The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-05
ABUSES OF LINDLEY MURRAY.

cheney of the grammarian in Texas. He does
not spread himself as in other sections, indeed
keeps in the school house if he is to be found
even there. There is lack of everything
literary in our homes, on our streets. We
never take walk on our business thorough
fares without returning in state of scholarly
resentment about signs, and towards sign
painters. 1t is painful to read "Pillgarlc
Bros, Druggists" in large and costly letters,
upon Sign of enormous proportions got up
without regard to expense. And on pillar
o! stone building Of snowy masonry to find
like ofense in DEL and Jones, Atty's."
Finding one day, on Commerce street, an old
advertising acquaintance 1--WE should have
more Of these) one of our best painters, in an
overt act of this character, We said to him,
"Philip, can you parse?" ''Cer,ainly," he said
smartly, ''where shall we go?' ut was with much
difficulty we ''decned" his construction OF the
verb and were glad enough to forego our own.
We, however, screamed on leaving him,
"Philip, give us the nominative plural instead
of the possessive singular-"Pillgarlic Bros"
We said: 'Joel and Jones, Au'ys," we said.
Then another trouble we undergo is in
common epistolary abuse. To find wealthy
citizen writing letter in his superb counting
room. or office, and addressing it to "Jabez
Flint. Present. and forthwith despatchng it
by his Grand boy to be carried to Mr. Flint
mile away, is one of the large aggravations to
which the human mind is susceptible. "My
dear Sir" We said in the case referred to,
"Present,' in the situation you have
assigned to it, in the superscription
of letter, means fright here" A
letter is always addressed to the place
at which it is expected to be received.
Unless he to whom it is directed is to come
and find it at the place where it is written, its
proper address is not present" but the place
at which it is to find him. And he said come
and dine with me and we will discuss thai
never mind it now" This was satisfactory,
for we are prone to dining with wealthy citi-
| zens.
We have, besides, lately meditated a rum
pus in our public schools. Right at "omega"
there is standing injury constantly commit
ted by the very cnes appointed and paid to
keep us safe from such outrage. For some
unexplained cause, the inventor of the reip n.
ing school primer has clapped at the cad of
the alphabet the familiar symbol, or hero
glyphc which signifies "and' and looks thus :
&. Such impertinence is bad enough, but
when We are quietly at home, the noisy little
ones betting perhaps, apricots and almonds,
try which can say the alphabet quickest; so the
little voices, as they 60, rise to high and high
er keys, till they close in a Simultaneous scream
with land so forth" Now, such instruction
of the young idea is not ordinary grievance,
| and its effects in the PARENTAL mind border on
| frenzy. II there is too much of this for the
reader, we are inclined 70 let the painter and
the wealthy citizen go, and to Concentrate our
selves on the schools. Let us have an instan-
taneous row raised in the office Of our too
placable superintendent, or-somewhere.