National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-25
THE WORDS WHICH CAUGHT THEM.
Some Of the Characters NJ Hrs. Elders
The school.MRFm Abroad - DR..
sunderland's Little Tea Party
Ten Goats 10 Get In after
Miss-L0ts Of Pun.

"Notis: THAR vii be . Spelin mach In thiss
rhums peckt Rsnsy mite, Marehe ~, at eroIock
egRackly. All puTsons air ooFgely enviEed tn
purticerpate. Dockter and Missus Elder air Thea
pTesidin oiEers.
"Bi order, WuN Ho KEozE.u
In pursuance Of this classical notice about two
dozens Of all ages and sexes copyrighted At the
house Of Mrs. wager, 1913 H street last night
Mrs. DR.. Elder was chosen to pronounce the
words and Mr. Spencer and Mrs. Baxter were
hosts.
The battlefield was the dining room. On the
door was tackled the above notice, and below It
was pasted the following quotation from Byron's
Manfred: "The spells which have studied bafie
me-" The two sides were ranged In irregular lines
room was long, and as It was lighted only At one
end an appearance Of solemnity was lent 70 the
occasion, which was favored By the sepuIohrai
list Of words which had been cIrefulIy cuIled from
cookery books, almanacs and other works Of stand
ard literature, and a few, also, from Webster's
Unabridged. She led OF with score OF
HIeH-soUEDINe PoLYsYLLABLEs,
which went rafting about without having any
effect. The word "acephalous" resulted in open-
ing the eyes of an elderly man with red eyes and
grey WhiskeIs, who Wrestled with 1t awhile but
couldn't hold 1t. The word "polygamist" fell 70
the part Of young dRmsel, who evidently did not
want to tackle IT; but upon being pressed, pro-
SsSdsd; RT1 pol 5e 3 hs hep y Y
hysterical chokes) The young lady was aston
ished when informed shat she was wrong. There
tip o: his nose. who was always edging in some
thing about Greek and Latin roots and yoluu-
teering definitions Of the words pronounced.
There was one young lady who spelled "saladn
with two rs, and sWore she had seen It spelled
that way hundreds of times, and who undertook
to vouch for the correctness Of every word that
ssspelled. There was one gentleman " BIO spelled
'cOlander" with q "u," and commenced to tell
how his mother pronounced II, but happening to
catch his Wife's eye he quietly subsidized.
There was one tall pale. Intellectual looking
youth who took to polysyllRbles as naturally as
duck to water, but "apsllyOn" capslEed him. A
his eyes and stepped down and out
A gentleman with o low forehead and ragged
eide. Whlikers, spelled pony" pO-n.e-y, and then
looked around Tor
APPROVING SMILES.
This gentleman was continually asking vhstber
his turn had como around yet or not, aud feeling
highly gratihed whenever he was answered 10
One lady. who wore little snaky rInTIsts run.
ming down into her ears took 10 the dOu olnted
words without choking or gulplng particle. She
vas built on the plan OF ooltsaehsr, and had
9 schoolmarm puts on whom she has the ruler
EliIped up her sleeve and 10 waiting for Johnny
q; JSsSy 70 thrGT The sRl!bsl which he has ia
''feryed her lsfyBH for the desperate thing,
And cleared thS e.bafisd SyIisbes az IbfinE."
Not even this Intellectual AmaEon was IntaIIlbls,
o sbdaRs Two tSra 81 e her PS:SSs az
pride At tho same time.
After few rambling discussions on the sanity |
NreckI thrown out pf the Esms a. WoFt6issi, he |
battle was decided drawn, al two were sill IN. |
iAgl on one side and three on the other.
.OaTSt 70 drown lie memory Of thss ISisS, sn
failures In social chat, The following are some |
p nns rSTdl SPSsn which lhs little bGpd ElI
valiant, salad, EshehloEy, pony, umbrella, apollo.
sIeT Apollyon aeet0, RIo6tie, pOlyERmiIt, bFIS.
We, sapphire. plebsiah. Ilyaa(, agreeable, |
lumplerI tonooiAst and bupeFeToEAtoTy,
A. DT. BuadsrIand'G.
The hTGt spelling contest OF the season vas at |
DT. BundsTlAhdL church last evening. The yes. |
ny was we'll hlsd and all were 10 the full AntlsI.
patton of A committee Of arrangements had |
decided upon . plan, which Was presented and |
adopted, essentially ~ follows The director shall
DO presiding otiieer and psdRRoEuS.
Prof.. QRllaudet, OF the National Deaf Muts |
College, was chosen 10 preside. Two leaders vera
selected By the audience, who, IN turn, selected /
IpelieTS from the Audiehee-eQuAl numbers on |
'aeh side, So soon % . word Is missed the Of.
irIt oonteI. PROFESSIONALS shall DO excluded, and
,toIenlonalI shall comprise sohooI.teGcherE,
ehool girls and boys and proofreAderE
we're selected a. leaders. A "nleklo" was snapped,
md head" gave the frst choice 70 MIIburn,
ADout twenty on "Hide" were chosen, and the
ontest began. Fun was the order, but deoorum
vas strictly enforced by the master who called
Up the class and ordered all the boys and EIFlS
Q keep quiet. "Webster's Spelling Book" was
he text book, and the hTst words spelled were,
through the class without miss. The frst
miss" was on "Witticism," and
AYoUNG MAN WENT DOWN.
Miss Sunderland struck on 'sppoIIyin." The
ext speller made a venture on 'ipellGgIon," and
mother tripped on "ceTulean."
The contest narrowed down to Prof Hayden,
lits Thompson and Miss Johnston. Miss
rent to the wall. The trial was kept up meek
nd neck" by Mr.. Hayden and Miss Johnston.
nd Hayden stood up alone, resolved to tight it |
ut on that line. The director tried all the hard |
words as he came to them. Hayden resisted |
p1aniuily, but at last went up on ''syEygy," and
The best Of good feeling prevailed, and It is i'm
ossible to carry the fun outside the house to the
The second trial under the rules was omen 10
II, Of whatever condition, color or estate Pro- |
eSsor Hayden, being the victor in the first, was
lis best competitor was also nominated but de- |
lined to take the lead, and Miss Laura Sunder.
and was selected instead.
FIFTEEN OR TWENTY
N each side then "stood up" The rules in this
Tere, further, that any Tsnguished speIIer might
nto the treasury.
4ho uIeL HsI VI WOrOb CHOSEN I0r this contest |
Eere such irregular words as Of and ie occurred
q. The first "miss" went out on tRrIeVIousG
rhe next split on "disseize;' another made q
scratch" on "appanage." The contest here be-
anne sharp. "Glbyl" brought down one and
palate" caught another, till Prof Hayden and
lis "side" won't out. Hayden, Coburn, Titus and
diGs Sunderland paid their ten cents and came IN
gain. The war was brisk till Hayden and
Titus on one side aud Miss Johnston on the other
gain held the field, when ''cyme" swept the
,oard, and the audience broke up we'll Satisfied
hat better time could only be had on the second
rial.
A CHILDREN's MASQUERADE.