Show congressional orthography it Is a fact that not all of the mem bers of the house are able to spell cor erectly a failing that is less noticeable since the employment of ste pliers to dispose of their mail there was one member from kentucky whose shortcomings in this respect were well I 1 down to his associates knott used to have a good deal of fun at the expense of this friend one day in the chloal room he said that his friend although a bad speller was ac counted good in his own town another country lawyer had drawn up a legal paper in which that useful and long suffering animal was spelled hor horce h o r a e the clerk questioned the accuracy of this and the lawyer said we will leae leaie it to congressman smith the latter looked the document over seriously and asked john why didn dian t you leave oft off the e 9 |