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BEING
AN INDUCTIVE EXPOSITION
OS 1
PHONOGRAPHY,
OTTEKDED AS A SCHOOL-BOOK, AND TO AFFORD OOMPIJ3T* HAD
THOROUGH INSTRUCTION TO THOSE WHO HAVE .NOT
THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ORAL TEACHER.
BY E. WEBSTER.
REVISED BY ANDREW J. GRAHAM
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NEW YORK:
DICK k FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS,
IR AKK STI: SET.
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S. WEBSTER,
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CONTENTS.
t'AGI
PREFACE, .._..--. 7
INTRODUCTION, - - - - - - - 11
EXPLANATION OF TERMS, ----- 22
^ PHONOGRAPHIC ALPHABET, ----- 23
j EXPLANATION OF THE PHONOGRAPHIC ALPHABET, - 25
M
----- 26
< PLACING VOWELS TO THE CONSOSANT-PHONOGRAJ HS, - 27
2 MARKS OF PUNCTUATION, .... 29
INDICATION OF AN EMPHATIC SENTENCE, - -* 29
cv> READING EXERCISE, ------ 29
w WRITING EXERCISE, ------ 30
g CONSONANT OUTLINE, ------ 31
RULES FOR PLACING THE VOWELS, - - - - 31
READING AND WRITING EXERCISES, 32
5 UPWARD R, ------- -32
^ READING AND WRITING EXERCISES, 33
THE S-CIRCLE, ------- 34
VOCALIZATION OF THE S-CIRCI.E, 35
THE VOWEL PRECEDING THE S, 35
WRITING EXERCISE, --.... 35
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VI CONTESTS.
WoRD-SlGNS, -------30
WRITING EXERCISE, ------ 37
PREFIXES AND AFFIXES, ------ 38
HEADING EXERCISE, ------ 38
WRITING EXERCISE, ------ 33
W AND Y, CONNECTED win VOWELS, 39
READING EXERCISE, ....... 40
WORD-SIGNS, - - - - - - 41
WRITING EXERCISE, - - - - - - 41
EXPLANATION OF WORD-SIGNS, 42
P IMPLIED BY MAKING M HEAVY, 42
WoRD-SlGNS, AND READING EXERCISl, 43
THE L-HOOK, -----..44
READING AND WRITING EXERCISF.S, 45
THE R-HOOK, -----..40
M MADE HEAVY, TO IMPLY THE R-HOOK, 47
READING AND WAITING EXERCISES, 48
THE S-.CIRCLE IN THE L AND R-HOOKS, 50
READING AND WRITING EXERCISES, - - - - 51,53
WORD-SIGNS, - - - - - - - 54, 55
THE N-HOOK, - - - - - - - 56, 57
THE SHN-HooK, 58, 59
HALF-LENGTHED PHONOGRAPHS, - - - - 61, GG
THE ST-LOOP - - - - - - -67, 68
PECULIARITY OF VOCALIZATION, - - - - 69, 70
READING AND WRITING EXERCISES, - - 71, 76
PREFIXES AND AFFIXES, - - 77, 79
WORD-SIGNS, ----- - 80, 86
REAIMNG AND WRITING EXERCISES, - - 87, 104
PREFACE.
PHONOGRAPHY is the invention cf Mr. ISAAC
PITMAN, of Bath, England. It has been before
the public since the year 1837 and, on account
of its great philosophical beauty and utility, has
won many warm and enthusiastic admirers, both
in Great Britain and America. The world will
ever be indebted to the indefatigable author of
this beautiful system of writing, for the great ben-
efit it is destined to confer upon millions, who now
know not of the existence of this mental railroad.
Mr. PITMAN, aided by others who have thoroughly
mastered the art, has, from time to time, been able
greatly to simplify and improve the system in somo
of its details.
Two years ago, a Phonetic Council of one hun*
dred persons (fifty in Great Britain, and fifty in
nii PREFACE.
America) was elected by a popular vote of tho
Phonographers of each country, for the purpose of
uniting the efforts and skill of all in effecting some
further improvements in the art. This Council
terminated its labors (so far as Phonography is
concerned) on the first of January, 1852. After a
long and patient- investigation of the subject, it waa
almost unanimously agreed to introduce two new
letters into the Phonographic alphabet, and change
the system in some other respects. It is reasonable
to believe, that, after so long and so thorough an
investigation, made by the most experienced Pho-
nographers, the system is as near perfection as it
is possible for an art to approximate ; and that
there exists no necessity for change hereafter.
These improvements have rendered the publica-
tion of a new treatise on Phonography necessary,
and hence the present work.
The author of the following pages claims nothing
original in Phonography, having simply embodied
his own experience, as a practical teacher of the
ftrt He has thoroughly studied the wants of the
PIUCFACE. il
i$ T04A&
beginner, and has, by a series of simple, analytical,
and inductive exercises, endeavored (and lie has
reason to hope tke effort has been succevssful) to
remove all that is embarrassing and discouraging
to the student in the commencement of his Phono-
graphic studies. Under each rule is a Reading
Exercise in Phonography, and a Writing Exercise
in common type, so that he at once makes a prac-
tical application of the rule, both in reading and
writing, and no word is introduced until it can be
written the best way. This arrangement precludes
the necessity of his ever being required to unlearn
that which has cost him much time and labor to
learn ; but, on the contrary, he is led on, step by
step, from principle to principle, until he has trav-
elled over the whole ground occupied by Phonog-
raphy, or, in other words, the whole ground occu-
pied by the English language, and made complete
master, not only of an art by wb-ich he can write
with the speed of oratorical speech, but the
philosophy and fundamental prirciples of all lair
guagcs.
X PREFACE.
If the following pages shall be instrumental in
upreading more widely the benefits of Phonog-
raphy, the author will feel himself amply rewarded
for his labor.
K WEBSTER.
EDITOR'S NOTE
THE revision of this work was commenced at the instance of
several phonographic teachers who preferred it to other treatises of
the kind. The revision has been completed. A few words as to its
character and extent. It is now completely conformed to all the
improvements that were made in Phonography by the Phonetic
Council in 1852 ; the faulty outlines have been replaced by thosa
which experience has shown to be best ; the exercises at the closf
of the book have been re-engraved, and made to accord with the
" improvements;'' a chapter of miscellaneous observations has been
added; and the authorized and alphabetically-arranged lists of
word-signs have replaced the list given in former editions. This
treatise, it is now believed, will subserve the purposes of both
teachers and pupils better than any other phonographic instruc-
tion-book extant. Together with the " Reporter's Manual," u fur-
nishes a complete course of instruction in phonetic shorthand.
Thousands, even without the aid of a phonographic teacher, have
become good phonographic writers by their aid may thousandi
more!
PHONETIC DKPOT, NEW TOEK, October, 1800.
11
iM'RODUCTION.
IN commencing a new study, it is natural for
persons to wish to know something concerning the
nature of the art or science that is about to engage
their attention, and occupy their time. And it is
not only natural, but wise, for them to inquire
what benefit they can reasonably expect to derive
from it. To enable them to form a correct judg-
ment upon this point, is our present object.
Phonography has been before the public since
1837 and has stood the test of criticism, scru-
tiny, and investigation. It has, by its simplicity,
utility, and philosophical beauty, attracted the at-
tention, interested, and instructed, many hundred
thousand persons, in Great Britain and America,
The learned and unlearned have investigated it;
and, without exception, awarded it their unre-
served praise. The study is a source of pleasure
arid delight: the old admire its simplicity and phi-
Xli INTRODUCTION.
losophical brevity ; the young hail it as a time aud
labor-saving art. For accuracy and despatch in
business transactions, it is unsurpassed by any
system of writing ever known. To the lawyer,
the minister, and the editor, it is as the railroad to
the traveller. That the steam engine has given
some additional facilities in locomotion, no one
will deny. To travel from i\ew York to Boston,
or Washington, is now a pleasant excursion; the
time was, when it required more days than it now
does hours; and no man, after having been once
dragged through the mud, in the old, uncomfort-
able, lumbering stage-coach, occasionally prying it
out of the mire with a rail, has any wish or incli-
nation to travel over the route again.
What the steam engine has done in locomotion
and commerce, PHONOGRAPHY will do in fastening
thought upon paper. Speeches, sermons, and edi-
torial articles, that now require the labor of six
hours, can be written in one. Introduce Phonog-
raphy into our schools; let the children study it,
as they study other branches of learning, guided
by a competent and judicious teacher; and, when
they enter the business of life, they will pen their
own thoughts at the rate of two hundred and liflv
INTRODUCTION. Xlll
words per minute ! Nay, start not at this state-
ment ; though startling, it is, nevertheless, true!
We have seen boys write over two hundred words
in one minute, in less than two years from the
time they first saw the Ponographie alphabet.
Now, contrast this with the speed at which the
most rapid long-hand write] can commit words to
paper, and it will be seen that the gain is immense.
The most rapid writer, in the common hand, can,
by great effort, write only forty-three words per
minute, and that only for a few minutes at a time.
The ordinary rate of long-hand writing is about
twenty or twenty -five words' per minute.
The literary men of the coming generation, by
mastering Phonography, can pen their thoughts
at the rate of two hundred and fifty words per
minute, and send them to the press without being
driven to the disagreeable drudgery of scrawling
them out in long-hand. The amount of mental
work a man can do in a lifetime, with this mighty
engine at his command, is almost beyond computa>
tion. It is a fact, no less true than lamentable,
that a man's best thoughts are often the most
evanescent: they come like the vivid flashes of
lightning, to ilVimine the darkness of the night
JQV INTRODUCTION.
for a moment, and are gone, peihaps never to
return; like shadows o'er the heath they come,
so depart, leaving no t-ace behind.
Every man, who has been in the habit of wri-
ting, knows that there are moments, when he seems
to be elevated by a kind of inspiration : thought
crowds on thought, impatient for iitterance; the
imagination is alive, and acts with all the speed
of electricity. In these favored moments, he feels
the want of some rapid means of fastening words
upon paper: the tardy movements of the hand crip-
ple and clog the imagination in its sublime and lof-
ty flights : the mind, without Phonography, is like
an eagle without pinions strong, but powerless.
He that writes much, will in time write well;
and the ready writer is in, the way of becoming a
deep thinker : the deep thinker and ready writer
will become, in time, a correct and ready speaker.
The incidental advantages derived from the
study of Phonography are numerous. A correct
knowledge of the fundamental principles and phi-
losophy of all language is secured : and the mental
discipline, in following a speaker, is unsurpassed,
even by the study of mathematics; every faculty
of the mind is aroused; every energy is brought
INTRODUCTION. XV
to a focus; " thoughts that breathe, and words that
burn," pass in at the ear, and run out at the finger-
ends, in characters as legible and symmetrical as if
done by the Daguerreian's art speech daguerreo-
typed !
The young man, who commences life without a
knowledge of Phonography, starts upon a long
journey, perhaps, in an old, worn-out, rickety,
Mexican Diligence, drawn by woe-begone skeleton-
mules, urged on by the motive power of a Mexican
"goad." If, on the contrary, he commences this
journey, with a thorough knowledge of this art
in his head, and its practical utility at his finger-
ends, he starts upon this eventful career in a
strong, well-made car, drawn by the snorting fire-
steed, whose iron sinews never tire. That the
latter enjoys advantages over his more conserva-
tive fellow-traveller, no man of sense will deny.
Said THOMAS BENTON, when presented with a
verbatim report of one of his masterly speeches,
taken by a little boy, " Had this art been known
forty years ago, it would have saved me twenty
years of hard labor!" The Honorable Senator
uttered but a part of the truth : the labo : of .n*
years can be d :ne in one!
XVI INTRODUCTION".
For verbatim reporting, correspondence, book-
keeping, memoranda, and composition, Phonogra-
phy is unequalled by any system of writing ever
invented. Books are written, and sent to the com-
positor in Phonographic manuscript, and set up
without difficulty, and with less errors than is
usual with common long-hand manuscript ; in
proof of this, we point in triumph to the fact, that
this work has been written entirely in Phonogra-
phy, and set up by Mr. CHARLES BLANCHARD,
Phonographic Compositor; making a clean saving
of five-sixths of the mechanical labor to the author.
Business letters are dictated by merchants to
their Phonographic clerks, in a few minutes, that
would require hours to write them themselves;
and inventories of goods are taken as rapidly as
they can be called off. Literary men, who do
not understand Phonography, employ Phonograpic
amanuenses, thereby securing to themselves the
advantages of Phonography, without being at the
trouble of learning it, as the business man avails
himself of the despatch of the telegraph, without
building one of his own.
To the mechanic and working man, Phonogra-
phy comes as a-co-laborei to aid him in the acqui-
l-STKODUCIION. XVU
ition of knowledge, as the steam engine aids him
with speed and power, in the accomplishment of
ends to which muscular power is utterly inade-
quate.
To the young, who are toiling up the hill of
science, Phonography affords great facilities. If
the student be poor, let him master this great art,
and convert his knowledge into gold. " Phonogra-
phic boys," not yet nineteen years old, are now
getting $200 per month! If they were to-day
destitute of a knowledge of Phonography, they
could not get $20 per month. What has been
done, can be done again; it requires but the
determined effort.
Most of the verbatim reporting in the United
States is now done in Phonography ; but that a
few should become rapid writers, and make money
out of Phonography, is, to our thinking, a very
small matter; the art is like the air we breathe, or
the light of the sun for everybody for the mil'
lion. It knocks gently at the door of the school-
bouse, and unobtrusively asks for admission. It
comes to lend its aid and stimulus to the young
and vigorous mind ; not to one, but to aH. Pho-
nography should be as familiar in the school -house
XV1U INTRODUCTION*.
as the spelling-book, and as well won.. Here is a
great boon, the common property of all ; shall they
uot have it? To the schoolmaster, to the school
committee, to the trustees and controllers, to ono
and to all, we say, Shall they not have it ? What
hinders? Teachers may master Phonography from
the books, and teach it to the chil' 3 . <jn under their
care, if they are persons of energy ; if not, they
have no business in the school-room : the leprosy
of indolence is contagious, and the school-house is
no place for a person afflicted with that disease.
Let it not be said that the trustees and directors
are fearful of innovations. The art of printing was
once a great innovation ; but what a glorious morn
was that, when GUTTEXBERG, in his smoky, dusty
shop, said, by the power of moveable types,
" Let there be light ! '
and light was. Your magnetic telegraph, your
steam engine, your cotton gin, were all, all, once
innovations, and yet you could not nay, you
would not do without them now. Think not
of die innovation, but of the immense benefit you
will confer upon the children under your care-
they are innocent and helpless; they rake whal
INTRODUCTION.
jou give tliem ; you bring them mental food, aa
the old bird feeds her young; they ask for bread,
will you give them a stone? You have a more
rapid means of transit from place to place than
your fathers had, and you rejoice in the improve-
ment ; give the children, under your fostering care,
a means of fastening thought upon paper with the
rapidity of oratorical speech, and they will reward,
you, with overflowing hearts of gratitude, when,
in the years of maturity, they shall appreciate the
boon.
To the editorial fraternity, we appeal with confi-
dence for aid in this great work of mental eleva-
tion. Phonography is an invention second to none
that has ever blessed and gladdened the hearts of
men; aid us, then, with your powerful pens, and
with your influence. If so be that you never
enjoy its advantages, your children may; if not
your children, perhaps the orphan boy, and the
friendless, may be benefited by it. A kind-hearted
old man will plant fruit-trees, although he knows
that, in all probability, he will slumber in the
silent grave ere the golden fruit shall ripen upon
their branches.
A.11 may not have the time to peruse the pages
XX INTRODUCTION.
of this work. To enable such to form a correct
estimate of the time saved by phonographic wri-
ting, we ask you to look carefully at the following
illustrations. Take, for example, the word
and you are required to make twenty-four move-
ments of the hand to write it ; and yet there are
but two sounds. In Phonography, the sound rep-
resented by the letters ih is represented by a line,
thus ( The sound represented by the ough, by a
heavy dash, thus . Now, if you place these two
characters together, you write the word by two
simple movements of the hand, thus (- making
a saving of eleven-twelfths of the mechanical
labor.
It will be seen, by a little investigation, that the
Phonographic alphabet is composed of the most
simple characters that can be formed with the pen :
the dot, dash, straight and curved line. In wri-
ting, the pen naturally glides from the formation
of one letter to that of another, until the whole
word is written, and, in many instances, several
words, and even a whole sentence, without it*
being lifted from the paper
INTRODUCTION.
Take, for instance, the phrase,
tncte wotda n<- nave vecn,
and, in writing this phrase in common long-hand,
you must make one hundred and forty-two move-
ments of the ,pen: written in Phonography, but
seven, thus v. Here is a gain of one hundred
and thirty-five motions of the hand. . To the Pho-
nographer, the last is as legible as the first The
abridgment of the mechanical labor is so great,
that the hand keeps pace with the organs of
speech, with ease and pleasure to the writer.
In this introduction, the author has not dwelt
upon the beauty and philosophical symmetry of
the system a theme full of interest to every stu
dious mind but he has endeavored, rather, to
place Phonography before the uninitiated, in its
true light, convincing all, if possible, of its intrinsic
worth, and thereby securing its speedy introduc-
tion into every school, academy, and college, as a
necessary branch of education.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS.
PHONOGRAPHY is the art of writing by sound.
The term is derived from two Greek words: phone,
Bound, or voice ; and grcephein, to write, to write
the voice ; or to write the sounds of the voice by
using characters, each one of which represents an
elementary sound.
PHONOGRAPH, a written letter or character repre-
senting a sound of the voice; as, e, \b.
LOGOGRAM, a word-sign or phonograph which,
for the sake of brevity, represents a whole word;
as, / for advantage.
PHONOTYPY, printing by sound ; by using an
alphabet containing as many letters as there are
elementary sounds in the language.
PHONETICS, the science on which phonography
and phonotypy are based.
" A science consists of general principles that are
to be known ; an art, of particular rules for some
tiling that is to be done." Ardibishop Whateley.
PHONOGRAPHIC ALPHABET.
VOWELS.
Loro.
SHORT DIPHTHJNOI.
Ifert.
\ fate.
'; fit. y: - might.
i met. A j toil.
'1 Gaiighey.
>\ Stoi'c.
.! father
"! taught,
.: cat. <j plow.
I fop . '! Deity.
TRIPTHONG
-j thouo:/i.
{up. <j clayey.
*] wire
Jfood.
_ foot. < ah-i.
n ! woi^nd.
CONSONANTS.
\ pip.
^/arm. r
Sne.
1 tide.
^ vice. ">
( th'm. ^
ray
1 day.
/ cAeek.
( them. ^
) sight. ^
) zeal. /
night.
long.
or 7iate.
_ kite.
j shoe. ^
wide.
-go.
j pleasure. r
yes.
W AND
Y CONNECTED WITH A
VOWEL.
c ! we.
w'ck. "i year.
1
; way.
c wed. v- yea.
-;.**,
^wah
c wag. J ya/*
yam.
* toall.
watch. "i yawn.
i yon.
>i WO.
> wonder. -1 yoked.
' young.
-.: WOO.
i
i wood. ,1 yow.
,!
LESSON I.
EACH phonograph or letter should be committed
to memory as the representative of a distinct sound.
It should not be associated in. the mind with the
letters of the old alphabet, but should be so fixed
in the memory, that the phonograph will bring to
mind the sound that it represents, and the sound
will suggest the phonograph. To accomplish this, it
is well to make the phonograph repeatedly, giving
the sound it represents at the same time. If there
is doubt in the mind as to the correct sound, let the
student pronounce the word containing the sound,
and then the letter or letters representing the same
sound that the phonograph does, and he will have
no difficulty in giving the correct sound.
In the phonographic alphabet, it will be seen that
the letter or letters representing the same sound that
the phonographic character does are in Italics. For
instance: in the word now, the first element is rep-
resented by the phonograph ^., and the last by A ;
let him pronounce the whole word, and then drop
the first element, and he will have the sound repre-
sented by the oiv, or A
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26
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHEK.
The vertical and inclined phonographs are writ-
ten downwards, with the exception of f when
standing alone, which is made from the line of
writing upward ; the horizontal from the left to the
right.
The first place is at the point of beginning ; the
second place in the middle; and the tidrd place at
the end or termination of the phonog? a pit.
TABLE OF VOWELS, DIPHTE ">NGS, AN)> TRIPTHONG&.
DOT-VOWELS.
DASn-VOWKl.S.
Long.
Short.
Long.
Short.
First place.
' e
1
~ aw
~
Second place.
a
e
" O
-uh
Third place.
.ah
. a
. cc
.00
First place.
Second place.
Third Blace.
DIPRTIIONTfS.
<\ayey
. QW
w
VXM
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LESSON II.
To write words phonographically, it is necessary
first to ascertain the sound heard in their pronuncia-
tion; this can be done very readily, by pronouncing
the words slowly.
The consonant-phonographs are written first, the
pen passing from the formation of one consonant to
that of another, without being raised from the paper
until the consonant outline of the word is completed.
The vowels are inserted afterwards, but must not
be allowed to touch the consonants.
If the vowel precedes the perpendicular or inclined
onsonant, it is placed at the left, thus: 1 , .1 ; if
it follows, it is put on the right, thus : I* , "\ If
the vowel precedes the horizontal consonant, it is
placed above it, thus: ~, _i_ ; if it follows, it is
placed below, thus: _ , v
The first-place vowels are put on the side of the
consonant, near its beginning, thus: 1 , \ , ""; the
second-place vowels at the middle, thus: -I , > , ^'
and the third-place vowels near the end, thus: .1
The dash-vowels are usually written at right
angles with the consonants, thus: _, v
28 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
The diphthongs and tripthongs occupy the same
position in the word that they do in the phoneno
alphabet, never inclining to the position of the con-
sonant; as, \, \
The position of the vowels may be indicated by
a dotted line; as, -I; or the nominal consonant,
thus: f , -f > or 1> according to the situation of the
vowels placed to it; as, *-}; Eah, a proper name;
J. E t for Edmund; J A, for Alfred; et cetera. The
stroke- vowels may be written thus: 7 0, for Oliver-
S -f ^jt^ H(enry) U(mfreville) Janson. When
joined to a consonant, this nominal stroke may be
written in any direction ; as, -^- maoua.
Horizontal consonants having an accented vowel
in the first place are written above the line, thus:
~, *~" ; but if the accented vowel is second or third
place, it is written on the line, thus: __, ^ Hint,
and any are exceptions ; him being written on the
line, and any above, thus: _, ~
If two vowels precede a consonant, the first vowel
is put a little further from the consonant than the
other, thus : -|- ; if they follow, the last vowel is
put a little further from the consonant, thus: T
When a vowel is preceded by the aspirate h, it is
written thus: "X , or -\ ; w may be aspirated
oy a tick, thus : *V awhile. If there is no con-
'eouant in the word, the stroke-letter is used; as,
2> Ohio. lie is written by a light and 1-eavy
dot above the line, thus: "*
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. &
The period is indicated by a small cross, thus: * ;
the note of exclamation, by 1 ; the mark of inter-
rogation, ; grief, I ; laughter, ? ; the other marks
of punctuation are the same as in ordinary writing.
The exclamation, ah, is written by a large dotand ex-
clamation thus : . !,and eh, by a small dot thus /, r
i .
An emphatic word or sentence -is indicated by a
waved line being drawn beneath it, thus: J^; a
capital letter is shown by two parallel dashes being
placed directly below it, thus: * .
READING EXERCISE.
/, -I, N, / , "I, /, S, V. .1, J, 1
v/ ; ^, C, ^, 'I . >\, \ 1 'I, !-, (-,
c, 4 *,(,.*, r, -x, -), x, y, ^1, N
j, L, j, j, >, s, -j, "), -x "1, -I, ^, r,
v, r, r, /*, ^., \. ^ ,
80 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
WRITING EXERCISE.
Me, may, mow, nay, no, gnaw, ache, oak, aim.
own, ray, lay, law, loa, she, show, age, etch, ape,
ate, odd, hop, hope, hoop, dough, do, though, sow,
rye, my, shy, ice, eyes, tie, toy, boy, joy-
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LESSON III.
WHEN several consonant-phonographs are united,
they are termed the consonant outline or skeleton of u
word. The first inclined consonant should rest upon
the line of writing, thus : "^ cape, "v_ beak. Hori-
zontal consonants, having an accented vowel in the
first place, are written above the line, thus: r ~
nick, r ~ x ~ meek.
All first-place vowels are put to the first conso-
nant, thus: '"N keep, L_ tick.
All second-place long vowels are pot to the first
consonant; as, x_ bake, s game.
All second-place short vowels are put to the sec-
ond consonant ; as, \_i. beg, U dumb.
All third-place vowels are put to the second con-
sonant ; as, v_' book, ~7 catch.
If two vowels come between two consonants, they
may be divided between the consonants, without
regard to their being short or long vowels ; as, v<j
palliate.
A straight-line phonograph is repeated by making
it twice the length of a single phonograph ; as. ,.
coke, ~ ki'Jc.
32 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
Note. Previous lessons should always be thoroughly
reviewed at each recitation.
READING EXERCISE.
<--, *v, ~7, L, L... L-, V, k, ^ -N ,
"S ^ > Q > ^ <^'
, J , V ^-^ , l^f V
WRITING EXERCISE.
Shake, peak, bake, bale, cheek, check, chalk,
peat, pat, pate, pet, foal, feel, fell, fail, fore, fear,
keep, cape, cope, cap, form, cheaply, took, coop,
chafe, move, make, book, bake.
It has been found convenient, in practice, to give
R a second form ; which is struck from the line of
writing upward, at an angle of thirty degrees, and
may be called the up-stroke R; as, x roe, /. ray.
It can readily be distinguished from / c//, -\\hich
is always written downwards, at an angle of sixty
degrees ; as, Zl cheek, /I rich. This form of the R
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 33
is generally used at the end of a word, when fol-
lowed by a vowel ; as, _/ carry.
READING EXERCISE.
Af -A \? A V> , -4, "^, -^, -4. --, ^- C,~~
r~* . / , x\ , XX s !', IVV . C , 'C , v x ^, i^ ,
i )
WRITING EXERCISE.
Fail, folly, liar, bill, meanly, thumb, alarm, cash,
shook, gnash, push, shave, ship, shallow, shed.
Write, lock, diary, ready, robe, derive, poorly,
harp, form, power, fire.
2*
LESSON IV.
THE s and z may be represented by a small cir-
cle, thus : 5, o z; the circle being thickened a
little on one side for z, when great accuracy LH
required. This, however, in practice is seldom
done. This form of the s and z increases both the
beauty and speed of the writing. The circle may
be joined to the other phonographs. It is made
upon the left of the upward r, the upper side of k t
and on the right side of t, ch, etc., as exhibited in
IV the annexed figure. It is put upon the con-
^ cave side of the curves, as will be seen by
the following simple arrangement :
\ sp, \ sb, f st, f sd, / sch, /" sj, ._ sk,
,__ sg, 1 sf, C. sv, C sth, sth, J ss, } sz,
) ssh, J szh, f si, > sr, s sr, <-, sm, - sn,
^ sng.
The circle is turned in the most convenient way
when it comes between two straight or two curved
phonographs, but is very rarely placed upon the
back of the curve, thus: ]^_ task, chosen, ^,
mason,
If the sound of s o- z is heard twice or more in
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 35
a word, and in close contact, the circle is made
twice its usual size, thus: ^ piece, NO pieces, _o
yuess, _JD guesses.
This character is seldom vocalized, but may be by
putting the vowel in the circle, thus: .-__/> eaercise.
A large circle is never used at the commencement
of a phonograph.
The stroke-phonographs are vocalized the same
as if the circle had not been joined to them, thus:
7 seat. The circle is read first, then the vowel,
and lastly the consonant-phonograph. But if the
vowel follows the circle, the two consonants may
be read together ; as, f stay, T sty, slo-w, ^ snow.
If the circle terminates a word, the vowel is read
between the stroke-consonant and the circle, thus :
^ face, ^ moose, ^ mouse.
But when a vowel precedes the s at the begin-
ning of a word, the stroke-phonograph should be
used, thus: .!_ ask, "L_ Isaac. When the vowel fol-
lows the * or z, the stroke-phonograph should be
used, thus: V busy, ^) rosy.
Words which have no other consonant in them
should be written with the. long sign, thus: )* sea,
-) essay.
BEADING EXERCISE.
f-, Y, L &.., r r, T, .r, .r, o, % -^
36 PHONOGRAPHIC TfcACHER.
WORD-SIGNS.
Atofi tht Lint. On the Lint.
the, . and, an,
% all, . a,
of, . % two.
' or, v to,
1 awe, already, but,
' ought, oh,
on, / who,
V, for, x should,
~" give, * how,
I, aye (yes),
in, I it,
< that, < without,
is, o as,
* his. o has. .
WRITING ' EXERCISE.
Expensive, business, discourse, sell, soil, song,
gun, slay, size, eggs, nose, time, toil, rusty, boots,
passes, supposes, observes, sorrows, scissors, life,
says.
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. .37
Give me my book. Kiches may fill uu empty
head, and make it giddy; but we all know that
"money makes the mare go." He that does not
look to his own business, may come to poverty.
The poor may have many joys that the rich have
not He who has no business ia sexdom happy.
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LESSON V
THE prefixes com and con are expressed by a
light dot at the commencement of a word, thus:
X, compose, U, condemn.
The termination ing is written by a light dot at
the end of a word, thus: \ being, I. doing. A
heavy dot may be placed at the end of a word to
express ings, thus: ^ beings, \. doings. It is some-
times better to use the long sign, thus: ^ ings,
(-.^AJ, meanings.
A tick may be joined to a word-sign to express
the, thus : > of the, y all the, > to the, etc.
READING EXERCISE.
T f '--I" S\. -f i " I) ' , I, LS -^ ^j *t i
t y * J s c j, * S. -r- \ \
\
-- V ' r ^ ^- *- c) " ^
L n . .r X 1
PHONOGRAPHIC TEA3HEB. 39
WRITING EXERCISE.
Compel, common, concede, conceit, convince,
conceal, changing, causing, aiming, fishing, hear-
ing, common sense, laughing, company, commen-
cing, compose, being, beings, sitting, guiding,
committee, diminishing, seize, confess, copying,
escaping.
Common sense is a safe guide in business. Cus-
tom, and not common sense, is the common guici
The epicure lives to eat, but the wise man eats
live.
The w represents a light whispered sound, and
is very seldom heard by itself. In the pronuncia-
tion of almost every word in the language, it ia
heard in connection with a vowel ; hence, the two
sounds are represented by a small semi-circle, thus: <
The same rules are applied to this character that
govern the rowel arrangement. The learner will be
very much assisted in committing these characters
to memory, by associating them with the vowela
thus: 'I e, ! a, \ ah; c we, < wa, e wah. The
semi-circle never inclines to harmonize with the
long phonograph, but should always be placed in
its proper position, thus: c \ weepj _*_ woke, _< wag,
V. wave,
The above observations will apply to the'y,
40
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
which always represents a whispered sound, and is
heard in connection with a vowel, and is governed
by the same rules that the w semi-circle is, thus:
1 youth, _A_ yoke.
W CONNECTS WITH A VOWEL.
Long.
First place. c i we
Second place. l wa
Third place. J wah
Short. . Long. Skort.
Wl
waw '
wo
we >
wo >
wiih
wd
woo
woo
w
_ wow
Y CONNECTED WITH A VOWEL.
1 yaw
First place. v j ye
Second place. ! ya
Third place.
y
-j ye
READING EXERCISE.
"I yd
, V, V, !, ^, -^ -
jf,
PHOXOGR1PHIC TEACHER.
WORD-SIGNS.
we, * ye, L why,
C will, yet, \ be,
o would, you, ~> way,
: with, f your, ..^.. away, .
what, g yours, " beyond
c were. g" yourselves.
WRITING EXERCISE.
+
Wing, weep, wane, worse, walk, woolly, wag
waggish, woes, wall, switch, square, wash, worth,
always, bewail, weakness, swop, Sweep, window.
Young, youth, year, yoke, lawyer.
He that goes to law will have use for his money.
A good boy will get his lessons well, but a lazy boy
will always be at the foot.
Who would not choose to reside out of the city.
where he could listen to the enchanting melody of
Hie sweet songsters of the air ?
What is the issue of war, but woe and misery ?
Beyond all, the young should always speak openly
and without reserve.
LESSON VI.
THE word-signs are a very great abreviation in
the mechanical labor of writing. They are appro-
priated to words of the most frequent occurrence,
find that portion of the word is selected which is
the mo^t suggestive ; for instance : in the word
what, the sound is the most promiment; hence,
the semi-circle 5 is chosen, and put in the first
place, because it is a first-place vowel. Words
containing a second-place or third-place vowel are
generally placed upon the line of writing.
In a large class of words in the language, p
follows m, and is closely joined to 'it in pronuncia-
tion, and it has.been found convenient to represent
the sound of the p by making the ^ phonograph
heavy, thus: <^/ empire.
WORD-SIGNS
\ up, \ be,
I it, I do,
/ which, / advantage,
~ kingdom, given,
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 43
_. come, together,
v^_ for, ^ have,
( think, ( them, they,
) so, ) was,
^ shall, J usual- ly,
^ are, ..\. away,
^x may, ^ improve- ment,
""" me, "" import- ant, anee,
" in, * thing,
^ no. ^ language.
READING EXERCISE.
'* ^ ^ V'
a '- . n ^
9 WRITING EXERCISE.
The wise think before they speak ; the unthink
ing speak before they think. He that likes a' warm
welcome and new ideas, will not seek the society
of fops. To will, is to do. All agree that time is
money; but few take as good care of it as they
would of money.
44 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
The sound represented by I readily blends with
the sounds represented by several other letters, and
the two sounds are uttered by one impulse of the
voice ; thus, in the words play, plea, Mow, alow, etc.,
the p, b, and g, are spoken with the I ; as, pi, bl, gl.
To increase the facility of phonographic writing,
when I blends with other letters, it is represented
by a hook, thus: ^ play, <^_ clay, ^ glow. This
hook may be placed at the beginning of a word,
or in the middle of it, thus : \ people, \ power-
ful
The lollowing diagrams will assist the student in
remembering this hook. If the left hand be held
up, with the first finger bent, the outline of the
Miook will be seen, thus:
The Z-hook is made on the same side of the long
sign as the s-circle, and on the inside of the curves.
The long phonograph is vocalized the same as if
the hook had not been joined to it. The Miook is
not appended to m, n, I, r, ng, w, y, or h. It is
joined to sh only when struck upward, and con-
nected with another phonograph ; as, "^/ official
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 45
THE Z-HOOK.
V, bl
f dl
/jl
^ gl
^ vl
<A1
J zhl
READING EXERCISE.
\,
WRITING EXERCISE.
Display no false colors. "When the da;y is clear,
the flowers will bloom. He that does not apply
himself closely will not be a scholar. All should
be useful in society. No one has a right to be
idle; if we are idle, we shall be miserable. A
place for every thing, and every thing in its right
place, is a good rule.
LESSON VII.
THE r is a liquid, and readily blends with other
letters; for this reason, it is represented by a hook,
turned in the opposite direction from the Z-hook,
thus: T tree, \ pray, "V-^ brim. This hook will be
easily remembered by associating it with the fol-
lowing diagrams. By holding up the right hand,
and crooking the fore-finger to the left, the r-hook
will be indicated.
The s, s, r, mp, I, w, A, and ng are never writ-
ten with the r-hook. When the r-hook is append-
ed to m and n, they are made heavy, thus : ^~^>
manner, _A comer. The sh and zh are written
with the r-hook when made downward only, thus:
2 wisher, ^~2 measure. It is inconvenient to place
the r-hook upon the back of a curve; hence, the
phonographs Vs. / ^ v, ( th, ( TH, are reversed
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 4?
when the r-hook is added, thus: ^ fr, *> vr } ikr,
) THR ; as in the words "-^N clever, '"*} mover.
When the vowel g occurs between the p and
iind the r, and the word is written with the r-hook,
it is rarely necessary to vocalize, thus: %_^ person.
There is -no difficulty in the reading of these words,
although the phonograph representing the sound
e is not inserted.
The r-hook should generally be expressed in the
middle of a word when it follows the s-circle: as,
"^^ express, but in some cases it may be included
in the s-circle, particularly when the long phono-
graphs follow each other in a straight line, thus:
"i prosper, T destroy.
There is a class of words, where the phonographs
do not follow each other in a straight line, in which
the r-hook may be included in the s-circle ; as, \
nil-scribe, J* describe.
THE 7^-HOOK.
br
dr
cr- gr
> vr
) tin
J zhr
^ nr
4:8 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHEB.
BEADING EXERCISE.
^, y |^ f U, K ^
v V^. ^_ s ^ T, s ^, . ^ ,1,
* r v. ^, . n ^f ^ c * fri -
n.
WRITING EXERCISE.
Criminal, bridge, trial, wisher, drum, ditcher,
pursue, describe, plumber, sure, thrive, brother,
eagerness, mover, clever, converse, neither, dis-
agree, crawl, groom, creep, crime, anger, armor,
whatsoever.
He that would succeed in any business should
^^L *
persevere, and not waste his energies on too many
pursuits. One person makes all things aid him in
effecting and finishing whatever he may commence,
while another divides his labor among so many
trades and pursuits, that he does nothing well ; the
former will be very likely to succeed; the latter
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 49
will be very sure to fail. It is quite probable that
war would be more agreeable to some persons, if
it was not a game at which two parties may play
tiger hunting is Very exciting, agreeable and good
exercise, so long as we hunt the tiger ; but it is far
otherwise when the tiger takes it into his head to
hunt as.
f)0
LESSON V 1 1 1 .
THE 5 -circle is joined to the compound phono-
graphs \ II, f tl, ^_ k\ etc., by making it inside
the hook, thus: f sdl, ^ sbl. When a circle is
placed inside the hook, it should be made a little
smaller than usual, and it is not important that it
should be a perfect circle, but may be elongated a
little, thus: ^. syZ, <_ ski. In this case the circle is
made first, and therefore should be read first. If
a vowel precedes the s, the long phonograph must
be made, thus: *) 'oysters, T aside. If a vowel
comes after the .s, and before the pi, it is placed the
same as if no circle had been made with the word,
and reads between the s and the compound conso-
nant, thus: Sx supple, T sidle, C C. sivivel, * sickle.
By writing the circle upon the r-hook side, it is
made to express both the r-hook and the s, thus:
^ spray, \ spree, <Tir x scrape. If a vowel follows
the 5, and precedes the pr, br, etc., the s is read
first, then the vowel, and lastly the other conso-
nants, as before directed^ thus: \ supper, *X sober,
V-^ sunre/xe. 1 cider.
PHONDGRAPHIC TEACHER. 51
This contraction cannot take place with the
curves ; the r-hook must be written ; as, ^ sinner.
Thew-hook is distinguished from the r hook, when
joined with the n and in phonographs, by their
being made heavy for the r-hook, and light for the
tr-hook. Seepage 63.
S COMBINED WITH THE Z-HOOK.
V spl \ sU
r sti r sdi
I* schl /" sjl
_ ski t_ sgl
^ sfl ^ svl
S COMBINED WITH THE jR-HOOK.
<\ spr \ sbr
*) sir 1 sdr
J schr / sjr
^ skr v- sgr
READING EXERCISE.
v r i '"<>,. sf
' V n ^>
^ ' ^ ), ^ .
52 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
< , r . \_ i , < ^
. ^ v v. . C ^ V *
' , C7 v r j ^ L
I LL .v^. * v '/ *-* *)
J i t > ^^ i ^v_ / /,
- 4 r, ^ Wl f -f v* 'c .
\
^ * * V . "' V, .
WORD-SIGNS.
*v principle, al, *^ remark,
^ full, ,-N more,
~7 knowledge, ^, nor,
1 truth, .} pleasure,
^ sure. *) their.
~7 acknowledge,
PHOXOGRAPLuO TEACHER. 53
WRITING EXERCISE.
Sidle, swivel, supple, sickle, sable; sapper, cider,
sicker, saber, simmer ; consider, construe ; strength,
Saturday, icicle, streaming, supremacy, scratch.
Rashness is the error of youth, timidity of age;
manhood is the isthmus between the two extremes ;
the period of life when we have the head to con-
trive, and the firm hand to execute.
Always look at those whom you are talking to ;
never at those you are talking of. Misery magni-
fies danger, as a fog the sun ; we fear that which
we cannot see clearly. No two things differ more
than hurry and despatch ; hurry is the mark of a
weak mind, despatch of a strong one. The weak
man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring
eternally, but to no purpose ; he is always stirring,
but does not get on ; he is in everybody's wa} 7 , and
stops nobody; he looks into everything, but sees
into nothing; he has many irons in the fire, but
very few of them ever get hot ; and with those few
that do, he only injures hiinselt
LESSON IX.
WORD-SIGNS.
tbovt the Lint.
On t/n Line.
' the,
.
an, and,
' all,
a,
x of,
N
two,
' or,
to,
1 awe, already,
1
but,
' ought,
1
oh, before,
' on,
/
who,
^ from,
/
should,
"" give, given,
A
how,
' I,
y
aye (yes),
" in
1
it,
< that,
(
without,
is,
as,
his.
has.
W AND Y SERIES OF
WORD SIGNS.
c we, < were, .
u why,
* ye,
L while,
, would. yet,
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 55
c with,
' what,
C fours.
you,
r your,
6" yourselves.
-> way,
' beyond,
..y away.
CONSONANT WORD-SIGNS.
\ up, \ be,
I it, I do,
/ which, / advantage,
~ kingdom, _ together,
come, V have,
V. for, ( them,
( think, ) was,
) so, j usual- ly,
J shall, "^ important, ance,
^ are, ^ improve- ment,
^ may, " thing,
^ me, ^ language,
^_ no. "" anything.
r will. "^ are.
WfORD-SIGNS OF THE L AND 7?-HOOK SERIES.
*-. principle, al, *\ re- member,
1 truth, ) pleasure,
} sure, ^ very,
^_ full, ) there, their,
knowledge, ^ remark, Mr.
<-s more. ^ nor, near.
^r~. call, , care, *_ difficult-y.'
66 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACliJiR.
THE JV-HOOK.
The n-hook is placed at tlie termination of the
straight consonant-phonographs, upon the side oc-
cupied by the r-hook, thus: \ In, \ pn, _, kn ;
\ bean, X pain, __, cane ; it is also placed on the
concave or inside of the curves, thus: ^ vn, ^ mn,
~^ rn; as, v^, vine, ^, man, s? run. The annexed
figure will assist the memory. The
kn 5 " c i rc l e is made \vithin the hook, upon
'* the concave phonographs, thus : C^ vines,
e/ shines The final 7i-hook may be turned into a
circle, on straight lines for ?/s, as j- stone, ' stones,
If there are two &s, as in the words tenses, expenses,
the double circle is used, thus ; J- tenses, "^ expenses.
The consonant-phonographs are vocalized as though
the n-hook had not been used. The third-place
vowel is put outside of the hook, thus: (. than. If
the word ends with simple 5, the circle is placed on
the side of the Z-hook, thus : ^ piece, _* guess. If
a vowel follows the final n, the long phonograph
must be used, thus: \^,. company.
THE JV-HOOK WORD-SIGNS.
\ upon, \y phonographer.
_, can, "" men,
C alone, -* man,
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 57
"* opinion, N been,
v^ phonography, j done,
V^ phonographic. </ general-ly.
READING EXERCISE.
* } J* > ' > -^ J ~" J -r I d > > ""3 J ^ > *'
- J" <)', J^> fr t > " j NV T K
( / t -,
WRITING EXERCISE.
Throne, iron, seven, express, expensive, assign,
sudden, pain, bone, den, dean, mean, glance, dance,
prance, trance.
The man who knows the world, will not only
make all he can out of what he does know, but of
many things that he does not know ; and will gain
more by his adroit way of hiding his ignorance,
than the fop, by his awkward endeavor to show
his knowledge.
He that would be a ready speaker, should write
much. He that writes much is very likely to be a
3*
58
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
deep thinker. Perseverance will often make what
the world looks upon as genius.
THE /SffiV-HOOK.
The terminations, c*an, sion, tion, are frequent in
the English language. This sound is represented
by a hook, called the sAn-hook, and made, at the
end of the straight phonographs, on the side of the
Z-hobk, thus : t d-s/m, .1' addition ; \ p-s/m, V
passion.
The final s and z may be written by turning the
circle inside of the hook, thus : I d-.s/ms, .(, addi-
tions ; \, p-s/ms, \* passions.
The s/m-hook, when joined to the curves, is made
twice its usual size, thus: o f-shn t \o- fashion; o
n-s/in, ^ nation.
The s-circle may be written inside the sAn-hook,
thus: 'io visions,
The vowel may sometimes be written inside of
the s/m-hook ; as, ~^ revolution.
vs
THE HOOK.
\ pshn \ bshn
L tshn I dshn
_ kshn / jshn
Vo fshii ^ gshn
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 59
G thshn ^o vshn
t) sshn THshn
c' shshn <3 zshn
sz mshn <J zhshn
f> Isbn o ngshn
7) rshn ^> nshn
READINfl EXERCISE.
J ^ * N -
AT , y% " , V . ^ t. ^N r
.! % - \ d ; v., ^ c -v, -
\
60 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHEB.
WRITING EXERCISE.
Confusion, institution, demonstration, confisca
tion, exclusion, revolution, donation, concentration,
evasion, seclusion, condition, mission, consternation,
equivocation, resurrection, continuation, construc-
tion, resolution, notions, seditions, apprehension,
nation, national, preparation, revelation, assump-
tion.
The wise man, while in health, will make provi-
sion for his declining years, when care and toil may
have drawn heavily upon his physical and mental
powers.
61
LESSON X.
BY making some of the consonant-phonographs
half their usual length, a t or d is implied ; or, in
other words, by making them half as long, they
mean as much again. This is one of the most beau-
tiful contractions in the whole system. The sounds
of t and d are of frequent occurrence in the English
language, and often united with a preceding conso-
nant, with or without the intervention of a vowel.
A light half-lengthed phonograph generally im
plies a t, and a heavy one a d ; but this, however,
is not always the case ; but the sounds of t and d
are so nearly alike, that no difficulty is experienced
in determining which is implied.
When to the sound of I, r t ra, and n, the sound
of d is added, the half-lengthed phonograph is made
heavy, thus : Y old, *> read, ^ made, ^ end and
of t, the half-lengthed character is light, thus: f let.
-> art, ^. met.
A phonograph with a final hook, implying a d,
may be thickened a little, thus: 3- constaint, 3
constrained. S and 2 are added to the halved phono-
graphs by the circle, in the same manner that they
62 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
are to the full-lengthed, thus: ' fit, < Jits; "
plant, \ plants.
A halved phonograph occupies but half the space
of a full-lengthed character, and is generally com-
mencel at the same point \vhere a full-lengthed
character commences, except in some instances,
where the accented vowel is second or third-place;
as, v. found. If the accented vowel is first-place,
it is written thus: * ' meeting, T street.
The half-lengthed phonographs are vocalized the
same as the full-lengthed, but as the t or d only is
implied, the vowel preceding it is put to the halved
phonograph ; if it follows, it is put to the second
phonograph, thus : /~ little, \y bitter.
The half-lengthed I may be struck up or down; if
upward, it is made light; as, kr felt; if downward,
heavy, thus: ^ field.
The up-stroke r is halved for t; as, \; part; the
downward r is much better when the d is implied,
thus: 4' cheered.
When a vowel follows t or d at the end of a
word, the full-lengthed character should be used ; as
,_' guilt, _/T guilty ; and when a third-place vowel
follows, it is better to use the full-lengthed character,
thus: V spatter, and not **/
If the halved phonograph does not make a dis-
tinct angle with the full phonograph to which it ia
united, it cannot be used.
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 63
A hook OB the circle side of I, m, n, and up-
stroke r, at the beginning expresses w (when thick-
ened, wh), as .C weal ; .C wheel ; ^ wine ;
<S wear. This hook is read immediately before
the vowel preceding the stroke. Instead of thicken-
ing the hook for aspiration, a dot h may be placed
before the vowel, as '' c ~^ whim ; c - s - / when. An s
may precede it when attached to r, as ^ swear.
If three long charcters follow each other, as dated,
treated, it is better to divide the word, thus : If dated,
If treated. If the word runs too far below the line
of writing, it may also be divided in the same man-
ner; as 4 attitude.
READING EXERCISE.
r .
C
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
WRITING EXERCISE.
Beautiful, dispute, fight, soft, saved, wished, fit,
feet, wisdom, friend, sent, send consumed, need,
hand, sand, noble, enobled, troubled, flight, con-
sidered, discovered, patient, pained.
Hesitation is a sign of weakness ; for inasmuch
as the comparative good and evil of the different
modes of action about which we hesitate are seldom
of equal weight, the strong mind should perceive
any slight inclination of the beam with the glance
of the eagle, as there are cases where the prepon-
derance will be very minute, even although there
should be life in one scale, and death in the other.
HALF-LENGTH WORD-SIGNS.
K opportunity, ,/ gentlemen, an- ly,
,^... particular- ly, " God,
"^ object, _ good,
.*".. spirit ._ great,
r told, < that,
1 toward, < without,
v after, -> word,
> short, ~ immediate- ly,
according- ly, w under,
* cannot, ) establish- ed, ment,
^ account, ^ lord,
'\ represent- ed. " not.
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 65
WRITING EXERCISE.
He that lessens the road to knowledge lengthens
life ; and we are all of us more indebted than we
believe we are, to that class of writers whom John-
con termed the pioneers of letters, doomed to clear
away the rubbish for those heroes who press on to
honor 'and victory, without deigning to bestow a
single smile on the humble drudge that facilitates
their progress.
Liberty will not descend to a people, but a peo-
ple can raise itself to liberty ; it is a blessing that
must be earned before it can be enjoyed. That
nation cannot be free, where parties are but differ-
ent roads, leading to one common end plunder !
That nation cannot be free, where the rulers will
not feel for the people until they are obliged to
fall with the people ; and then it is too late. That
nation cannot be free, that is bought by its own
consent, and sold against it ; where the rogue that
is in rags is kept in countenance by the rogue that
is in ruffles; and where, from high to low, from
the lord to the lacquey, there is nothing rational
but corruption, and nothing contemptible but pov-
erty ; when both patriot and policeman, perceiving
that money can do anything, are prepared to do
anything for money. That nation cannot be free,
where religion is, with the higher orders, a matter of
66 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
indifference; with the middle, of no consequence ,
and with the lower, fanaticism. That nation can-
not be free, where the leprosy of selfishness sticks
to it as close as the curse of Elisha to his servant
Gehazi ; where rulers ask not what gives credit to
a man, but who ; and where those who want a rogue,
have no occcsion to make, but to choose. I hope
there is no nation like this on earth ; but if there
were, these are the things that, however great she
may be, would keep such a nation from liberty,
and liberty from her. These are the things that
force themselves upon such a nation ; first, a loss
of expedients; second, difficulties; and lastly, of
danger. Such a nation could begin to feel only by
fearing all that she deserved, and finish by suffering
all that she feared.
LESSON XI.
THE st, sd, and zd, are represenied by elongating
the 5-circle a little, and making it a loop, thus : f
less, f least. This loop is usually made about half
the length of the long phonographs ; but it may be
joined to the half-lengthed characters, and, in that
case, should be made proportionably short, thus:
.- great, ^ greatest. The loop is generally made a
little shorter when joined to the curves, than when
joined to the straight phonographs.
It may be placed at the commencement of a woid,
thus: .f steel, -F state, *"~- steam; and, when so
placed, is read first.
By making the loop a little longer, the r also is
expressed, tints: Vo fast, VD faster. When placed
.at the beginning of a word, and on the r-hook side
of the phonograph, it includes the r, thus : ^_ sto-
kei. When written on the rc-hook side, it expresses
n, thus: _^ canst, _^ against; if the loop is elonga-
ted a little, it implies the r, thus: \ punster.
The s is added to the st and sir-loops, by contin-
uing the stroke to the other side of the phonograph,
thus : ^ feasts, ^ crusts, ^ punsters.
68 PHONOGSAPniC TEACHES.
The sMoop may be placed IL. the uiiddle of a
word, thus: fc-^- distinct.
The tion, sion, or s/m-hook, may be expressed by
continuing the s-circle to the other side of the pho-
nograph, thus: ^ position, \ f persuasion. This
*/m-hook can be vocalized for the first-place vowel,
by writing the vowel before the hook, thus: -
decision ; and after it, for a second-place vowel ; as,
^. conversation; but cannot be vocalized for a third-
place vowel.
The circle may be placed inside the hook, to ex-
press the plural, thus : *>>. conversations, -^ physi-
cians.
When the s-circle is turned upon the w-hook side
of the phonograph, it expresses n, thus : 'V com-
pensation, 2, transition.
The prefix in, may be expressed before the com-
pound phonographs spr, skr, str, by a small hook
on the side of the s-circle r and a circle upon the
r-hook side of the phonograph, thus: *^ inspira-
tion. *~\ inscription, IV, instruction.
The diphthongs '; , <; , j , occur but seldom
in the language, but when it is necessary to use
them, they are written thus : T Deity, .__ clayey, !L
Stoic.
The va stroke may be aspirated by a t!ck (as ex-
plained on page 28), or by placing a dot-aspirate
before the following vowel.
The l y when standing alone, or connected with
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 69
the s-circle, should always be struck upward, thus
T swell, f sleigh, *C soil.
The sh, when connected with other consonant-
phonographs, may be made either up or down ;
but when standing alone, or when connected with
the s-circle, it should be made downward, thus : ^
shoes, j^ shows.
The s-circle may be joined to h, thus : ^ , as, ^
Soho, g^' Sahara.
Making a curve-stroke double length indicates
the addition of thr, as x ~r^ mothe? ; (^ leather ;
^ weather' "> whether; ~\ rather; ^^ in
their ; ^-^ another; \^ father.
AVhen it is required to express a vowel between
two phonographs, a small circle may be used for
the dot-vowels, thus : <,!_ dark ; making the circle
a little larger for the full vowels. For the short
vowels, thus: ^ bell, ^^ envelop.
The dash-vowels may be written at the end ol
the phonographs, or struck through them, thus.-
eH j, course, 10 _^ scorn ; in the latter word, the s is read
first, and the vowel between the k and r.
The semi-circles for w and y follow the same rule;
as, Jt ~l' quality, Vr7 figuration, CL T^ T =-< calculation.
The nominal consonant is used simply to indi-
cate the position of the vowels, when several ci
them occur in a word, without the intervention of
consonant; as, Afacua. Here it is necessary to
70 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
mark the position of the vowels, otherwise we
could never pronounce the word. This character
may be either a dotted line, thus: i or, a straight
line, with a dash struck through it, thus: -\ , -J-, j;
'\ a/i, a proper name. The nominal consonant
may be written with other phonographs, thus :
^- Maoua.
By the aid of the nominal consonant, the sound
of the first letter in a proper name may be indi-
cated, thus: j. E, for Edmund; J A, for Alfred.
The dash- vowels may be written thus: J 0, for
Olive?'; </ -f <^s^, H(enry) U(mphreyville) Janson.
When joined to a consonant, this nominal stroke
may be written in any direction.
READING EXERCISE.
i -?.i V ' ^ ^ j Vt i * 3 i V
J* ^ i f i ^ ^ ^ ' -^
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
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71
N
r T-,
j: 1
V,.
N I
v-
I '*Vx'
C- - > .
U
\ .
r
\
\
\ < -^
I'
f , J
72 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
WRITING, EXERCISE.
Style, disgraced, distribution, blazed, blessed
pest, nest, rest, west, clause, past, mast, advanced,
manifest.
Accusation, imposition, physician, pronunciation,
illustration, position, inscription, instruct, instruc-
tion, superstition, persuasion.
Habits. The whole character may be said to be
comprehended in the term habits ; so that it is not
so far from being. true, that "Man is a bundle of
habits." Suppose you were compelled to wear an
iron collar about your neck through life, a chain
upon your ankle; would it not be a burden, every
day and hour of your existence ? You rise in the
morning, a prisoner to your chain ; you lie down
at night, weary with your burden ; and you groan
the more deeply, as you reflect that there is no
shaking it off. But even these would be no more
intolerable to bear than many of the kabits of
men, nor would they be' more difficult to be sha-
ken off.
Habits are easily formed, especially such as are
bad; and what seems to be a small affair, will soon
become fixed, and hold you with the strength of a
cable. That same cable, you will recollect, is made
by spinning and twisting one thread at a time; but,
when once completed, the proudest ship turns her
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 7%
head towards it, and acknowledges her subjection
to its power. Ilabits of some kind will be formed
by every student. He will have a particular course
in which his time, his employment, his thoughts,
and his feelings, will run. Good or bad, these habits
soon become a part of himself, and a kind of second
nature. Who does not know that the old man, wno
has occupied a particular corner of the old fire-place
in the old house for sixty years, may be rendered
wretched by a change? Who has not read of the
release of the aged prisoner of the Bastile, who en-
treated that he might again return to his gloomy
dungeon, because his habits there formed were so
strong, that his nature threatened to sink under the
attempt to break them up. You will probably
find no man of forty, who has not habits which ha
laments, which mar his usefulness, but which are
so interwoven with his very being, that he cannot
break through them. At least, he has not courage
to try.
I am expecting you will form habits. Indeed, I
wish you to do so. He must be a poor character,
indeed, who lives so extempore as not to have
liabits of his own. But what I wish is, that you
form those habits which are correct, and such as
\rill every day and hour add to your happiness and
usefulness. If a man were to be told that he must
use the axe which he now selects through life, would
he not be careful in selecting one of the right pro-
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74 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
portions and temper? If told thut he must use the
same clothing through life, would he not be anxioua
us to the quality and kind? But these, in the cases
supposed, would be of no more importance than is
the selection of habits, in which the soul shall act.
You might as well place a body in a straight jacket,
and expect it to perform, with ease, and comfort,
and promptness, the various duties of the body, as
to throw the soul into the habits of some men, and
then expect it will .accomplish anything great or
good.
Do not fear to undertake to form any habit which
is desirable; for it can be formed, and with more
ease than you may at first suppose. Let the same
thing, or the same duty, return at the same time every
day, and it will soon become pleasant. No matter
if it be irksome at first ; but how irksome soever it
be, only let it "return periodically every day, and
that without interruption for a time, and it will
become a positive pleasure. In this way, all our
habits are formed. The student, who can with ease
now sit down and hold his mind down to his studies
nine or ten hours a day, would find the laborer, 01
the man accustomed to active habits, sinking under
it, should he attempt to do the same thing. I have
seen a man sit down at a table spread with luxuries,
and eat his sailor's biscuit with relish, and without
a desire for any other food. His health had com-
pelled him thus to live, till it had become a pleasant
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 75
habit of diet. Previous to this, however, he &ad
been rather noted for being an epicure.
"I once," says an excellent man, "attended a
prisoner of some distinction, in one of the prisons
of the metropolis, ill of typhus fever, whose apart-
ments were gloomy in the extreme, and surrounded
with horrors ; yet this prisoner assured me after-
wards, that, upon his release, he quitted them with
a degree of reluctance! Custom had reconciled
him to the twilight admitted through the thick-
barred grate; to the filthy spots and patches of hia
plastered walls ; to the hardness of his bed ; and
even to confinement."
I will now specify habits which, in my view, are
very desirable to the student.
Rules for the Formation of Habits.
1. Have a plan laid beforehand, for every day.
2. Acquire a habit of untiring industry,
3. Cultivate perseverance.
4. Cultivate a habit of punctuality.
5. Be an early riser.
6. 'Be in the habit of learning something from every
man with whom you meet.
7. Form fixed principles on which to think and
act.
8. B*e simple and neat in 'your personal habits.
9. Acquire the habit of doing every thing well.
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10. Make constant efforts to be master of your tem-
per.
11 Cultivate soundness of judgment.
12 Observe a proper treatment of parents, friends,
and companions.
s Students ManuaL
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LESSON XII.
PREFIXES.
JL PHONOGRAPH may be written, as a prefix,
.ear to the following part of a word, but must not
be united with it ; as,
I for disoon, discorn; |j discontent, \\ discompose,
IL; discontinue.
o for circum; as, j circumstance, ^~>t circum-
scribe.
. for com, con; as, U, contemn, \, compose, <r<
isume.
A heavy dot may be written for accojn, thus : \
'
> for incgm, incon, written above the line, thus:
V incomplete, Y" inconstant.
^ for t^ro, mfer, placed in any position near th<3
following letter, thus: ~L introduce, ~~^ intervene.
^ for magni, mcigna, placed above the other part
of the word, thus: ^^ magnificent, ^*~\ magna-
nimity.
/ for recon,, recog ; as, /**> recommend, ^Lt> recog
78 PHOXOGRAP&JC TEACHER.
"> ferwTaron; as, "V irreconcikd.
o for clf; as, ) selfish, J self-destruction. This
prefix should be written larger than the vowel-
circle.'
^ for uncom, i;ncon ; as, *~<^ uncommon, -^^ un-
confined. This prefix is written on the line.
The half-lengthed m, with an n-hook, may be
disconnected from the other phonographs in a
word, thus: '~^ government, ^ contentment.
A word-sign may be used as a prefix, thus: ^ for
under, ~ll, undertaken : / for advantage. /-) advan-
tageous.
AFFIXES.
The affixes are written separately, but near the
preceding part of the word; as, f for ly ; \^ openly,
.W heavenly.
o for self, thus : ( thyself; selves, (o tJiem-
selves.
A \ may be placed after a word, to represent
lility ; as, /!' legibility.
Enter and inter, prefixes or suffixes which are
similar in sound to one of the foregoing, may be
represented by the sign already furnished, thus:
^ muy represent enter, as well as inter; ^ may
represent incum, as well as incom, incon ; as, -J
mttitain, -^ enterprise.^ ^ incumbent.
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 79
A word-sign may be used as an affix, thus : *"v
hereafter, <) therefore; or united, thus: ) there-
fore.
A word-sign may sometimes be joined in the
word, thus: ^ understand, -f understood.
The hyphen is indicated in a compound word,
by two parallel ticks, thus: by two-fold.
The following words and phrases arc abreviated,
thus : ^c nevertheless, 4- notwithstanding, ^ now,
*^ new, knew, *r~ corresponding socif-.ty, /VS" report-
ing society.
A word-sign may be made plural, by adding the
cir ;le, thus : "" thing, ^ things.
A consonant stroke disjoined from the preced-
ing portion of the word expresses the addition of
I ty or r-ty (with any vowel preceding or following
the Z.orr). For and in disjoined are written for
formality / dis and p disjoined, for disparity ;
princ and p disjoined, for principality ; instrtt
and mcnt disjoined, for instrumentality. Mcnt is
also used for mental as in fundamental.
A circle may be used as an affix for soever, as
after where for wheresoever / after who for whoso-
ever. It is not liable to be confounded with self.
In a few such words as postpone, postpaid, rest-
less, ttonestly, m.ostly, where t occurs between s and
another consonant, t may be omitted without im
pairing legibility.
WORD-SIGNS
OF THE CORRESPONDING STYLE OF PHONOGRAPHY.
Words marked with a (*) are written above the line.
LIST No. 1. FOR LEARNERS.
. A
1 ifc
c we*
x all*
v_/ not*
C well
and
\ of *
c were
~Vre
1 oh
, what*
o as
/ ~
\be
1 but
on
^_^ one
i or *
<^^/ when *
/ which
, who
=can
J shall
f will
- cannot *
/ should
( that*
with *
Vv_ r
the *
( without
^ from
- God*
) the"
^ word
- good
^s thing*
3 would
V have
( think
w ye *
x tO
n you
V I *
\ upon
f your
o is *
) was 1 yours
WORD-SIGNS IN CORRESPONDENCE.
81
LIST No. 2. FOR GENERAL USE.
e- According* 1
(/ gentleman
' ought *
account
</ gentlemen*
^ particular *
/ advantage
give-n*
Vc> Phonographj
v after
e- great
-3 pleasure
=> asrain
/ N Jiim
N* * wl
fc *O
/ alone
A how
pnncipjj
- quite *
1 already*
^ immediate *
<rvremark *
an
^^ importanj e *
^remember
N> been
/f ~^ im pro ve-ment
3 short*
" beyond *
kingdom*
Ol 1 1
^ language
J SO
=- called *
^ Lord *
\ spirit *
<= care
^\ member
\subject
come
^ might*
e subjection
could
'- more
J)sure
1 dear
^ Mr. *
f t e ll
1 *
c_difficult-y
x-Mny*
( them
| do
^ nature
(^ then
J done
^no
C this
) establish
jfc
( thought *
^ every
\ object (6b)
<) three
^ first
N^ objection
together
^. full
^j? opinion *
P told
/general
<\ opportunity
1 toward
WORD-SIGNS IN CORRESPONDENCE.
1 truth
J usual
u while
^ two
"\ way
L why*
w under
^ went *
</ world
\up
{/ where
yet
LIST No. 3. FOR RULED PAPER.
-f^- Allow ~^ hp ar
-N
_______ rc
L.. see
...L.- at
.5^. however
-(;-- than
.r^. away
V^ if
..^... thank
\ by
J .... ltplf
-A... thee
o toCll
__ 1 differen^
--/-- large
(o these
1 Doctor
-/ much
-^ > those
- I- down
-!\- number
...I though
'-)-- during
J other '
-~y- through
/ each
^\- our
time
*\ either
'^v.. onrQ
___v... us
v^ ever
---^ -. ourselves"
---)-- Use (verb)
. ' ._ few
-. own
.c value
-.[.. had
'N perfect
A^- view
x huppy
c\. TiT*ir*t.ir*
L will ( noun)
LIST No. 4. OCCASIONAL.
^/ Any*
s~\ may
-^ reau *
-> heard
''^ me *
. / tl-.us
\ her
s-* mind *
...^ ... USe (noan)
-, kind *
...l~. out
"> very
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LIST OF CONTBACTIONS
OF THE CORRESPONDING STYLE OF PHONOGRAPHY.
Words marked witti a (*) are written above the tine.
~7
Acknowledge
^\ now
7
acknowledged*"
V v \ Phonetic Society
^
anything*
\^ Phonographer
because*
Vj Phonographic
W
forward
' v 1 ^ Reporting Soc y .
T..
highly*
X\ represent
^-6
himself
<fN| represented
s*
impossible*
/\ representation
0>
influence*
v. several
^J
influential*
6^^^ something
1
interest
o .
^^v-^ Spelling Reform
^
knowledge
"^ surprise
^5"
\ manuscript
1 transcript
i
Mechanics' Insf\
so with transcription, etc
/-*
myself *
j o transgress
'Y*~
natural
^ understand
^
never
^ understood
* V
nevertheless
^V. whenever
v^
new
t^^ wherever
84 pHcxcGEArnic TE>ACHKR.
WHITING EXERCISE.
MILTON'S PARADISE LOST. When Milton wrote
his matchless poem of Paradise Lost, the British
press was suhject to censorship, and he experienced
some difficulty in getting licensed. It was sold to
Samuel Simmons, a bookseller, for an immediate
payment of five pounds, with a condition that on
1,300 copies being sold, the author should receive
five pounds more; and the same for the second
and third editions. The second edition was sold,
printed 1674. The third edition was published in
1678, for which Simmons gave Milton's widow
eight pounds ; so that 18 (about $90) was the
eum total paid for the best poem of the first of
British poets.
Power of Wit. Every faculty has its use and
influence, and it is interesting to witness the power
of broad humor and frank wH on the public min.l.
Is there a more effectual mode of running any ridi-
culous opinion or custom out of existence, than by
well timed caricature, containing wit and showing
up error and folly to the ridicule of the world?
Dan Russell, candidate for Auditor, in the State
of Mississippi, in one of his speeches, remarks:
" Fellow citizens, you have called on me for a
few remarks. I have none to make. I have no
prepared speech. Indeed I am no speaker. I do
not desire to be a speaker. I only want to ba au
Auditor"
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Again :
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I rise but there's
rvo use of telling you that ; you know that I am up,
as well as I do. I am a modest man very but I
have never lost a picayune by it in my life ; because
a scarce commodity among candidates. I thought I
would mention it, for fear, if I did'nt, you never
would hear of it.
Candidates are generally considered as nuisances,
but they are not ; they are the politest men in the
world, shake you by the hand, ask how's your fam-
ily, what's the prospect for crops, &c.; and I am the
politest man there is in the State. Davy Crockett
says, the politest man he ever saw, when he asked
a man to drink. -turned his back, so that he might
drink as much as he pleased. I beat that all hollow ;
I give a man a chance to drink twice if he wishes,
for I not only turn around, but shut my eyes. I am
not only the politest man, but the best electioneerer :
you ought to see me shaking hands with the varia-
tions, the pump-handle and pendulum, the cross cut
and wiggle-waggle. I understand the science per-
fectly, and if any of the country candidates wish
instructions, they must call on me.
Fellow citizens, I was born if I hadn't been, I
wouldn't have been a candidate, but I am a going
to tell you where 'twas not in Mississippi, but
'twas on the right side of the negro line ; yet that's
no compliment, as the negroes are mostly bca*n on
86 l-liOXOORAPHIC TEACHER.
the same side. I started in the world as poor as a
church mouse, yet I came honestly by my poverty,
for I inherited it, and if I did start poor, no man
can't say but that I have held my own remarkably
well.
Candidates generally ask you, if you think they
are qualified, &c. Now, I don't ask your thoughts;
.1 ask your votes. Why, there's nothing to think of,
except to watch and see that Swan's name is not
on your ticket; if so, think to scratch it off, and put
mine on. I am certain that I am competent, 'for
who ought to kno\v better than I do? Nobod\'. I
will allow that Swan is the best Auditor in the
State ; that is, till I am elected then perhaps it's
not proper for me to say anything more; yet, as an
honest man, I am bound to say that I believe it's
a grievous sin to hide anything from my fellow-cit-
izens; therefore say that it's my private opinion,
publicly expressed, that I'll make the best Auditor
ever in the United States.
'Tis not for honor I wish to be Auditor; for in
my own county I was offered on office that was all
honor, Coroner; which I respectfully declined. The
Auditor's office is worth some $5,000 a year, and I
am in fur it like a thousand of brick. To show my
goodness of heart, I'll make this offer to my com-
petitor. I am sure of being elected, and he will
lose something by the canvass therefore I am will-
ing to divide equally with him, and make these two
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 87
offers. I'll take the salary, and he may have the
honor or he may have the honor, and I'll take the
salary. In the way of honors, I have received
enough to satisfy me for life. I went out to Mexico,
eat pork and beans, slept in the rain and mud, and
swallowed everything except live Mexicans. When
I was ordered to "go," I went ; " charge," I charg-
ed; and "break for the chaparral" you had better
believe I beat a quarter nag in doing my duty.
My competitor, Swan, is a bird of golden plu-
mage, who has been swimming for the last four
years in the Auditor's pond, at $5,000 a year. I
am for rotation. I want to rotate him out, and to
rotate myself in. There's plenty of room for him
to swim outside of that pond ; therefore, pop in
your votes for me; I'll pop him out, and pop myself
in.
I am for a division of labor. Swan says he lias
to work all the time with his nose down upon the
public grindstone. Four years must have ground
it to a pint. Poor fellow ! the public ought not to
insist on having the handle of his mug ground clean
off. I have a large, full grown nose, and tough :\s
sole leather. I rush to the post of duty. I offer it
up as a sacrifice. I clap it on the grindstone. Fel-
low citizens, grind away grind till I holler enujf^
and that'll be some time first.
Time's most out. Well I like to forgot to tell
you my name. It's Daniel, (for short Dan ; not ;\
S3 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
handsome name, for my parents were poor people,
who lived where the quality appropriated all the
nice names; therefore, they had to take what was
left and divide around among us but it's as hand-
some as I am,) R. Eussell. llcmernber, every one of
you, that it's not Swan.
I am sure to be elected; so, one and all, great
aud small, short and tall, when you come down to
Jackson, after the election, stop at the Auditor's
office the latch string always hangs out enter
without knocking take off your things, and make
yourself at home."
DAN was elected, by an overwhelming majority.
Manual Labor Its Influence upon the
Mind. When an invention is made which adds
materially to the comfort of men, or a discovery
revealing hitherto disguised truths in the natural
world, or a book is written full of life and beauty
by a working man by one of those obscure toilers
who labor for their daily bread, the world is aston-
ished! On every side we hear exclamations of
surprise. And yet these cases are not so un fre-
quent, that there is cause for so much wonder. In
the best history of the world, we see that a large
proportion of those who have shone as stars in the
literary world, or illumined the path=* of scientific
knowledge; who have been the ben .'factors of thp ; *
TEACHER. 8S
race, iho rv.ster-spiri+s of their age; have been toil-
ers, tia/e "been b )rn in. obscurity, reared in poverty,
and .obliged to work for a livelihood. And, eveu
MO\V, we hive men who labor at the anvil and fol-
low the plow, and weave the basket and tend tho
loom, and yet have strength and time to improve
tlieir race ; to send forth strains which elevate and
purify, and find a response in every soul. We havo
philosophers, statesmen, and orators eloquent, from
among the working-classes, who far outstrip men
born in affluence, and who make study the business
uf life.
We should look at these facts intelligently not
expressing a vague surprise, or attributing the re-
sults we see to mere peculiar genius. We should
examine the causes of effects which are apparent
to the least observing, and thus ascertain some of
the advantages the working-man has over the mere
student.
The working-man has more physical strength,
and the mind and body are so intimately connected,
that weakness or inactivity of one generally pro-
duces a like manifestation in the other. Mascles
strengthened by exercise, and a brain refreshed by
pure blood, enable a mind to conceive with clear-
ness and act with vigor and force. The student,
\vho sits poring over his book all day, has not this
fid vantage. His brain, darkened by impure blood,
doses lu? thoughts, and throws a shade over the
90 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHEft
page before him. Although there may be more
romance in a " pale intellectual brow," " weak
nerves," and a "fragile form," it requires strong
nerves and sturdy health to make long continued
mental effort. The delicate lark soars high, but
soon falls; it is only the eagle, with broad and
strong wing and clear eye, that can sustain long
flight in the upper air, and gaze at the sun. To
possess a sound mind, we must have a sound body.
The working-man is forced to cultivate self-reli-
ance. He has nothing to fall back upon; he must.
earn his own bread. There is none to lighten his
heavy burdens he has to bear them, and they
strengthen him. His trials through poverty make
more of him. He feels that he is a man nobly
independent of others' aid, and self-made men are
heroes in the moral world. When he applies his
mind to the acquisition of knowledge, he is not dis-
couraged by difficulties. He is familiar with them
in the outwaixl, and expects them in his inner lift*.
He does not think his mind will grow without hard
study without systematic application any more
than he expects golden harvests without digging
his field or sowing seed, or that his arms will ac-
quire strength to wield with force the implements
of labor, without exercise of their muscles. In his
daily occupations, whether he is a farmer or me-
chanic, he must study and upfly natural laws',
adapt means to an end, watch cause and effect
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 01
He knows that nothing comes to perfection by
chance. He has learned that nature's grand secret
of success is work, and applies it to his mental pro-
gress.
The working-man does not go to study as a task.
It is not toil to him. Manual labor, when not ex-
cessive, invigorates his body, and rouses his mind,
out cannot satisfy its wants; and, therefore, it id'
recreation it is real pleasure to search the hidden
mysteries of knowledge. Ills books are treasures ;
no miser ever stole, in the dusky eve, to count his
golden stores, with as keen delight as the laborer
returns, after each day's toil, to scan the precious
pages. The necessity which is laid on him to
labor which tears him away from study ere it tries
his mind and injures health, is the very thing that
makes him return with new avidity, and one reason
why he makes such rapid progress. The student
wearies of continual mental effort; his mind is
weakened. He longs for excitement, and seeks it
not in useful labor, which would benefit himself
and others, but in the gay circles of pleasure, too
of; en in the intoxicating cup, which, for a time,
stimulates his mind, and renders its powers more
brilliant and active, but hastens ther decay. Such
temptations lie not in the path of the worker.
The working-man lives more out of himsel
The student often has his eyes turned inward, con-
tinually watching the operations of his own
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forgetting that to know himself aright he must
compare himself with others, and see what are the
relations he bears to the outward world. Hence it
is, that often the noblest mind "preys on itself, and
is destroyed by thought." But the man with a
learning mind, who digs the ground or sows the
seed, makes rapid progress. lie sees the benevo-
lence of God in every opening bud and blushing
flower.
"The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,
The pomp of groves, the garniture of fields"
have all a voice for him, which goes to his heart
and wakes strange, beautiful thoughts there, lie
learns lessons of utility, of design in the natural
world, and with a soul enlarged yet humbled, he
applies to books and art, the exponents of other
men's minds and looks into his own to discover
the laws by which it is governed, and the links by
which he is bound to his fellow-men. He feels
that the elevation of the race should be the aim of
every man the end for which all knowledge ia
given. He knows that earth, with all its pomp, is
" passing away " mind only is immortal ; and there-
fore he alone is wise, and in sympathy with the
source of all knowledge, who takes the means given
to elevate and enlighten first his own mind, then
the mind of every human being over whom he has
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 9i>
any influence. And not only to believe this, but
to act io live it a man must do more than spend
a life in study.
The working-man also mingles with all classes
of society; he sees the workings of the human
lieart unrestrained by outward forms; he knows
the rudiments of mind, and watches its gradual
development, and sees what its wants are, and can
in part see what are the yearnings of the human
soul that fearful mystery whose depths can be
fathomed only by its Creator. The student has
not this advantage. He is conversant only with
those whose. minds are educated to a certain height,
whose manners are adopted, whose souls are veiled,
so that their lights and shadows cannot be seen,
and therefore where he would instruct and elevate
his fellow-men, he often fails.
The working-man, therefore, in all ages of the
world, has been more successful in doing good, in
advancing the interests of humanity, than a man
who is learned only in book knowledge. The lat-
ter may desire to do as much, but never can accom-
plish it ; being ignorant of the material on which
he is working. No one can be so good as he who
has been governed. No one can speak such worda
of encouragement and sympathy to the poor and
Buffering as he who has really felt, not imagined,
their hardships. It is only he who has taught him-
self, who has worked his own path up, that can
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stimulate the ignorant, the friendless, and forgotten*
to exertion. Self-reliance means something from
him. He has known what it is to be \\ithout a
friend; he knows every obstacle which lies in their
pathway; they were in his. No one can enter into
the feelings, or soothe the weary, wounded spirit of
the toiler, as a fellow-laborer can, who has battled
with poverty and ignorance, and gained the victory.
His hands are strong to uphold his fainting brother.
His voice is clear and hopeful to whisper words of
cheer. He can point onward and upward while
working by his side. The trials and sufferings he
met and overcame have fitted him to help others.
They formed his character; for, as in the natural
world, the richest fruit must be touched by the
frost ere it ripens and mellows, so it would seem in
the mental world, no character becomes perfect
until it is touched by the frosts of suffering.
The working-man gives example as well as pre-
eopt to the world. He is in it, and of it, and can
make himself felt by it, in a manner the student
cannot who lives apart from its active scenes. The
latter often gets too far above it, and dwells in the
regions of fancy or imagination, so that he cannot
exert a practical influence. But the man who
works as well as studies, is, as it were, midway
between heaven and earth near enough to earth
to feel with deep sympathy every movement, and
near enough to heaven's lujht and knowledge to
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 95
point others to the right way, leading upward.
There is no man who reflects and looks into the
future with a clear eye, but must discover truths
which the great mass of mankind are not prepared
to receive calmly. They will not hear them with-
out opposition. And here the working-man tri-
umphs. He is not afraid to speak wholesome but
disagreeable truths. No one can take away his
means of livelihood. He has a trade to work at, if
his pen fails to support him. His reputation is his
own his friends did not put it on him. He is
independent. And such men have done much for
the world, and their memory is blessed. The stu-
dent often conceals what he knows to be true,
because he cannot live without his accustomed
mode of maintenance, his reputation, and friends.
The working-man also exhibits a greater degree
of freshness and originality in his writings. There
is a naturalness in the thoughts ; they come from
the heart and go to other hearts with a force they
could not have, if first analyzed by the critic's head.
They are as flowers fresh from beside the hedge-
row, fragrant and blooming; not flowers taken apart
and torn by the botanist. The student who does
not let the emotions of kindness those sudden
impulses which at times arise in the soul like star-
tled birds in a* grove gush forth, but would fiist
dissect them, is like a child watching bright bub-
bles on a silver stream, and, anxious to know what
5
J)6 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER
thoy are made of, puts forth his tiny hand to toucn,
but they break, and the charm is gone. The man
at work in God's beautiful world gets his heart too
full ; his emotions will gush forth, and they fall on
other hearts like summer rain on the parched earth,
causing every green thing to grow, and the desert
to bud and blossom as a rose. As long as time
shall last, the pious words of the worker Banyan
snail echo through the earth. And the music which
gushed from the soul of Burns, as he followed the
plow and sang to the " Wee modest crimson-tipped
flower," shall never die away until the last soul-
chord breaks, for such music is immortal. It has
its home in every soul, and vibrates there; but all
may not express it. And that noble song, " A
man's a man for a' that," will be a watchword for
future generations.
As the world advances, its workers take a higher
position ; the dignity of labor becomes more appa-
rent. The land of Franklin has shown what a
single nation of workers can do towards civilizing
and christianizing a globe! The time draws near
when he who does nothing will le nothing, and
when there will be no aristocracy but that of
labor no noblemen but the workers. Not until
then will the beneficral influences of work upon the
mind be fully understood. In the clear light of
that day will the people of the earth begin to per-
ceive the wisdom and goodness of God, who, whec
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHEK. 97
he created man, although a world lay before him
to study, yet put him in a garden to " keep and
dress" it, and who tempered judgment with mercy
when, sending him forth from Edeu,'he made labor
pleasant and desirable to him.
[American Phrenological Journal.
PHRASEOGRAPHY.
By an extensive use of phraseograms, phono-
graphic writing is executed much more rapidly.
They are made by joining word-signs or two or
more words together, without raising the pen from
the paper, and are governed by a few simple rules;
and are as legible as it is possible for writing to be.
The first word-sign or word in a phrase should
keep its natural position, but the word-signs or
words that are joined in the phrase, may take any
position that most effectually facilitates the writing.
Thus, the phrase: A should have been done. It
will be seen here, that the words, have, been, and
done t are thrown out of their proper place ; or, in
other words, the position they occupy when stand-
ing alone.
Phraseography is more generally introduced into
the reporting style, but a limited nuruber of phrases
of the most familiar words in the corresponding
style is very convenient.
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACH ER.
PHRASEOGRAMS.
^- could not,
_^_^ could not be
C as well as,
y for instance,
i-^ at the same time,
-o as good as,
** as great as,
CLP as soon as,
*^ you must,
L it is not,
\ to be,
L it is not to be,
^ which would,
{_ which would not,
{^ wh ich woul d n o t be,
* that is,
,>_ yo\i must not,
*_, you can,
V I have,
^ I have not,
I have not had,
SL^ I have not seen,
I have seen,
V we have,
V. we have not,
we have seen,
V we have done,
we have not dout
I am,
I am not,
should be,
should not be,
PHONOGRAPHIC TE.ACHER.
fc this is,
j so as,
J so as to be,
,-K must be,
V in such,
"> in such a case,
^, long hand,
short hand,
^ if it,
^ if not,
*) there are,
\ there are not,
y it should not be,
^ I will not,
*" you will not,
^ as far,
^ as far as,
% by the.
l\ it should be,
^ so as to,
as soon as possible,
if it had not,
I have not,
I must have,
I must not,
I must not have,
**- there would not,
*-v there would not
have been,
I with which it is,
L with which it is not,
with which it we uld
have been,
^ are not,
,.. as it were,
x\ responsible,
100 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
The following exercise may be written entirely
with the word-signs, and will make a practical
application of most of them.
WRITING EXEROISE.
Establishments for improvement, and for know-
ledge-in-general, are very important things in a
kingdom ; and the more so, where it-is usual with-
them to represent and acknowledge good principles.
A phonographic establishment, in particular, is not-
only an immediate advantage to every gentleman
who-is a member of it, but to all. According to
general opinion, phonography is a subject we should
all have pleasure in, and think upon; without it,
language is not what-it-should-be : a remark in-
which there-is great truth, and to-which there-can-
be no objection. How, or on-what principle, can
we-be good or great without-improvement? Re-
member that every thing is an object of-importance
that comes under it ; and, beyond all, that the sure-
Word (of the) Lord God was given for improve-
ment.
After what-I-have-told-yv. a, are-there yet objec-
tions to-it ? Were there, an account of-them would
already have-been given. Great and good things
cannot come together without-improvement. Should
I-be told-that it-may -have-been-so, I-shall remark-
that, from what-I-know (of the) general spirit of all.
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER. 101
the truth is as I-have given it, nor-can you object
to-it. In short, gentlemen, establish it as jour first
principle, that-you-will-not give up; but, as you-
have opportunity, do all that-can-be-done towards
improvement in everything ; so will you give pleas-
ure, not-to-me-alone, but to all.
NOTES FOR THE STUDENT.
LABOR. " Nothing good without labor," is writ-
ten all over the intellectual heavens. Let no per-
son suppose that phonography will be acquired by
dreaming over it. The much-coveted art of short-
hand is to be attained only by persistent study and
practice. Hearty, energetic labor is not half so
tiresome as a lounging, yawning, listless shirking.
There is always a Sabbath for the determined work-
er, but for the persistent shirker there is a trouble
forever. If there is any thing that troubles you,
seek not to avoid it : meet it and master it. And
so proceed in your studies, and the art will soon be
acquired. For the want of this lesson many hare
doubtless relinquished phonography, just as they
liave every thing else which they were not com-
pelled to pursue, and have lost the numerous
advantages of an art which is easily acquired,
102 PHONOGRAPHIC TEACHER.
provided it be studied with the determination to
master it.
REPORTING STYLE. The student should not make
any attempt to write in the reporting style till the
corresponding style can be written and read with
ease. It is not well even for the reporter to write
very contracted forms. Those forms which occupy
the least space are frequently the most difficult to
write. To avoid an excess of contractions, vocalize
fully for some time, making it a general rule that a
word- form which can not be fully and easily vocal-
ized should not be employed. With this rule in
view, such words as bear, J>ar, far, fall, feel, will
not be written with the I and r hook-signs, but with
full phonographs. With few exceptions, the best
corresponding forms are best for reporting. The prin-
ciples of the reporting style are fully developed in
the " Reporter's Manual," from which work numer-
ous persons throughout America have learned to
write with the rapidity of speech. An accomplish-
ment so valuable the majority of phonographera
will strive to acquire, though, perhaps, they are
not intending to become professional reporters.
PIIONOGKAPHIC JOURNAL. Just as soon as the read-
ing exercises given in this book can be easily read,
the student should subscribe for the ^Phonograph--
ic Magazine, " or some other phonographic jour-
nal. It will supply reading and writing exercises,
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACH FB. 103
furnish useful and entertaining matter, point out
the pronunciation with greater definiteness than the
ordinary pronouncing dictionaries, answer your
queries, dispel your doubts, remove your difficul-
ties, give you the best outlines, and guard against
those that are incorrect in fine, render easy the
acquisition of an art " whose usefulness," says Dr.
Johnson, " is not confined to any particular science
or profession, but is universal."
The " Phonographer" may be made serviceable
in this manner : Copy out of it an article into long-
hand (phonetic longhand is best, as it accustoms the
pupil to phonetic analysis) ; transcribe the article
into phonetic shorthand without looking at the
" Phonographer ;" compare this shorthand copy
with the original ; correct the errors, if any, and
re-write. Tin's course should be continued so long
as there are any errors to correct, when another ar-
ticle should be copied. Assiduous practice of this
kind for a few weeks will fix the forms of the more
frequent and effective words of the language. It
will also be useful to copy into shorthand the pho-
netic print furnished in the "Phonographer." In
this case the pupil has the phonetic analysis of each
word provided for him.
PHONOTYPY AND PHONETIC LONGHAND are based
upon the principle of a sign for each elementary
sound no more, no less. Therefore, double letters
104
PHONOGRAPHIC TEACH KB
are employed in phonetic print and phonetic long
hand for those double sounds (diphthongs) which
are expressed in phonography (for stenographic rea-
sons) by single letters, such as ch (composed of t
and &h\ j (composed of d and zli), pi, jw, t?', dl. I,
oi, ou, ew. It will be observed that j is used for
zh, as in French.
The complete alphabet is as follows :
01 w;
food;
H u;
LONG VOWELS.
* I
8
f; Xi ^|
O O, Q 9,
& f
<j 0.
6r<* &*
Mt
aga,
<iir, alma.
all, ope,
SHORT VOWELS.
li,
E
-j
e, A a,
o, U u,
S9 A tf) J /Lt
it.
e
<ig<
s, rr, at, <vre, pass,
not, nor, c?/L c;<r,
DIPHTHONGS.
CONSONANTS.
*
ai,
oi, ou, iu ;
11 f*, c d, G Q,
et
at
fit art tu
7i$ /></ /^/
by.
ayt, Yotce, noje, new;
Win, Wen, vicious
b. d, f, g. h, j, k, 1, m, n, p. r, s, t, v, w, y, z.
le, rfo, />r, go, Ae, edfire, *ing, /et, ?ne, io, pie, roar, o, fa, tie, tee, yet, s<i.
Phonotypy closely resembling the genuine may
be produced by using the common types according
to the following scheme : Long Vowels a, TJ, a (or
A), o, o' (or o), iu. /Short Vowels i, e, a, o, u (or
q), u. Diphthongs ei, ai, oi, ou, iu. Consonants
th, th (or dh), c (or sli), ng, b, d, f, g, h, j, k, 1, rn,
D, p, r, s, t, v, w, z.
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/ ) \ '/' \ .?*'' c \
- c \ ( -N ^ ' . \ ' ^ < ' _ I,
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. \ s s . J , J ,
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L9 Marchand's Fortune Teller and Dreamer's
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"Wonderful and Mysterious Lady's Love Oracle. How to Foretell the Sex
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Dictionary of 3,000 Abbreviations, 13
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