys s1d girls
Of generation go.
R1!. after al. here is sill left in lif-
sgti- en-. v-pee.i1g and gliding TO occupy
our 4:,eltioa in is Temovs. for the rest OF
our working yesrs. So long as meB are
ASHAMED OF anything, so long IS sin ex.
i :: all lhey vii. strive TO excuse and
.I, ;.,b 4 ba- tis
ulay their moral defects 10 the ewes OF the
wufld. Thure is = veneering OF external
p1.iieness and Of conventional language
vel As OF mahogany ng rosewood Men
will exhaust their ingenuity and beggaT
the language before Aey will TALL wrong
Things by llsir righ, names Nothing Is
more unpleasant IhNn 10 say, in The circle
vi ones acquaintance, or IN church Teia-
tions. Thou art TIE nun" A vvcaouis-
~ of excuse. or round about defence, has.
therefore, grown up, sufficiently extensive
10 satisfy al ordinary demand, OF social
use. aud a.so 10 cover such ai .iiions sins
A. our modern business and social life has
,dced 20 the catalogue of crime. A few
wears ago every body Was !Au-a;ng a. the
word " klep;ol sn!Ac, BAT lh.: Term was
merrlv an extreme illustration Of 4 custom
80 grown in vogue ths. even such wcrl
Il, this could p,., into sober use. Bu
those who laugh AZ kieEomaniI = see
nothing improper in speaking OF = drunken
man as = "lIi;.e c,nyITiai in his tastes;
Of 4 defau ter as " unfortunate in his husi
MS Ielaiion.." Of liar as " careless in
his s'at.m-n,s:' OF b.a>paemoQs iniie
q. liberal in bis religious views OF :
mis,rly an go.lworshiPpiag merchant q;
" earnes;ly devoted 10 his business con
c-rn>,' and 80 on.
James Russell Lowell. in one OF hi:
mos. careful studies OF language, has ar
ranged . li;l,e .isi OF Engli>h expressions
wHn corre,p pm iing TRANSACTIONS into re
portel's Eng 81" Thus, WITS hanged
tecumrs was Isunched into eternity;
Il shall say i-w words; j. niignih-,
into Il 81 Ill, wiIl ?olr PERMISSION. beG
leave to offer some biief observations: ::
lnd " tie ire Was 20! lnd-c " is tlrne'
into such = round expression IS this
Tne prog reSs OF II. deyoIyiu. elemen
was arrested.
All such u>e % lNuZuls- is v-r5t
veneering. and to ind examples u il on
doe 10. have 10 90 % ,h- pages O! 81
irist or writer on ltnga32e. We hnd
in new PAPERS. in novels an. even in am
bilious irra.ises We hear il in daily con
verssliou; or perhaps Te Gs- il ourselves
|; ranges al The way from si.lines, +
#ickedne>s: for il il is only foolish whe
it aims a, ,ck,sw inery OF language, 1t
positively siafl. when usel 10 eycas
crinrs or cover up moral defects. /
adorn wrong doing with palliative graec
of SDs4f-h i. in the y orLs OF s i0rylO.