Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1884 — How to Pronounce “Boston.” [ARTICLE]

How to Pronounce “Boston.”

The word must be pronounced with dne reverence. The accented oof the first syllable is not the ordinary short o, bnt the stqpe prolonged and pronounced with a marked reverence, Jas in the kindred word God. These are the only two words in which the vowpl has the peculiar sound; and a true Bostonian, who properly appreciates: Boston cultnre, always takes pains to make the vowel in the name of his sacred city fill the month as ronndly as in that of his Deity.- IndependWes. Reeves, of Memphis, Missouri, had a tomato vine covering 300 square, feet and bearing 3,000 tomatoes.