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Show Stammer With the Pen The diaoiaaiuu u H iiueatiun ot "pen stammering ' aiih. hi, d b Ur, llertlllon ot Paris, and in htch uiae reference wa made u Itlbot dlkcue-aloa dlkcue-aloa of Ih same lubjm remlnda roe that "pen atammcrliiK had bieu not only reeognlsed, but named, some time before either of those gentlsmea camo upon the scono of human activity activ-ity to observe and elaatlfy tbe nervous ailment ot mankind The fact It that Blr Wallet Soon, whoae writlngt have delighted to many peraons. ho a sufferer, suf-ferer, a abown by the following excerpt, ex-cerpt, taken from the -Life of Bioit,' by I-oekbart, loth volume, second edition: edi-tion: January 10, 1831 "I cauuot aay the world opens pleaaaotly for ma tu new year. "Taue are many thlnga for (iajj I have reaaon to be thankful eipoej. all) that Tadella p ins mem to have u-. ,.i,. t ,i i i ,1)t,s that tho mjmtnannatfniTii-i I ,; lUHLt tx 0 oaro will wull ulgli clear M. But I fcol myself decidedly vfreeaed In point of health, Mid am Ww eonltrmcd I have hail a paralytic, ipooa. I apeak aud read with embar-rgaement, embar-rgaement, and even my handwriting afn to stammer" This Rtatemeat carries the "pon stammerlug" bublt much farther back than tbe discussion up to tbls point had carried it and, no doubt, there can be found authentic authen-tic ease still further back than 1S31 The fact I that "pen stammering' probably came Into existence a short while ater men began to write It la, at any rate, quite reasonable to as-time as-time taat the ailment followed quickly quick-ly on the heel ot th writing huult ate! It wa probably more extensive In the earlr daya than It Is now. becauao It marked a departure In the utaa ot tbe hil '"New Orleans Tiro-Democrat |