The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-12-20
THE SPELLING MATCH.
A Large Gathering and n Good Time
Generany-Misses AN 4 Mfsters.

sembled at the sound of the school bell to
witness the spelling match for the benefit of
THE CHRISTIANS TREE,
and reporter for t4e SILVER STATE
deposited his two-bit piece, planted HIM
self at ons Of the desks 50 familiar to him in
childhoo IS days, but Immediately got up
the children have the same fun with the bsnt
pm they used to have-and took a survey Of
tic surroundings. Long before the hour al
1onnced for the combat with orthography the
edifice well filled with ladies and gentle
sre5s Of their offsprin2s study. In o short
Tins the principal, Prof. kennedy, appeared
and announced that all was in readiness. Xhe
understanding was that
Sides WERE TO BE CHOSEN,
| one pronunciation given and but one trial ct
the word. the one outspelling the others to
| receive a handsome glt-edgsd album, large
enough to hold the pictures vi ali ones friends
ana relstions. rns happy father was Of
often observed whispering words OF encour-
sssment to his dutifui son or daughter, there.
By cheering them on to wrestis with any word
from the Primer TO Webster's Unabridged,
and applying the kerchief vigorously TO en-
able them to lnake'a hno appearances. At the
| squad Of the bell the exercises commenced by
| choosing Miss Record aud Messrs. G. LaGrave
and Gibson to act as referees and appointing
A great deal OF amusement occurred 1T this
stage oil the affair by the
Il CALLS OF THE YOUNG LADIES
upon different gentlemen present and the
various excuses offered. Some had headache,
one had sore throat. ano ther had y toothscne,
one luLlly ran out doors, while another made
the extraordinary excuse that he coulant read
evidently from she b-ckwoods. Yet there II
nothing bat what bright young female can
! do. When she COOS at it right, anu ia q short
time twenty-five were in q TOW waiting fer the
jaw breakers. Then, TO enliven the occasion
! stlli more, Miss wilkinson took
/ SEAT AT TAk ohSAS
| and Miss Sarah Bell sang in - rich. slear
voice, very beautiful song, which the audi
| ence showed ther APPRECIATION Of BY enooring
her heartily. Then the fun Commenced, the
| professor propounding and the contestants
trying to overcome the words given. At the
| first, one young hero fell ON the word "vicisoi-
tude;" another gor very much embarrassed -
| but rallied when three gentlemen retired on
| TIE word ''indictsble." Then youthful typo
threw the fraternity into the shade by stun
n!ing over the word "inAamna bic" young
lady following in his footsteps over the word
I,"hypocrisy." young man then knocked
millinery" into cooked bonnet, and ''con-
scientious' sent another 10 keep him COM
pany." '.Auspicious" WAS
! TOO MUCH FOR JERRY GRAMME.
who retired, looking like a last years
al nansc with the suulinsr months torn out.
| The rank now commenced TO Look beautifully
less, probably beautiful because the majority
were young iaiies. "Cstechise," "snalyze."
"criticise." etc. were easy, bat unparalleled
laid low quite number. Aqueous" "xqde-
duct, "dishsb lle.s etc, were laughed at and
some mirth occasioned by the professor bel IL g
corrected when he thought he had the 'elon-
gated" "cadaverous." ''omnivorous,' dead
shure-thing on them. "Hypothesis" was q
teaser. and 'gArrulous'' So strong that one sat
down. "Exhalation" nearly took the breath
away from one young lady, but she caught it
in time Irresistible" and ''parricide' di-
unfinished the file to 70 r young ladies aud one
gentleman, and then "symbolizs" was
| A PULLBAcK
for one OF the ladies'. "Assessable" came
near making another assessnent, but the little
"a" was put In its right place and she heaved
q sigh of relief.
it now began to appear as IL they would keep
the professor at his post all night and wear
out the spelling book. He would give nice
little easy one and then one as long as Chi
nese funeral, but they were there every time.
! "Variegated" always did make trouble 10.
seph's coat was that way, and he had trouble
and one OF thu young ladies had trouble with
it too. She spelled aud pronounced it right
the first time, bat through u misunderstand-
/ ing on the part OF the professor was adjudged
guilty aud ordered to take a seat. A question
was raised about 1t. an upon 1--we stigatisn it
on the word Imminent" at
TWO YOUNG LADIES AND ONE GENTLEMAN
We're now left. and all hands began to
ssutter. .Resistance" sent enc miss to
her seat. who could easily have spelled it,
bat became embarrassed, leaving Mr.. Hender-
son and Miss Hattie Gilbert standing to com
| pete for the prize. The word anniversary
| caused Mr.. II. to think of some dear Anna
spelling it in that manner, and amid much APP
\ plause the young miss OF thirteen carried off