Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-06-26

EDIToRs CHRONICLE What is so
common and so popular must have in
it some good, and as spelling matches
are of this class of things, we infer
that there must be merit in them. We
have been convinced of one thing at
least, and that is that they are souce
of great enjoyment to all who pdend
them. Even The oldest pcop'e, leav-
ing their long aces, signs, .nd anxious
cares at home, turn out" to the spell
ing match and live over again the
happy hours ofchildhood." "Devour-
ing Time" seems to
Turn lack i'm his flight,
And make each child again,
Just for a night"
Well, your correspondent had the
pleasure of attending match at
Ms,lt d YHef history Of whitn we
proceed to give.
A couple of young ladies did the
choosing out" and after they were
properly arranged, our friend Billy
Pinson was chosen to enunciate. lie
opened at the first of he G's and be-
gan to gab out fragments of the die
tionary, some of whichsoon proved to
be more than some of the class could
handle. The galley sltUe was present
ed to several before one could be found
who would acknowledge an aequaint-
ance with him, and glldgaskiins was
rejected by one or twoof the class,
because they are not fashionable, we
suppose. A young lady of acknowl-
edged photographed superiority diff
fered with Mr.. Webster on the pro-
priety of having a 10 in gatlo,es, she
preferring the single youto the double
yOu while the young gentleman at
her side, refusing to coincide either
with her or Mr.. Webster. spelled il
without any kind of ~, The word
gaLoche was handed out, with the as
surance that the one that spelt it
should be presented with a ginger
cake, whereupon young six-footer
cleared up his throat and began to
twirl his noustache with an air of self
doubtless thinking, I'm
good for that cake !" and sure enough
when the word reached lin, he nab
bed it up with an avidity that showed |
it tasted of ginger. One of the "fair
ones" proposed to furnish the cake,
and when the fair hand shall extend |
the long anticipated treasure, and the
gentle voice sweetly and nodestly MUIR
muir, "here. James Thomas, is thy
merlted reward, We hope he will i'm
tate neither greedy Harry nor "Stlngy
Peter" but, like generous Billy We
hope to hear him say to his class mates,
L have got cake, boys; come let us
% and eat it. Gngreat was greenly
spelled with both the e's together.
Tape was misspelled, notwithstanding
ONE of them were occasionally show
ng how the thing was done. Gaslight
vas not sufficiently lite" to reveal its
'wn lit" until young man let in
more light" and revealed it in its
rue light. The word geese was given
ut to man whose wife had just be-
ore spelled the male singular of that
peeies Of fowl, and doubtless think
lg that he would excel her by SPELL
lg more than one of the female. he
onfi ently spslle lit gees. Geraniunt
as mis- spelled by Il young lady who
lid she knew that was wrong as soon
5 it WIS given out again. They con-
nued to spell and misSpell until they
ere informed that the hour had ex-
Ired, just as the word giaour was
anded out The one to whom it was {
ven out refused to attempt to spell {
, having been informed that it was a T
iwbreaker." Billy was then request
to tell them how it was spelled, and {
did try, but missed it by placing 1
lie before the 4. We suppose that q
at is too much of a thong for Billy. S
e must acknowledge that we have a
knowledge of any thing beyond a r
Iphthong, and if any one will inform c
hat kind of a thong union of four =
wels is, they will greatly oblige j
June Is, 1875. MYSTERY.
Never trust a married nan with a !,
cret who loves his wife, for he will !;
Il her, and she will tell her sister. !.
d her sister will tell everybody. +,