The daily gazette., 1875-04-13
n S,carm of Spelling Bees.

Baltimore spelling bees are buxzing.
West Chester wants "Pronouncing
Bug"
Seventeen spelling matches took place
in Boston and its suburbs last week.
Correctly don't seem like hard word;
yet they all go down because they can't
spell correctly. |t. .-q
Rhode Island bristles with spelling
matches. Some OF the dictionary words
reach clear across the State.
Physicians recommend the omission
OF all words Of over sixteen syllables ct
the spelling schools for fear Of lockjaw.
Salisbury Lyceum will hold beein
the Court House for the benefit Of their
library, on the Goth inst. .,..
Some of the Western papers give long
strings OF notices of proposed orthogra,-
phical contests under the head Of "Pro-
spective Spells"
Now doth the evening spelling bee
Comb down the Dragging spoilers;
'Tis honey for the pretty girls.
But waxy for the "fellers."
indianapolis and Evansville are going
to spell against each ether 10y telegraph.
The prayers of the righteous are request
GU Aol chC dhlO1 OpcTdLOr5.
A Chicago man thinks that the worst
speller ought to get the dictionary, and
the winner should have a wreath Of
sorrel, or some other garden sass. like
them Greeks"
The Newtown Literary Association arc
getting up IL bee. Fifteen scholars OF
the High School are to stand against
fifteen outsiders.
Spelling matches received bard blow
| in Richmond the other day. 1t is said
that all went well till a member Of the
Virginia Legislature spelled country
| with "k," and the matches were die
| continued.
The boys tricked the girls in q SPELL
ing match at Providence. The agree
ment was that the words should be Sc
lected from the city newspapers of the
day OF the match, and the boys secured
| the publication OF a scientific article
full OF unfamiliar terms.
Lewes is making arrangements for q
spelling bee. A lady's gold watch, $40
gold piece and Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary will be the prizes.
Apropos of the spelling mania it may
be OF interest to know that lady of
Providence, X. l., during leisure mo-
ments, has spelled six hundred and fifty
words out of the word congregational
ist," and In no case repeating letter in
the formation of word.
The teacher of district school is in
the habit Of asking his pupils to define
the words which they are given to spell.
The boy who had to wrestle with the
word "ulcer' said, with good deal OF
confidence, that it was President Grant &
, first name.
i At public spelling match in Indian.
apolis, the first person who missed O
| word was the editor of the School Jour
nal, formerly Superintendent of Educa
. > tion in that city. He spelled "allege'
9 with ID and was presented with {
:, huge cabbage for bouquet .:-r
There is fear of freshet on tho You
> ghiogheny river, Pennsylvania, and il
: the Youghiogheny river should get on
tear, and people living along the You
ghiogheny should be drowned, we hav,
hired man to stand beside each com
/, positor and slowly spell "Y-o-u-g-h-i
t h-e-n-y."-Detroit Free Press.
e o, lead my infant feet to walk
e Into the spelling school;
q Let other children sneer and laugh
+ At photographic rule.
+ But me that better way still lead
Till perfectly l spell;
!, So may / shun the path that leads
To where Josh Billings fell.