Orthographical Decoction.—Mr Edward Khull, long a respectable printer in Glasgow, was sadly bothered with an apprentice, who neither could nor would be initiated into that portion of grammar which treats of the proper disposition of letters and words. One day he presented such a shockingly iaaccurate proof, as made his master, after staring with amazement, take his spectacles from his nose, and give the ill-disposing devil the following receipt :• —«My man ! just gang hame this night, and tell your mither to boil Fulton and Knight's Dictionary in milk, and take it for supper, as that seems the only way you'll ever get spelling put into ye.'
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 710, 13 September 1870, Page 2
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