Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-03-27
Spelling Reform in congress.H
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The bill which Mr. Voorhees,. of
!. Indiana, has introduced, by request.
4 in the Senate. 10 provide for .san
amended orthography,' prescribes ote
that it shall take effect upon all the Il
public schools of the Territories and
those of the District OF Columbia. and
also upon the Military, and Naval
Academies. and upon tile . Indian
and colored schools in the Territo- 4
lries.' It begins by enaeting that -
q the following amended orthography 81
shall be recognized as correct and
then that it shall be Taught in the in -
stitutions Just enumerated. The orr
4 biography IN question is grouped un- -,
der twelve heads, The first ordains
1 that silent shall be dropped !. when ~
iphoneticaily useless. IS ia are, live. I'D
vineyard. believe, bronze. single, en-sslE
CINE, granite, eaten. rained, and 50 zsS
FORTH" while the same edict tells us
I to g write er for re, rs in theater, ca-
ter, and so forth. .'i''1s i's2s 'sl,7 71s'.;is'a =
Then follow five additional scomaassl
mands. relating also to the yowels 10
and dipthongs: - as5-s=--,-s -
ISecond.zSDropo a from sea. .lharfne'
sound of e, as in feather, leather, and
so forth. otter 1sruPEI Il ~, Z sssF1 sat
Third.-Drop- O from aeo3 having, 4
and so forth.
Fourth.EFor o having the sound
of write uin above (ah6v u dozen -
(duzen) some (sum) tongue 6tungoCs7
and the like. -ls.-r .-iE .s-s,srTs7S sie,s.
Fifth,--Drop o from ,ort, having
fsound of n, as in journal, 7noprish,
rough (rdf), trouble, tough (tuf5 and 20
the like ! ls.5.s sFes -kzs.lll.t ii .a-,1H
Sixth.-Drop siientu after e before5oS
a, and in native English yordss drop 81,
final .ue, as in guarantee, guard,
/ guess, guest, guilt. and so fortii:
apologize, catalogue I and sol forth3'9s
league, harangue, and so forth. ,i9igssib
| Having thus disposed of the vowels .
and dipthongs, the bill proceeds ,fin,.,s
the following five sections TO handle
the consonants. -,c4 --.-,-.--, tf-,, -..t,
Seventh. Double consonants shall -.
he simplitied: Final b. d, g, n, r, t,
i f, l.. as in ebb, add egg. Inn, purr,
/. butt, 'bailiff, dull buzz, and so forth! "a
Medal before another consonant, 81
as in battle, ripple, written SwrItn) );IS
etc.
Initial dnaccented 'prefixes and e
other unaceented sylabies. as IN i'ah- q
breyiate, accuse, pffair; and soforthsav
tcurvetting, traveller, and so FORTH
Eighth. Change d, and ed nnsl to
"A when so pronounced. as IN. crosse
Il tlerost1 !, looked iooiSt1 aud 50 fortiss -
unless the e affects the precedipgis
sound as in lcbafed changed and so a,i
1 forth. 80 ,.5
M NT;.tt, CI,,,,6o 81 -on5 ~, a. t.T -
hwhen so pronounced, as in cough,
philosophy. i1f"' .'' al'A
Tenth.-Change TO z in the dis=af
tinctiye words, as in abuse, verb; On
house, verb; rise, verb; and soforth.
Eleventh. Drop in catch, witch,
i!etc. '' '7'<-f '' ".fi -"
4 p It only remains for this biIIto taieeos
up the cases of few words which
seems to its compiler 20 defy reduc-
ton toany ofhis previous classificasA
tions, and this produces the following
regulation: fI,.rg..i = m"
Tweifth.-Change the spelling In
the following words: AXE (acbe),,1
anker (anchor), beuty (beauty),
coud (could), hole (whoIe), paria- .
ment (parliament), receit (receipt),
rhine (rhyme), sent (scent), ;sithe7s
(scythe), wimen (womep). oyomano,
(yeoman) drop silent .br in bomb,
crumb, doubt, dumb, debt, lamb,
limb, numb. plumb, shccumb, subtle,
thumb change hack to s in cinder,
| cxpence, fierce, hence once, ,pence,!i
Fscarce, since, source, thence, .tierce,if
Il whence; drop the h of ,ch in chamoA
d mile, melancholy, choler, cholera,
school, stomach drop G In fefgn,S
foreign, sovereign; drop b in. ghost, N
faghast, burgh; drop gh In haughty;,
though, (thO). through ,(tbFu) s. drop
8 in aisle, demesne, island. PToviDled,
4 That the foregoing rules shall not ap-
ply to proper names. And firocfded
further, That where ambiguity wOuld1E
result from the use of the said fules7R
the old form may be retained. ..f,,z
Section of the act is intended to
lshow that whatever liberties the ordi-
mary pedagogue may choose to take
with the English language, itis,dahGE
. lgerous TO tri1e with statute orthogra l.
Ipby.l 1t declares that any officer,,,
school director, committee or teacher
hin control of any school described in
4 this act, who shall refuse or neglect
to comply with the requirements of
this act, shall be removed from Office.
/. The bill has been referred TO the
Committee on Education 70 wrestie
. with 7aItis a curious speculation how
much legislation Of this sort would be-!
asked for should Congress establish
the National University which Il has
been asked to found: ,z-,...-
Cont in most cases first makes it
self known by an acute pain in the
Joint of the great toe. This most ex-"
cruciatisg pain may be likened 70 tiiat7
produced by the driving of a wedge'
under the nail. For CONT use Salra-o
ton OIL Price 25 cents a bottle
:. Drink. pretty creature. drink, "a
little at time of DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup, and you will relieve you're e6Id.s