Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — In the Margin. [ARTICLE]

In the Margin.

Occasionally one finds t omissions,, sometimes of quite common words, and' takes pleasure in writing them neatly in the margin of the dictionary. Often there is more satisfaction in finding the dictionary lacking than there would have been in finding the desired word in its place; In any case it serves small purpose to make these rubrics, but the inclination is Ifvesistible. Talking of faults recalls the anger of the autocratic Scottish parson who, when his meanings were disputed by. reference to the first dictionary makers, asked his argumentative parishioners the despotic question: “Am I not as good an authority as Doctor Johnson?” . This was merely an extreme way of* expressing dissatisfaction with one definition or accent.