Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
A. ,he Msnchester Smelling match last

ANY spelling authorized Ol walker,
WOrce.ter or Webster Will be counted
good.
Th- class will sit, and each stand as he
or she spells; when one misses, with
drawal from the stage viii be in order.
The words will be pronounced first to
one side, aud, ifmisSsd, then to the other,
after which they will not again be pro-
nOunced.
No one will spell any more words than
another. If there is one left on one side
and twenty on the other, the whole TWEEN
ty will spell before the single speller has
another tarn.
The following account of the marriage
ola former Lancaster boy. now a resident
of Ukiah, Cal, we clip from tn? Almedd
(Cal..) EaciRal. Mr.. Nutter is son of
Capt. Jason +. Nutter of this place:
The event of the week was the marriage
of Miss Mary Bietta, second daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Green. to Mr.. John
2. Nutter, of Ukiah City, Mend9cino
county, which happy episode occurred
last Sunday, at about half-past one o'clock
z. n, Rev. G. W. Mayer, of Christ Church,
officiating. The bride and bridesmaids
were tastefully attired in pure white.
The trying ordeal of the Episcopal mar
rage service being over, the happy couple
received the congratulations of the friends
present, after which an elegant wedding
breakfast was furnished in the conserva-
tory, to which full justice was done by ALL
even the newly married couple, who are
generally expected to feast on love alone,
indulgiug in the choice viandS furnished
for tbn rnnaSinn In inh,oI ii, Inr
reunion. Before wishing the newly mar
ricd couple happy journey through life,
we were permitted to inspect some of the
elegant and useful bridal preSents-amOng
them pair of the softeSt and finest Mis-
sion blankets, with the initials NJ. b. n.
tastefllly woven into the yielding texture,
a gift of Donald McLennon, the head of
the famous Mission Wooden Mills; an
elegant china and dinner service complete,
from f. G'iSar & Co.; silverware in pro-
fusion, embracing cake basket, teapot,
castor stand complete, four silver napkin
rings. syrup pitcher and plate, one dozen
silver tablespoons, one dozen silv.r tea
spoons, two dozen silver forks, one dozen
table knifes, bronze parlor lamp, we'll.
furnished work-box, vases, toilet sets,
etc, and a patent clothes pin, the gift oil
an admiring friend. The bridal party,
with Miss Lizzie Green, the brides elder
sister, left for Ukiah City on Monday
morning, bearing with them the hearty
good wishes of their many friends.
The spelling match last Friday night
although not largely attended, owing nc
doubt to the bad travelling and the in
clemcnGy of the weather, passed off quite
satisfactorily to all concerned, except per
hapS those who got "spclled down" A
board of reference consisting of MeSsrs
VIM. Haywood, VIM. Barns, and Alexan
der Thompson sat in Judgment to decide
questions of order and disputed point:
concerning the photography of words ex
hnmed from Webster and Worcester TO
! this particular occasion. Chester 3. Jor
dan called the Schonl to order anC
took his position in the floor, spellin!
book in hand, prepared to "put out" tn,
words. Mrs. p j. Noyes and G. II. En-
erson were designated to "choose sides,
and took their positions on the back "a
in front of the stage, the spoilers as fas
rs chosen taking places on either side
Perhaps two thirds Of those present re
fused to spell, whether for the same rea
son that Jack refused his supper, or L
preserve their dignity is somewhat un
certain. According to the ancient custom
the class spelled for armour or so sittin,
down, the referees meantime keeping
record Of words miSspelled, of which
=. appeared by their report twelve wer
charged to Mrs Noyes' side and four t,
Enerson'S.
In spelling down, some who had don
the best while sitting down fell victim
to apparently simple words, "gallon" It
firing one Of tn. best spoilers in the elias
the first time round. ''Seizin" was til
next word missed, and fell like a charg
of grape into the ranks, moving dow
four or five chosen photographers befoI
the letters composing it were properl
Arranged. One by one the members {
the class succumbcd to such formidab
enemies as "whercver," "knick- knacks
''metonymy," 'Inalmsey," withhold
"querl," "anise," "philippic," "abrid,
ment," "plebeian," ETC., until 'colicky
left only Miss Mary Moore, of Northun
bcrland, only about thirteen years of az
= standing. She was awarded the prize, {
elegant copy of Saxe's poems, amid Il
cheers Of the audience. AS the hour WI
not far advanced it was decided to hay
another "spell' and all but few of Il
= timid, who got enough Of it the first tin
y round, stood up again. This time Il
: words ''isthmuses," ''cumfrey," "exhil
rate" 'rarefy," "fLchSia," "gherkin
''phthisicky," "erySipelas, and oth:rs
the same sort retired one after another
= the competitors until Miss Carrie Mutt
was left master (Or mistress) of the stu
ton. Both of the champions belong
J. Oh Mrs. NOyes' side, which to our mi
d made it decidedly 4 onc-siled affair.
e the lose of the exercises it was Il
a nounced that another match would tn
/, place when the trAveli.g gets settled
n as to give the outer distr cts chance
d be represented. ......
&c At the adjourned meeting of the Co
&c and Essex Agricultural Society held S;
Il urday, 9TH inst, the following gentcm
e from the different towns within the
ciety limits were appointed upon the F
ecutive Committee for the current year
Lancaster--A. p. Freeman, Villa
Clough, VIM. A. White, II. G. Hodgdo
Geo. w. Webster, i. A. Rhodes, Nath
n. Stickney.
e Lunenburg-Lambert HASTINGS. c. J