St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-01
SPELL "SCHEoULE.'
olany Ways In which Independent Spoilers
Present the Word.


Present the Word.
At tho last meeting Of the Six O'clock
Club, Major John McElroy, Of the Ma
tional Tribune. speaking to the ques.
tion, What shall We abolish next?'
proposed the abolition Of our present
method Tor lack of methOd) Of spelling.
He favored . phonetic svstem-One, rs
he put it, under which words will spell
themselves. Mr.. Theodore l.. DeLand,
of the Treasury Department. proposed.
ON the other hand, the abolition Oi
spelling reformers, holding that in this
glorious land of the free and home oi
the brave every body should be and now
il permitted to spell according to the
dictates Of his own conscience, or words
to that effect We are ALWAYS glad to
furnish disputants with good weapons.
1t therefore gives pleasure 10 us to be
able to lay before these gentlemen and
their respective allies . communication
which we are amply assured contains no
iOt of exaggeration:
MI. EDfTOR--From the correspond
ence with the P0st-Ohice Department
the following misspellings Of the word
schedule" have been collected princi'
pally by Mr.. q. II. La FOtra, late OF the
PostO Office Department
There are honest attempts to spell the
word by postmasters, contractors. mail
carriers, members of Congress and others
in the Government service. Some evi.
IDENTIFY arise from failure to pronounce
the word correctly and then an effort tC
spell the mispronunciatiOn. The posi-
bilities Of misspelling this word are by
no means exhausted in this list. but
these given indicate clearly that some
reform is needed, either in our system
of education or in our system OF spell.
ing. The matter is respectfully referred
to the honorable Civil-Service Connie
sion.
Ccagule, cedual, cgul, cegule. cedule.
chedeule, chedel, chedgule. chedual,
chedule. chegcule, chegulc, chudgel.
chugel. cledule. keggel, scaaguel. sea-
guel, scattull, scatul, sceadiael, scead-
ulc, scedaule, scedgeL scedguelc. seed
gle, scedual, scedgule, scedjule. scedOle,
scedual, sceduall, scedue. scedul, seed
uel, sceduell, sccdulc, scedull. scegel
sceguel, scegule, scetchel. sceudgel
sceudule, scgull, sequel. schadule,
scheadule, schedule, cschedel. sched'
gele, schedguele, schedguel. schedgule,
schedil, schedule, schedule, sched'
oolle, schedual, schedule, sceducl,
scaedul, schedulee, schedull, schedule,
schezal. schezcial, schezel, schezouel.
schedule, scheoul. schedule, scheowlc.
scheudel, scheudlc, schzule, schi1e,
schigulc, schidual, schidull. schidule,
schied, schicl. schuadal, schudle,
schudule, schudgal, schudGle, schudle,
schugdale, schuluge, schulz, schulz
dule, sclduel, scidule, schedule,
scigel, schedule, scusl, scudle,
scudale, scugel, scugle, sculue
sccodule, sedual, scduel, sedgule, scdul,
scdulc, scedgule. sccdule, scegel. scg1le,
shadule, shedgel, shedul, shedule, she
gal. shegel, sheguel. shegule. shilture,
skaddle, skeddule, skeddle, skedgel
skedgoel, skedgeoul, skedgeul. sked'
geule, skedgeuele,- sketge. skedguel'
skedgul, skedgule, skedial, skejuie
skedrule, skeduel, skedul, skedule
skedyowal, skeetule, skegal, skegel
skcgl, skedge, skeguel, skegule, skejule
sketchel, sketuel, sketule, skeudgle.
skudgel, skudgl, squedgel, sudule.
Certainly this curious list sustains Mr.
De Land in his assertion that cvery
body spells as he plesses In this great
and growing Republic. and, on the othe1
hand. it must crafty Major McElroy ID
find such testimony Of the need Of sys
tenn in which every word will be its Owl
orthographist-Was Post.