"Stand out from between me and the Sun.” DIOGENES.

VOL. VI.

FEBRUARY, 1889.

No. 2.

"Penn

ERRONEOUS SPELLING. S. S. Haldeman, in his work on Dutch," took from the file of a native druggist the names of certain drugs called for, viz. :

Allaways, Barrickgorrick, Sider in de ment, Essig of Iseck, Hirum Packer, Cinment, Cienwepper, Sension, Saint Cum, Opien, High Cyrap, Senoand mano misct, Sking, Coroces Suplement, Red puesepeite, Ammelime, Lockwouth, Absom's salts, Mick nisey, Corgel, Chebubs, By crematarter potash, Balderzon, Tower beans, Cots Shyned.

These properly written are as follows:

Aloes, Paregoric, Citrine ointment, Acetic acid, Hicru Picra, Cinnamon, Guiana pepper, Gentian, Cinchona, Opium, Hive Syrup, Senna and Manna mixed, Sulphate of Zinc, Corrosive Sublimate, Red Precipitate, Aniline, Logwood, Epsom Salts, Magnesia, Cordial, Cubebs, Bichromate of Potash, Valriean (G. Balprian), Laurel Berries, Cochineal. Haldeman also gives some examples of misdirected letters :

Bintgrof, Scur E. Quss, Nu Yourck Sevaber, Gandoge, Schickets Laenghaester Caunte, Burgix Caunte.

These properly spelled are:

Pinegrove, Syracuse, New York, Safe Harbor, Kentucky, Chiquis, Lancaster county, Berks county.

Druggists and postmasters who understand the dialect however, can read these examples with a good deal of ease. Many other lists could be given which are not only curious but instructive.

I. B., M. D., Oakville, Penn.