The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-13

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/" Belle Decker, " Louisa Kohler,
Eva Edinger, " Clara Mcllhaney
Minnie Drake, " Annie Kohler.
Mr.. Matlack was nominated enunciator
Two misses were allowed before the party
was permitted to step down. Miss Ida
Detrick was the first unfortunate on 'con-
dictionary" Mrs. Burson quickly follow
ed with "casimere. Miss Drake extern
porized way to spell "extempore'' which
would have made old Webster's head swim
to think of. "Ignitable" and " "inditable'
were the cause of disappointment to the
Misses Kohler. Miss Mary Garris got
wandered from the straight and narrow
but correct way to spell meretricious" at
the second vowel Mrs. Childs had better
been reticent, than spelt "reticence" with
" cents for the last syllable. Miss Nell
haney wasn't so fond of Uncle Sans spe-
Gle, apparently, but went for good sound
"sense". Miss Mary Garris was the first
to look up a seat after spelling "solomnize'
Ida Detrick couldn't be separated from her
and took an adjoining seat ON "seperate u
The next word was the cause of fearful
slaughter among the bold "spellists. :" 1t was
" "sadonaceous." 1t was curved, crooked
Strengthened out and cramped and twisted
again into every conceivable shape but the
right one by Misses Drake, Rees, Annie
Kohler, Ella Garris, McIlhaney, Mrs.
Childs, Mcssrs. Shearman, Mcintyre, Dins-
more, Holmes and Staples, till finally Fred
Kohler got the parts fitted together accu-
rately. This word had proved destructive
to what hopes Mrs Childs and Miss Nell
haney and Kohler had of bearing off the
honors. Miss Eva Edinger sought "tran-
guilty" in a chair. "Useing" used up
Mr. Shearman. Miss Ella Garris made a
violent attempt to govern "ollogarchy" in
that form but failed decidedly. "Myriad'
was far too many for Miss Decker. " Mag
natize' drew Mr.. Sayres half way to a
chair, and the next word made Mr. McIn-
tyre feel melancholy" Mr.. Matlack
anxious to display his skill looked around
for some one to "mesmerize" and found
Mr.. Sayres and Miss Decker first class sub
jects ''Metonymy' was figure of rhet-
oric which Mrs. Matlack, Mr.. Holmes and
MIR. Dinsmore had never quite understood,
and they received short course of instruc-
ton from Mr.. Staples, and then sat down.
This ended the first match Six still stand
ing on the Mr.. Dinsmores side.
Another match was arrnged Messrs
Staples and Sayres being leaders. The
following were the sides chosen.
Mr.. G. B. Staples, Mr.. Henry Sayres,
F" &. A. Holmes, 4" A. a. Dinsmore,
" Chas. Mcintyre, /" Fred Kohler,
Miss Lizzie Dreher, Mrs. JOS Matlack,
" Mary Garris, " Stroud Burson,
" Belle Decker, " DIR. Patterson,
Ida Detrick, Miss Annie Rees,
f" Eva Edinger, May Schoonover,
Mr.. Thos Walton, g Ella Garris.
"Analogous" was the first word causing
trouble and we never saw anything
analogous to the attempts of Misses
Detrick, Rees, Edinger, Mr. Walton, Mrs.
Burson and Patterson to spell this word.
Then Misses Schoonover and Detrick and
Messrs Mcintyre, Staples and Sayres under
went a course of "allopathic" treatment
and if we could judge from their counten-
ances almost any other branch of the
science medical would have been preferable
in their cases. Miss Detrick was the worst
patient and had to be tenderly placed in a
chair. "Crystallize' wasn't any where
near as clear as crystal to Mr. Kohler,
Miss Decker or Mrs Matlack. "Seige" sent
Miss Rees to seat. Mrs. Burson was
seized with the idea that if ''s-i-e-g-e" spelt
siege "s-i-e-z-e" must spell seize but she
sat down entirely free from such an idea.
Mrs. Patterson didn't sift enough from
her "sceive" and she sat down. Miss
Schoonover intimated her belief that
"beliefe" was correct and she was graciously
permitted chair. Ella Garris couldn't
make a good satellite" Mr.. Kohler
unblushingly pretended ''pretention was
correct and was handed a chair. "Oscilate'
oscilated from Miss Mary Garris to one
who spelt it better. "Canonize" sat Mrs.
Matlack and Miss Edingcr down. "Camel-
opard" proved very dangerous animal
contrary to general opinion and Miss Mary
Garris, Messrs Mcintyre and Dinsmore
were seriously injured, the two former
indeed did not recover "Aggrcvate" aggra-
waited Miss Decker, and she took a chair
The next word "accruing" was given to
Mr.. Staples who ratified it off sacruing''
and sat down under a yolley of astonished
"Ohs." Mr. Dinsmore, the last man on
the other side and who had been struggling
nobly for photographed renown, evi.
IDENTIFY didn't see wherein Mr.. Staples had
failed and for an instant he seemed com
pletely non-plused only for an instant, how
ever, when he seemed to have made up his
mind that that word would require an
immense amount Of labor, and he settled
down into state of the most profound
thought; soon sac" came gliding from his
lips; then followed minute and n half ot
classic statuary and silence, when sc-r-u''
came slowly and cautiously forth for the
next three minutes the amount of brain
power expended upon that syllable must