Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-25
SMART AT SPELLING.
A LESSON IN ORTHoGRAPHY THAT
WAS DEARLY BOUGHT.

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man ~ i'r bookstore
Nha, do you mean paper or mn.
'i'F n'9i5r'd smart Young man who
IL 49, a~ an authority ON all topics
M'S'', singing "t course replied
lh' ni'n ~ search oi orthographical in
formation
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Young nan 'l'c,siv"ly
gu r" chmcd in red bearded
man WA" VIZ ''y looking NJ some
h""ht
"u at referring 10 paper said
III" smart N"nnG m"n, looking sadly at
th" n' uaIt'r w" were speaking
ABOUT m"sic
motn m'>'c. too said tho red
n'|i'''a r"n'almly n n-i-r-c. to sing
~ &. u''t
me sh2.l N'rnG nian y expression
changed il"'l ""'i'es> 10 contempt
va hd i'i'' consult Your diction'
airy +" - WITH a -u"r
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near" u ~ u Wy WAY pi spelling may
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Nuh Nlil ais" iiut u correct according
I" u" 'rhinly Dictionary and II am
not mistaken u Is hcrwtc gwen IN the
standard Your WAY = all rigl ! io"
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sc"rn ''hsh Billings aud vol should
nave c"ilah"rattd on Il phonetic sr"Ihng
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man. u mel N"n - that Webster ;
latest spells u 'q'u.i-r-e
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man. r"Iiln% ont roll
no ! d"h want to ron y"u Eet
'hc "ct'"naty
Inc money was lnt up "nd Webster :
international or"nsht odl There u
was. q hir-'. !" sing ~ concert
didn mean verb SAID til"
siiiart N"nhS man gr"win" white
around lh' ears W mere Is ~" n"unF
lh'N f"'ihd that. i"' although u was
mark'd obsolete Ihrn tue smart Young
man w''trd
u won l TAX" v"nr mcney SAID the
reh htard'd man handing back the
billS MY n"m" i> BELL. George /
b,Il nav" hi' 4 'hhcatl"ilai advantages
which you probably never received. and
spent SEVERAL LipnthS l"arning the
dlierert wHN~ 1" spell that ~ rd Sev
eral i,ar~ a." was on the secret Scrv
Ice MN i"'tn'i ana had hcrn On The
tran ~ iair 81 shaiprrs who had Il
rcpcrt"rN II con games that would
have maee ihr"i'iinarN hunk" man look
sick Ih'v ~ r. men If far more than
ordinary tnicll'@rnc" and had The man
ucrs uf cultured men uf The word The
WAY va happened To get them was
purc accident
My partner and were goin. down
from - louis ON u MIs-is issippi river
packet Their" were about 2o OF us iu
the s:nokins room talking and trying To
pass the time comfortably Just as II
lulI came in IN" hum of conversation II
Young man seated ~ II table writing
some letters looked up with IL troubled
air and said Could amy Of you gentle
mcr i"ll m" how To- spell choir |
am a little puzzled over il
What kind of II one do you mcany
asked several
Choir to sin. in concert chirped
the young man. wrinkling his brow as
If To recall the proper orihography
&C h-o-i-r. said scholarly looking
man with glasses ON
"'Qu-ir-e. sang out a big. well fed
old man of in the corner
Choir. repeated the first man
with some emphasis. i thought every
fool knew that
That : all right. said the old man
off IN the corner Money talks Ill bet
you $40 that Webster spells II
"q-u-i-r-e too
II raise you 30. said the first
man. who was cotton buyer at Mem