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Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 402, 17 January 1872, Page 6

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j j ( iTt4:s-:dev ( p,uljy ( ,!to n: bft, f wi^hed / that ,our 5 .provinciajvM.ViP's,,^ .jweatu^er, i; wend . ;; their. ■i.wraj^ . westwaji;^, in.; p^d.er.tQrgain aa'idea ; of the sta t te ..pf four 1 main' lines- ip, .be.cauSe^ijijcha^itab.le ; people: dissect, it^iat jt he^tri oils m iof cer-tiai n , pe^ons^is :-np;t. o al,tiqge^her v ..jUfldi} J iiJted^ift. ( .Qiialitjvbut tliat jthe Voice ■which jSyccess:*,, fully ; won ftPijraanyj.hundreds ,. .,for, v the ith- : 'proyemerit \ of ■ •. i;p.a.ti ) s, } in .. ,'the, , ■ yicinhy „;oi' f iPiierua ■„ and ; jthe, .if^prt;), in-io-ht also, "have; obtained ai trifle, fpr,.tl}e improvement., of; the, road- fnqm .Hogpr's; Jiridgs- to But '. rhenipepple-w.Hlftnlk,,. jfc&rtainly,,.^^ small, expenditure. in..', redncing,;f.,3,nd - metalling, the,nbrjipt height ■ ; qn., : -the. .'JKortj !i;oad!, i.eas^^pfii^a^pa.j^pst pfftce^oivyiould. enable, fanm^j^ and carrier^ to. load ju pt yyi/ib v an., extra 1.0 cwt, tp the : t*prt t or ri to {flvvn^.all,', the ye.ar.round.;; Again, (.the^jjing.;. ;up of r ;tbe, holes or.ruts with metal, ivo.uld, be .nip re .' , likely; ; tP; prpve.,a;lastirig ;r ibenefit than. c)ay r ; T?ru^, there, is ; fa,.. surfacsman i al <f ays , em.- - ployed ;in .makingjTftpairs,' ;lmf, as ; his, : bear . exten'ds.frprn. , -.the j ,j?prt » 'tp t JE^aihiku-.^t : ig.,! difficult , to see. ihow, he can „a(3comp.l.i^h h;is; ;task either K in. ;; matter,. ,Qiri i ,mjun.ne.r. fj I;-sa\v: himjthe other day,],aS} whjfe ( ,asiia ; ,,miller 7 , ■rakingjeaYt.h f .injq.r^ts twenfy. inches 'deep,:, , to , be ■. wroujfh ti p tq^jiish ;again ne &t ,s j,n ter,. leaving,, others; js^ualj^ . jh^dojUyntoiiche.d.; „W; i th; such,, matet;ia;l V ;i V ■■ w,o^|d n hf«v ; c 3 been j as welj to.c.a How them ( all,ta remaia-.asi.tlie^'

,were./i.\ M j f - -n:,.}: ■ .s--ii „'•?,;■; .v.th-Y;- rM'vj! '■1,, A ..curious . accident, v ,an_d ipn.e >which, might, ; bGen,;- attended ;,,>vi'tbl "■ .fatal, consequences,, .occurred on,^Monday. /A /little girj^lQ, yea r s.',.pf age,, playing': on . ja- : s\ra>y. { st£c3^ iage^ ; in -yS^oppirrg u dpw.m .£a i n.; l a l -..crqche j t,, needle, ;\ybich t ,sbe! ;i w as^^ caiirying-Jopseiyi^in..,) her. -packet,, into h^-,stojjnach. ; ,. c fD,?(|Sinith,, ( yu'o was; in, 1; pro'm i pt. #tten,(lan.ce, _ ,p.u,t,:the: ,litde. sufferer,. uiider tb.Q.jn^.u.e.n.qe.pficblqrp-, jforrn, .and jSki,l ful!y fh ext.racted the, •offendip.g article.,, .ShejsT^cp.ye^ing;:,,; i .. ) .\ i y, iy ., l , i)i ,\. ?< * ; ;Our., vSfibftol /has^beeny honored a wii^ :. a, , ;xx§\t frqm.^;Diack, a ( >yelLknown|advocajie J o^jtbe claims aL^pilflflfiiJ-Q™ spelling. Mr Diack is undou'bTe3ly"a~'irrari' of" talent and ''eriergy-i but ;i b'e Tnigbt^;! nve'll 'hope.'to-"S'te'mf' 'tb'eHoife'n't/pfr'a river, and' tbrh : its waters tb'ei"r soiirceV as'-to' 'hope 1 to create a " revbliitioh' itf'th'e pre's'eri.t mode of ■Spelling'"' True, some^ftlie best : wiitersV haye I ' tried .to simplify r it, r) *but ■ 'none, "so far ■ as I :: airi* 1 aiyare ■ : bave possessed 'tbe 1 ' ! alidacity' 'to attempt to ; rav'ol(itionize" itj' j: with v tn'e' .'exception' of Tsa'ac Pifma'n arid ; h ( is-disciples. ; Wbarever merit may lie ;iti plibrietic : spell i; ' 7 ing; is not 'increased'' by' the addifion- of ■.sixteen letters to^the : alphabet. 1 Any-bn'e who has had experience in v training the' young idea 'V wili be" quite 'satisfied that i 'six | and ; /tvventy "letters' are aaiple^for 1 a ; youngser tO'Cbn ehd ; vrirh.' 'The number'; of" le'tteis in- ! h'e ph'ohe^ic alphabet Is thirty-•nihe-^—c r , q,(ku,) arid x being l rejecteil as' : uselessi- l Bui ' neither 1 39 !l 'nor ; ten times 1--1 that number of ' letters would ■ be' : f oand j sufficient to represent every sound of the bumaqj.yotce.; 'A g-reatei 1 : difficulty arises from the ; variation of certain words. ..by certain authoritiesiri their syllabic accentuation ; whether a- vowel should' bfiiong : 6v sbbrtj or; ; a,ri c final should be mute or ; •not.'' '''A short time since, T beard two ministers of the gospsl within the. space of two hours pronounce the ordinary word compensahi, differently. iiThe one: placed ah equal.quantity on /.every [syllabje'; the other emphasised the penult^ clipping the 'Other two short. Again, in the • meek little word, hltnilile, is the ~k an aspirate' or not ? No word in the language has been . such" *'a cause 'of stfife among, prthcepists as this 'humble word. Anothernotabie instance is in_/^7Z,;and all, its compounds:. .Mnst riortherners.use.it as ( yj?<?Z4^-no.soufherner ever 'does. But the proper quantify is not ;?p;be expressed by. any written char a'cter.Sometimes the' fault does not rest "in. the. spelling 'o{ a wbrd, but with' the speaker. The', word, ssanctifyy y in atl its inflections is a very Shibboleth,.; corresponding ; ; with •" Auchtermuchty " to Englishmen^ Three men of every four,' not-tli of the Tweedy pronounce the word as saniify,' briritfing' t.h e &; a few- call i t' ' sdri(gtifij ■;', very :f p.\v as 'sanliiify wi « h . t he . c hard like li as it should ' ■be^pronOjUriced.';,. „. ; * . „.(,,

: Now, ■tb.e- ; -adyantage ..of , our .preset t • svsrem^s tl/atjhoSvfWer much tbe"pi*ohunr ■ciation hi -a word: may be disputed^ 'all 1 asreeti)' spell it tbepiie way., Stit on the phonetic ]^i abTjiler't'i >tally diffHren t 6h,arjic : ters 'wbula be employed, ( many o-f^pui;, olfifj 'fe'biHiaririends^putd^wear •s.^f/ino;e,i^ ( ?ff s >7 arid /their descent or -derivation; bg>- misty? and uncertain. 'The present •system-jof s pel ling -is ' "- so riaHi mes a r bi t r ary ' n6 d o rfbty 'but ''no in'siitriiloiihtiahre obstacle exists , in the way of any boy pr^irljo die, corn plfeftW.' (attainrDehtj o'f. its, igjas^ery. ; : tiling like a iwide-spread attempt "to effect a radicaXj cb\ang!e;S7<)B.ldi,b.i>;tx):.tbe MC.onlusion and de-'teripraJrp.n-Qf^tbeila'n^uagr.evy/^ o/!T- ;r: .:: ■<", -!; inn ai)y(i.yoii.thfulrjdaysi<rT/' remember Xhe; appeafabce- : T ojfti a- riewspTtpef ■'■rn^iLond'O'b/' va'lyd'tye^'^Fonetic-NuzV' 1 v ilt'4 : ould h be ; iri ;/ 4bout I 84?: l! ,-loo^ed.sp |;;r y i ery iii GomicaJv ;pi[ ]; 'remptes,t, i icle j a' i tha.t-jipxmirtttt •■itse < ll^s;ube^^o'netic^New&..'teiilupondeKßd < j ■'over'BVf'Ty issue^ b(it'- i k'keV^b' > e 1 '^6T<t'tS ; i"U'n'--i| 'forWriate^V^tiuth '&oitilmbr% l l'!naiss^d.^i^ •bii-th. 0 Pitman s sysfem of ; fih.or^bafll^i;