HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1884-12-12, Page 3M wr.•tv.Ml-
I. the 001••.t ....tel and social d -
we wart nil the art the mode of sona-
,nric ting t►..Obt by the ordinary
e1 w
heed is felt to be ehet-
ape •>t in Q. Test dsgvw, and 'sweetly
jM.ss �e ►d inreati►r. Way ant
.tgploy M..pI• eyes ineteed of the pre-
sses
.sses intricate sad e.oNs* letters el oar
alphabet, as a. d a Its. A redid (rum
the slavish beide of loag-kcal te Iuuad
ie the pa�iry� �eh.b..eaetcrs ►d the "winged
.rt"-PM/.Ry7, which is .aksus-
ledged y .usp•test ledges to be the
beat system .1 ehuttlra.d extant. It is
the naiades of Imes Pittw, 44 Nath,
Seg., and dates M far back as 1837.
Mama thee it hes hese steadily rrowlatt
i• fatur. if the $Kerrie Mridee wade by
this labor -melee art sea b. rolled
•'.t•d." Its iaveati'e has made abort -
head possible to the ceases, as before
that time shorthand -writing was known
only to a few,who used it petf•ssiosally,
crit was e=eeediagly dideah to seeder.
Dickers decree« is 'David Coppertield'
kis tragic attempts in learning an old
*Mem of steenersphy, which acooes-
pbsbmest he Mid was equal to the
acquirement of six languages. Now, any
one of ordinary capeeity, any intelligent
buy or girl who can see a pen and dis-
tinguish the dilerett suusds in the
las/sage, oma be made a pbenogrpber
with a few months of application.
The y1ms in brief w :hie. Oar lan-
guage «mains about 43 distinct .•wads.
By providing easily made signs (or let-
ters) for each of these sounds, ore sign
representing only nee sound ; and these
sagas being of the mat simple character
-s straight stroke, or simple curve,
thict or thin, written at differuot slopes;
and by the union of there with dots and
dishes, and abbreviating principle., we
may impress with the rapidity and fr
edify of speech what takes now nosh an
espeodit.re ac tame, labor and paper.
This is the Phonetic plan, gad eo system
bas yet bees devised of approaching
merit. To the alimony of this system
of shorthand we owe the daily reports of
our Legislatures, aid the utterances of
public speakers generally, besides its
.mpklymeut in the courts for recordit.F
evidence verbatim. Shotthbnd has many
other msg. The merchant bads it in-
valuable in the deapatea of his axree-
poedenes, dilating to his sauneasie
replies to his letters. The stalest by
its use obtains consoles notes of blots to
which he has not often seem, and secures
verbatim reports of hie ledtre entree.
The lawyersod physician Gad it metal
foe their diaries, sao•raada and tenets'
*opposition. These who ere able to sus
it in private oorrsspoad»ee regard it as
a "heavesborn' art, and the number of
th.se is thsaMnds epee tho.snds i. the
English-speaking cot.triss ui the world.
--(Et.
Eves those who receive noth"• of
Chest's divine uniptos merest that H.
has surpsatled all who have lived in the
quality and quietly of ped that hes
fallse bask a risk wade from ilia
sheeldpt M be caught by shoulders of
pus exposed to essay a Mess.
eiraterlehleselbeds
rim HIMON SIGNAL FRIDAY, DEC. 12, 18b4.
5
TO THE LADIES OF GODERICH.
Aoegetsota. Dee. 11. MM.
winos.frame f;