, 1881-03-19
SILENCE WORDSWORTH.

10 ths Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
V1RpES, Ill, Nfarch 11.-A ygry unusual
thing happened TO nc one morning as was
reading aloud 10 mother whilo she washed
the dishes IN. B.-I hope the above sentence
will meet with the approval Its virtue de-
servcs), for, like the dutllnl daughter mn.
/ desired to spare her nil could, as1d, us
reading Is hard oil tho eyes rs well rs strain
ing 10 the voice, very generously took 1t
upon myself to do that part; besides, don't
like to wast, dishes, anyway. Disi-wash1ng
Is antagonstic u tho essential culttvatable-
ness Of tho psychological setlsbllLtles, and
prognost!cates phllusophistical and phil
osechnical stagnation. TIM going to write
dictionary, tllut Is, u dictionary expressly tor
Forty Years md mysetf,-thtnlt III cnll 1t
Wordsw0rtll's Verbose Vocabulary to
Authenticate Sylabication.') We'll, never
mind the dlsll-wnshing or the vCrb0se, ETC.,
f Started % to tell about. Here Is, word for
word:
BootsyIILE, Ill-Dear. Silence: You have
been promising us q visit for the last two .ycnrs,
as wo have 4 welding a1nong tho elite Of tho
stme 10 make tint iong.antIcipated visit. Ia
a1aa aas 70
n sS sq%s very a nss yS;'nx ,; ms saa
clean,'' 30 there is no telling what will hnppet':
I'll get you nm iny{tntnn to tho Wedding, and
yea wl furnish good escort so don't faIl Us.
"Got letter, ST? WHO'S 1t from, young
Shnnky. Little SorrCltup, or Old Dluebot-
tleT' :rhis dclicate question frotn brother
with feet percled gracefully. OIL tho Mnntle-
piece. The tire-elid of II Gignr-stump sm0l-
dered in painful proxlnaity to tiio M s,l of ls
hDse I AGvontres Mf n s Il a roar S 'P peter ht io
ut her irreverent otisprlns, with n shade e
repreval H. her ml|l ss, eys;s, lyon shouidn't
sisters frlends. PHI, sure alr. barley
though ho losoks .ricate '"MNr ST.. Ja,nison ;
lies. I II tses soS ssnsat?ea Scss rsspse aS
able in society, while Mr--Alr.-,"
he's II dazxler, is old Kattcjnw.'''
Of whitening scorn at tl,a ma!efact0r wllo Ind
80 wnutonly applied slnn!erolls epttllets to
my severnl worry entertaining md instr4ct!nS
cGrresPonasns; llaSnE IEa yenFe te iiS
"aEother, here's letter from LII Spllccr, a1lA
SHE wants me to visit hcr,-cxpccts nle T.!
two weeks. D3 you think | can st reHsiyp :"
TO have now dress Of two, md soli!e OF tho
3ld oaes s,,nn i,nde t Gycr, suppose, rs well rs
dozen oti!eE @ @tli,igs:" g:.,a,, .,o., .,,, .o,,
,nc nt NV }'I g5p e Gle touoa,e u mo ~, IT
LUIS sahesn!G, 9ags Ms te'tG,t IT., wtien, II
himself ot while wis engrosse1 with tho
'!%t!porlaht % Gnesiioi, uppern!nst u. my mint!; 9
~ ~, tts c, a, ss .a1,a+ s,e 4t .nnt
unt lnr ohlt sue klleW Wliat wolItl cate,l
als ~ Me1 Ing neSeE !,,! saW Woanan that
toulA Wits ietter witI1nt postscript: VI
one pup what put all te richness into II, 100,
ny JlnKsT ao,,,o,oo,, ou ..a ,.,,.,,,
AGAIN conlellseu III! tIn usGnlty nill!
stefnlless OF my hutnFe. ahtl, throwing tue
6nik q M IL 'hto iiy eyea: f1aarly etnwsFgu ta u
Alll u can t0oK wiio!e volumes Wneh Try;
nature E1sn NC mn eyo tlwt commands 70, 2,
spect, though I'm hS ntld III u slteet), until
he wllted IDLY, slowly relaxed his Erttsp nli
the letter, a,sd sink weakly buck IN Ills cllnir
Us though overcome with an unspeaknble
satis,led TINT order WIS restored, nd
dressed myself to mntlier: "IhAt Is ~ 20,
ala In the neuntl,na III just Eet that plum.
rn!ored suit aud Rip It W. whlu l huye tl,ne." "
We'll. girls Il won't address the other spy,
they hnyu no sympathy III a c,lse OF this
kfnd). that wns tic Innocent beginning Of II