The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-17
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IT, ,na Brokers spell.

.,-n,s CONTEST AMID VARIOUS DIFFlceL-
r,rs-TBE WINNER RECEIVES A Dlcrip 'f'd"!
Tho nsppllirg mania - has penetrated
,ra,I stroet and the Times Of "Wednesday
ie,ls how the brokers went II long or snoi'
ON certain words = 49, ,ooa
Vail and Broad streets PIT on orosu
,,n;la Yesterday when 1t WAS announced ,ha'
. rrs1d smelling match would take Place
ofter business hours in the Stock EHchanss
hetueen members CT that concern. hccolu'
in"iv. when the gong sounded for 8 ocloeh'
thers pras q tremendous rush Tor the cover
nnr,s room. I'D stairs, where the contest WAS
~ ha held and II was soon full To oVeinoW-
;ne Mr. vii lam B.. Bend speeu'i!
aIsc,ed himself chairman and examiner anu
unearthly howls of approval, and Metsrs' u
n While and ], o. Stevens were appointed
~ Minis respectively OF the right and leit
urinas # ths spellipg troops. The folio"
;rn Knights we're entered on the lists:
Wessrs. Joseph Taylor, nj. C. bouV!er'
Hsrrv Dodge: Tiilmap, 8. T. Lippincott, :.
% sayi,1' skinner, Duraud. Tuttle. Al.
y Drake s, Y. White, e. Hartman, W. NC
Cinrs Forrest, Germop, Berry. Ormsoy, :
Moves Wood, Morris, fourg, J. b. Fatr'
child Tbotne, Davis, Campbell, W: 'Dyse'
K;lhretb. eli. Haight, Webster, De Aot1,
s..I,nser and W. II. Alexander. They we're
nn,nercifnIly cbsffsd as they took their places.
II hann,npd that nearly all sat down on Inc
right side of the ROOM, ana ooIs tMo -,
three on the left. The CHAIRMAN oluoi,u
them TO equaize themselves, "hercupon 'ne
entire body on the right arose as une l'"u
aud marched so'emnly over 10 Inc ,el'.
was some time before they coli!u DC plo'
perly divided, but this was OIL last aecoin,
plished, aud the two captains eacn afsne :,
with huge dictionary, yeiled Ieaul,
phereupon there was an outoufst OF cat'ca,is
and cheers. Mr.. Bend gave ou1 VI.
word "aba,able," and Mr. ililm1n "eu y,
long of it an "e." Cries OF "klIi nim,
and cheers followed his ext: tne mex
word was "alcohol," which Mr.: Mcclure
spelled with k. On being told that nc "as
wrong be wanted to know WHAT E'''a o'
free country this vas where man cou'ane
spell a'chohol as be wanted ana use II, too'
Cheers aud depreciatory remarks OF Var'ou>
kinds greeted this oulburst. Dir. Armstrong
tackled abatement with success, wnelea'
groans and yels indeseribable testlhsa 10 ene
DISCUS. of the auditors.
And 80 it went on for an hour. W nen,
ever a man missed he was cheerea' ana
whenever be spelled CORRECTLY Lucy sIoao""
him. all kinds Of comicai comments were
bundled about. Conscience" shouted Mr.
Bend. "Hc amt got any, yelled man IN
the Urowd. Many spelled words wrong pnr'
uosely where they saw a chance 10 make .
pun or Introduce catcb.word. Eyre,
said Mr.. Bend. "E.r-i e." spelled the man
addressed The confusion, yells, and com
ments would have been impossible out
side Of the Stock Exchange. Among
Yesterdays msspeIled words tue following
may be taken as specimens Of the manner
in which the majority of the brokers spell:
Obpoctious for obnoxious, trratreavaole Tor
irretrievable. obc,lete for obsolete, orrarey
for orrery, Kreole for Creole, paynard for
poigpard, bidellium for bdelium, protatype
for prototype. inerstia for Inertia, aberriSi'
nal for aboriginal, abbored for abhorred,
abbreviated for abbreyiate, accelerated for
accelerated, abolish for abolish, idioclncarsy
for idiosypcrasy. absus for abscess, nuk!eous
for nucleus, sllytudeDarean for valetudtna-
riau, abayance for allegiance, abiss for abyss,
combine for condigu, daggerotype for da-
guerrotype.
Finally Mr.. W. T. Alexander was the only
man of either side left, and to him was
awarded the prize. 1t proved, however,
an expensive victory.