Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-04
THE CITY.
SPELLING FOR CHARITY.
A Miss ~ Good as q Mile In That Case
More OrthOgraPhIeaI Fun Among
the Public square Boys.

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More OrthOgraPhieaI Fun Among
the Public Square Boys.
The young men and a number Of mer-
chants on the Public Square got up another
spelling match last night, for the benefit Of
the Protestant Orphan Asylum. The
tournament was held in the County Court
room, and a paying audience was in atterd.
ance. I. d. Fife was called to the chair,
and appointed j. w. Thomas and Z. p.
McWhirter as captains. Each chose
twenty-One spoilers and announced that
they were ready to begin. ID. B. Bryan
and F. A. Shepherd were appointed
referees, the former having Wor-
cester's Dictionary and the lat
ter Webster's unabridged. Professor
j. L. WOolWine was made enunciatOr,
and II. Z. PendletOn was assigned the duty
Of ringing a huge COW bell when a word
was misspelled.
1t was announced that the best speller
would be awarded a fine hat and the
first TO step down and Out'would get a SPELL
ing book.
A number Of visitors were present from
New York and Baltimore, but they de-
clined an invitation to enter the contest
with the Nashville boys.
The chairman suggested that at first ONLY
easy words should be given out, and the
work then commenced. The first mai TO
retire was an enteTprising salesman in a
hat house, who spelled "fuel"
with "fewel" He was greeted with
deafening yells, while Mr.. Pendleton
used his bell vigorously. The next un-
fortunate put one Of the "e's" after the 81"
s-,E A
standing collar and blue Cravat was told
to sit down for making ''avOw'' "ayOugh."
Mr.. B. spelled scandal with "dle,' and
"OlUshed like the red, red rose A modest
individual who offered the reporter a dime
not to mention bis name, failed on ''gun-
VALE by inserting an 'h7 and making it
'gunwhae.' A well Known merchant put
"a" between the sees" in ''superceed.7 A
healthy looking gentleman was lost on
rheumatism" BY leaving out the
&C." The gayest boy in town
was flOOred by the word
fciVilian," which he commenced with an
IS" and added an extra a." A very quiet
youth used IS" for "c'' in "placid." An
Edgefeld man failed on 'instil" by sufix-
ing another 81" schedule" proved too
much for Mr.. J., who left out the 'h." A
clerk in a wholesale drug house spelled
'sequestered" in a way peculiar to himself,
having it ''sequestiared.n A youth who
said he was thinking Of his sweetheart put
an additional Il" in "lily." 1t was KS
turn when "viliier" was given out. He
began with ,'viller," and then realizing his
mistake ran out Of tie class. ''ApTOPOs"
was spelled "apprOspOs.' E. was
not satisfied with one So in
"handful," which made an al" Of a diff
ference. The contest finally narrowed
down to a druggist and hardware man.
The pill-maker couldn't spell "dishevel,"
and Mr.. Arthur 4. Breast came out the
winner of the hat.
Mr.. HaTpWell GubbS, the winner Of the
spellIng-bOOk, said he was glad he got it,
for he could bear the triumph as well as
any other man. He then tried his hand as
an auctiOneer and sold and re-sold the
primer till he realized $3.50 from the sales,
which was placed in the general fund for
the benefit Of the fatherless and mOtherless
ones.
Mr.. Breast said be didn't want the hat
and would offer it as a prize at the next
tournament, which viii come of on the
night Of the 10th inst.
The following gentlemen were appointed
to manage the next match: I. ID. Fife,
Chairman; Prof. J. f. WOOlTine, Enunci-
atOr; r. W. Jennings and f. A. Shepherd,
A. Hicks, Finance Committee. These
gentlemen are working in a good cause and
should receive the support Of our citizens.