The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-24
ASOTHER SPELL.
The Presby terians Have Eo"eh VI
the Fever.-Large Audience M"
Pleasant Time.

all INV might" Another evidence oil the
fact was given last night in the spelling
match at the First Presbyterian Church
The lecture room was filled to overflow
ing with an audience brilliant and
/ fashionable. Beauty was there, OF course
/ for it is an undisputed fact that Wheel
/ ing can boast Of more really beautiful girls
and ladies than any other city OF Its size
on the continent. They're lot afraid 10
ventilate their photographed knowledge
before an audience, but have horror OF
seeing their names in print in connection
with misspell. The request of bright
ewes and ROSY lips is law, even to such
| an iconoclast as a reporter, "hence, there
fore" if the readers OfthiS desire to learn
the names of the ladies who retired with
ont konors from the contest last night
they the readers, to be sure, must &C
and.ask the ladies themselves.
After the two companies had been
chosen under the command of General
Will List and Commodore Sam Mccall.
Tough, the former read the rules
that had been adopted for the conduct OF
the battle. They we're the same us those
I,f
each speller was required to pronounce
the word before AMI after spelling It
Rev. ID. W. Fisher announced as II sup
Elementary law, that the audience could
clap their hands as much rs they pleased
if they would not stamp their feet.
George Q. Black, Esq the man who
has digested all the dictionaries and
smelling books that have been issued dur
ing the present century, was selected aS
announcer aud Mr.. Barr as referee, with
Old Noah W to back him.
sonnet was the first word Mr.. Black
,nunciatcd. and Commodore Mccullough
was the individual he threw it al. 1t
proved too much for the Commodore; he
.,,r, ont two "r's" and fell without Il
groan, while the audience cNploded-with
lauchtcr-and the >anguinarv engage
ment commenced.
7. ,,,baa hr, Harry, w lis, boJ
.o.;u, =, ,rrs,o II. iry.s,;o,.,,or. into
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1870 ct.
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p"op'o'' 'o''
One of tn" ladies who has very sweet
face ~ well as attractive contour, was
given permission to retire and consult the
dictionary Tor mirror forputtng it 'cur
Rev. d. W. Fisher Is not Il bit "biuiSh;
at any rate he was not sufficiently well
acquainted with the word to drop the &c
in taking on the attiX.
Another Girl very near, if not quite as
GOOD looking rs the first one that sat
down cot lost because. probably, ii WAS
her fate to play closing" game with AN
..e" in il
"Woollv." Webster says. can have one
or two as in it, so that the person who
spelled il with one didn't sit down.
"S-a-u-e-r-k-r-a.u-t," ''sourcrout,' was
little too tart for the noble army enlist
ed to wage war for orthoSrapny. 1t was
spelled by about twenty persons in as
many different ways. Webster SAID the
first was correct, McGutfy said the second
was correct, and the amateur orthoSr"-
phists who failed on 1t mad an idea th"t
they dIdnt know anything ABOUT 'n'
orthography OF the "or"' II 'neS u'u
know the taste ot the article Al''r co''-
tlnung the dispute until II S"ur'u' All
,,,,,,,,oI daoi-;,r vaa mad. and only one
-. ..;n,J NJ uro;s
Cbor,io lis, had = "op,Imo without an
uno,1so, dow, % rocovnr
N,s,or Rohert Horn. tbonobt the ot.
,,o.rhere foo ablcck" for him, and
soucht shelter.
Al this iunc,urc Commodore McCul.
Iou,b notified tbe boys that if they
rromnted the Girls there would be fight
The rirIs looked astonishcd and the bows
defiant
Jool Woods suffered from a drought
with ,hc two last letters reversed, and
wen, out to hunt = cool and quiet stream
a. s,oLo thirst or like , wounded
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