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THE DESERÉT ALPHABET.
VOCAL SOUNDS.				𐐘 . . Ga 𐐙 . . F 𐐚 . . V 𐐛 . . Eth 𐐜 . . The 𐐝 . . S 𐐞 . . Z 𐐟 . . Esh 𐐠 . . Zhe 𐐡 . . Ur 𐐢 . . L 𐐣 . . M 𐐤 . . N 𐐥 . . Eng	The sounds of the letters 𐐆, (fit,) 𐐇, (net,) 𐐈, (fat,) 𐐉, (cot,) 𐐊, (nut,) 𐐋 (foot.) are heard in the words 𐐕, (chee-se,) 𐐘, (ga-te,) 𐐛, (s-eth,) 𐐜, (the,) 𐐟, (fl-esh.) are heard in the words 𐐡 is like ir in st-ir; are is made by the combination of 𐐈𐐡; 𐐥 is heard in l-eng-th. Learn this Alphabet and appreciate its advantages.
Long. 𐐀 . . E 𐐁 . . A 𐐂 . . Ah 𐐃 . . Aw 𐐄 . . O 𐐅 . . Oo			Double. 𐐌 . . I 𐐍 . . Ow 𐐎 . . Woo 𐐏 . . Ye Aspirate. 𐐐 . . H
			Articulate Sounds. 𐐑 . . P 𐐒 . . B 𐐓 . . T 𐐔 . . D 𐐕 . . Che 𐐖 . . G 𐐗 . . K
Short.
𐐆 𐐇 𐐈 𐐉 𐐊 𐐋	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	This column of letters are the short sounds of the above.

The lady's "wicked Welshman"—I suppose she remembered the well-known line anent the sons of the Cymri—

"Taffy is a Welshman, Taffy is a thief"—

is no Cambrian, but an aborigine of Leek, Staffordshire, England, and was from 1888 to 1848 an excise officer in her majesty's In-