The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-09
OLD TIME SPELLING MATCH.
STATEN ISLAND SOLONS TESTING
TIsEIIk ORrIIOGRAPVN.
Twcnty-Six Candidates in Line
Failure of twenty-five 10 Take the
FREDERICKSBURG Amendments TO
webster.

Twcnty-Six Candidates in Line
Failure of twenty-five TO Take the
Prize-AstOnishingA Amendments 10
webster.
at gives me great pleasure said Mr..
J. W. Smonton of the associated press,
as he stood on the platform of the Associ-
alton Hall at Factoryvile, Staten Island,
Friday night, las president of the young
mems north shore Christian association, TO
welcome you all here. We have met, as
amateurs in spelling, to find out who is the
best speller and who is the worst on the
north shore here. NO professionals will be
allowed to enter tn contest, and under the
head of professionals we rank school
teachers and school children, so that no one
can plead rustiness to excuse himself from
trying for the prize, We are still rusty.
and we must enter into this thing with
formality like children going to their play.
This gentleman here" and Mr.. Simonton
pointed to tall man dressed in peda-
gogue's true suit of black and with big
red head, 'will act as pioneer to choose
the words and PROFOUND them to the
classes. 1t rests with you to elect two cap
tains, who will in their turn choose classes
of equal number. Will somebody nomi-
nate the captains ?"
One voice brought forward the name of
w. II. Eadie, and another that of VIM. l..
Sexton, and the two gentlemen named, af-
ter the nominations were ratified by the
applause of the house, mounted the plat
form and tossed penny for the first choice
of followers.
The room was crowded, and every face
was expectant with the expression of hope
of being called, if only for the pleasure of
having chance to refuse, and this Interest
did not cease until name after name had
been called, and eleven gentlemen were
ranged in each opposing army. Then MIR.
Eadie led lady to his side, and while Mr..
Sexton looked on in dismay, Mr.. Hartman
Brown of Wall street, one of Mr.. Sections
men, balanced the honors by securing an
other lady and leading her to his seat Two
more were afterward induced to compete,
and then the twenty-sX spoilers were
ready for work.
DECLINING TN BAIILE.
Embarrassment" was the first word given
out by Pioneer Sprague. EN- b-a-double.
r.a-double. s-m.e-n-t," quickly replied Mr.
Sexton. "Intelligible," said the pioneer.
"I-n-in- .l-tel-intel-l-- lii intelli g-i-gi-
intelligi-b.l-e- ble- Ineligible" responded
Mr.. Eadie, amid the applause of the house.
Mr.. Eadies men tried to make "t-y-r-a-n-
i-c-l-e" spell "tyranncal," and Mr.. Sprague
invited him to step down and out. "A-q u
e.s" for "a-q-e-o-u S" cost Mr.. Sexlon's
army a man, and e-x-h-i-l-l-i.r ate" car
riedI off another "D-i-s-c-e-r-n-a-b--e"
'i-r-r-e-p-a-r-a-b-l-e"p paired with each other,
one Staying soldier Of Eades, and the
other knocking down and out very dis
gusted man who had been spelling with
more confidence than correctness.
Then came a word over which the debate
ran high and warm. "A-p-o-s-t-a-c-y' was
the way an Eadie man spelled it, and when
the pioneer announced that it was wrong,
there was rebellion everywhere in the air.
There were many speakers to uphold the
unfortunate speller, and the poor pedagogue
who had ruled otherwise was in a hopeless
minority until Webster's Unabridged
proved that he was right. Then Mr.. Brown
of Wall street rallied around him with an
II told you SO"
Oscilate was the next word that brought
death in the camps, and it killed the mar
dead who tried hard to spell it with l, and
indirectly deprived Mr. Eadie OF one of his
ladies who took it for model for the word
"ossify," which she argumentatively dis
sected into "o-s-c-i-fy."
AsToNIsHMEST.
When the truth was forced upon the hous
that her logic was bad, and that her etior
would not satisfy the demands of orthog
raphy, there was a look of stunned disma,
on the faces of more than half of the au
dience, and it was easy to read IN their eye.
"What is our language coming to, if sucl
gigantic reasoning won't master itf'
In the moment of confusion Mr. Sextol
mil NJ
down ana out, resigned the leadership o
his band to palc-faced man who tried t
palm off "i-d-i-o-s-y-n- c-r-a-c-y" as all RICH
and who was compelled in consequence +
yield his place to young lady who wor
pink rose at her neck. "C-i-s-m-a-t-ic
and "a.s-c-a-s-s-i-n-a-t-e were the net
which entangled two phonetic spoilers, an
one too many Is carried OIL another of MI
Sections party.
"Al-l-e d-g-e," called out one gentlema
in response to the pioneers call, and he wa
asked to step down He demurred, an
friends rallied around him, but still tn
pioneer would not succumb until refer
ence to the dictionary showed an old bu
satisfactory authority for the gentleman
method. Then some miserable boys in III
gallery, failing to sympathize with their dis
comftted teacher, started shrill, exaspel
rN'N
for the moment brighter than his hair
OLD, BUT GOOD.
~ have a personal statement, said h'
savagely, "to make to those boys VIII
hissed," and he looked very much as thong
he would settle the account with his feru
at the very earliest school session. "Thi
way of spelling allege," he continued, 81
more than fifty years old but is admiss
ble."
At this stage the losses on both sides wer
equal, but there were only ten left of IL
original twenty-six. "C-o-n-d-e-n-s-c-e-i
sion" "p-e-r-s-p-i-c-a-c,o-u-s" made IL
opposing parties four TO four, and 'pl-'
bi.a-n" and ''s-i-b-il" left them three
three, besides depriving each of its leade
"I-c-t-h-y-o-l-o-g-y. slowly spelled M
Brown. and when he was warned that
should have used another b, he cried GU
~ had it in, indeed did" But h
plea ayailed him nothing, and he locke
sadly at his diminished colleagues as
moved away, and then glanced at his opp
Al rbn nat