Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Exchange of Professional Courtesies.-

expose him." remarked a wel-knOwns
undertaken one day.
"How was that?" we inquired.
''WelI, some time ago, Beckle, the.
undertaken, came to nae and said: Clay
head, all other professions exchange
courtesies. why should not we? For
instance, the newspapers exchange with
each other; even the lawyers lend books.
The doctors swap points and the preach
ers fill each others pulpits. Now, I
want to awaken kindly feeling among
undertakers. ST want them to feel that
they are not removed from the great
and glorious empire of good feeling.
Suppose we start the thing. Suppose,
we interchange courtesies? Then all
jhe newspapers will speak of us, and
such halo of good fellowship will be-
brown around the coffin that
s''I don't understand YOU I said to.
Beckle. what do you mean?'
SCI mean, he went On, that when a
member of your family dies, I will fur
lish the burial outfit, nice metallic case,
you know. Then when member of my
family dies you can furnish the outfit.
In this way we can help each other.
We will be so moved with good fellow
ship that we'll be glad when member
Of our families passes away, merely to
show this unfeeling world that under
takers are men,
1.-THE idea struck me. A new depart
IRE was something that had hankered
alter. agreed to Beckle's proposition.
Well, about ten days afterward, I re-
,eived note from Beckle, stating that
MS ten year old boy was dead. L was.
glad to have the opportunity of comply
ing with our contract. [ sent a man.
around and the boy was buried in elegant
style. About week afterward received
Intelligence that Beckle's six year old
laughter was dead. The idea of devast-
alton in the rBeckle family did not i'm
press me nearly so much as the gratifica-
ion L experienced in promoting the
principles of courteous interchange
The girl was elegantly deposited. A few
lays afterward Beckle sent me a note
stating that his wife had died and that
he could congratulate me upon the sue
| cess of the interchange scheme. Mrs.
Beckle was buried in a magnificent case.
ALI this time my family had remained in
discouraging state of health, with the
exception of maiden aunt who live
with me- One day she was taken ills
md insisted upon my sending for doc
;or. I explained to her how necessary
t was for her to die, but she persistent
y refused and recovered. Leaving the
bedside of disappointment, went down
own and found a note from Beckle,
stating that his wife had just died. You
| zee, had buried his wife few days p
before, and did not understand why
mother wife's funeral should occur so
loon, SO called on Beckle.
"'Did say wife?' he asked in sur
Prise.
"'Yes, sir
"sI meant my wife's mother
''Of course it was all right, but con-
,luded to investigate the matter. soon
ound that Beckle had never been mar
led, and that he was burying the neigh
oors at half price, provided the bodies
we're all buried from house which he
ented for the purpose. ALI I want you.
% do is to state in the next issue that
here is something about Beckle's char
tcter that I don't admire.
Peculiarities Of Speech.
just as the native Southerner is be-
trayed In his speech by the popularity
OF voice and pronunciation, so is the
Western Yankee distinguished from the
New Highlander. The typical Yankee.
slow OF words, talking with a nasal
tWang, and answering question by ask
ing another, is still to be met with oc-
casionally. Then the total absence of
r-sounds In the words of the inhabitant
OF Northern New England is another
popularity; he pronounces such words
as warm, storm and the like as if written
wahm, stohm, etc., just as the Kentuck-
ian does. He says obleege, deestrict
and plctur' but he pronounces can't cor
rectly. In fact he is given TO broad
vowel sounds, and pass, lass, class, ETC.,
are pronounced after the British method.
He likewise enunciates half as correctly
as the best school ma am of Ohio. and
he would laugh himself hoarse at the
bare idea OF calling calf "caff."
Such barbarisms as cam, sam and pam.
for the pure, understanding words calm.
psalm and palm are never heard in this.
part OF the Union. wish could saw
as much for Ohio, for it really seems
when one hears man who has received
university training give utterance to-
1900 Aese3 'oPAO oOuu1S, tIlaJ pOTLlOQ at
least of that mans education has been,
In vain. On the whole, the New En-
gland Yankee, who has never left his
native hills, and whose schooling has.
been so little that he spells college with
d, speaks, I think, better English, and
speaks it more dramatically, than men.
OF other portions of the country whose,
educational advantages have been great
er. OF course, habit has much to do,
with it; children learn to talk as their.
parents and grandparents talk, and often
years OF contact with the world fails to.
smooth the jagged edges of certain in
herlted colloquial expressions. For in
stance, Maine Yankee will insist upon
calling single horse and buggy q.
team;" he says of pauper. that he is
ION the town. of bankrupt that he
has failed up" beside pronouncing all
words ending in er. exactly as though
were the termination. He repudiates
the soft impeachment of saying naow,
ceow and taown, and declares that that
system of pronunciation is peculiar to
Vermont and York State, and has no