MRS. JONES' SPELLING.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 21, 14 September 1883, Page 13

MRS. JONES' SPELLING.

It is not uncommon for ignorance to lord it over ignorance more dense than its own. The Detroit Post draws on its imagination to paint an amusing scene wherein his lordship aui the corresponding submissiveness are prominent. • " Mr. Jones was writiDg a letter. Writing is not bis strong point. neither is spelling, and he called oa Mr?. Jones, was sewiu^ in the room, to help him. " "Maria," he said, suspending his pen in the air and catching a globule of ink on his nose, '• is there any h in sofa ? '• " Of course there is," answered Mrs. J., taking from her mouth a button that she was going to saw on Willies beat jacket, "S-o-p-h-a, "Thanks? That's the way I always spell it, come to think of it," said Jones, airily. Then there was a silence. (Suddenly he asked : " Are there two g's in sugar, Maria? " " Mercy, not 1 " said Mrs Jones, sharply. « X should think you could spell a little word like that, Jeptha. S-h-u-g-a-r sugar " '■That's so," assented Jones, " but I forgot the h ; thought the word didn t look right," and he scratched out the missin» aspirate Then he folded his letter and set about directing it ' as P irate « 11 How many n's in Cincinnati ? " he asked, balancing a postaee stamp on his tongue. • s yamgw "About a dozen ! " snapped Mrs J., who had just discovered that both knees of Willies pants needed repairing. S-i-n-n-c-i-n-n-a-t-t-i — Cincinnatti. I'm not sure whether the last letter is a y or an i You ought to keep a dictionary, Jeptha, and not depend on me for everything." r v " I don't need one when you are around, dear," said Jones, with a ely wink at the ceiling. " I used to be a pretty good speller," said Mrs. Jones, complacently, " but lam liable to make mistakes like other people It comes natural for some people to spell, and I suppose I am one of them, and she proceeded to cut out two square ornaments for Willie s knees, while Jones went out and posted his letter