The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-11

ing persons lOTlneu III llHe OH elthcT hW'
OF the room:
Mr. Charles FaFls, Mr.. Sumner Stone,
Mr. CrIswclI, Prof 4. q. bundy,
Mrs Il, Il laird, Mrs. Cannon,
Miss Ada MCClcmrnl, Miss Cap. MarNhal,
Miss Mary Faris, Mr., lIrAI. smith,
MIR, Alex, Maxwell Nils BTRnuhl,
Mr. John Smith, Miss Jennie Cooper,
Mis-, RDbInSOn, Miss Mary Greer,
Mis- laura lllllman, Miss Mat. Smith,
Miss Jennie Campbell, Miss Emma SnOWdOn,
Mr.. Charlie LlkcnS, Mr.. Ed. FaFis
Miss Clara lRClCy, bliss M0Ille MURINE
MT. Cecil Robinson, Mr.. Henry Morgan,
Miss Maggie BattOllc, Mr.. Jimmy McClume nj,
Miss May linnting Miss ldlly 2anc.
DR.. lIildreth gave out the first word
accquittal, whereupon Captain Charlie!
Farls dropped u 1t" ("acguitOll, Nn'
dropped into his seat. Mrs. Cannon
was next discharged. She illicitly rob
bed "illicit" Of an"l." The ranks thinnc'
so fast after this, and the applause wa
80 great ut every miss, that 1t was i'm
possible for the reporters to catch th'
words.
Miss Mary Faris fell on "ciyilian,' nm,
the "clipsis" Of an "a" caused Misses Clar'
Rclcy and Mary Greer to take thci
seats. The doctor was evidently pick
ing out the hard words; those given mr.
not in common use! For instance, tn
word "syringa," n genus Of plants
brought down nearly half dozen. Mis-
May Bunting had II "siringo," MI. Johl
Smith "sirCngO," Mr.. Alex. Maxwell
"syringi," and Mr.. Ed. Faris "syrengO.
Miss Lilly Zanc used ~" instead o
the last 70" IN "cxtcmpOre." Miss jennie
Campbell had only one IN" in mil lien
Mum, and Capt. Sumner Stone also los
his place by that word. Miss Ada Nc
Clement used an 20" instead Of n gu il
Centrifugal" Mr.. Cecil Robinson an,
Prof. IInndy were belligcrcnt ut tn
outset, but now retired, the former o
"beligcrnnt," and the latter IN "bclliger
ant" AIrs. Laird spiked her guns u
"gunncrry." Mr.. Samuel Creighton
went to his Jungle On "rhinOCcrOus," ant
Miss MnrshalPs "gnttera" voice wa
missed about the time Miss lIattcllc'
"aliptic' came.
at this stage Of the game" thcr
remained on Mr.. l'aris' dcOnly Mr.. Cris
we'll, opposed to Miss Jennie Cooper, Mi
brad. Smith and Miss Matte Smith, III
three latter being IIridgrpOrtcrs. Nj
Smith took his seat on "spGrmNCitti,' fol
lowed shortly afterwards by Miss Smith o
"hOmOginiOus.' Only Miss Cooper an
Mr.. CriswCll then remained Mr.. Cri'
well feel on "inucndo," which was col
rcctly spelled by Miss Cooper. The lad
took her seat amidst n storm Of applause
and was shortly afterwards presented wit
the prize. Miss Cooper Is u teacher i
the bridgeport public school.
As the hour was not late, II sccon
match was suggested, nnd the sam
Captains took their places and chose III
following "sidcs":
Mr.. Charles FarlS NJ. :. Stone,
Mr.. CrlsWCll, Miss !. b1lTr
Miss iila Little, Miss Matte Smith,
Mis-, Jennie Campbell, Nj. q. Creighton,
Mis- Maggie lhttcllr, Mis- llOlli'tcr,
Mis-, Can MarslIall, Mis- Mary Robinson,
MiW Mary Hunting, Miss liIly Zane.
Mr.. Collier gave out words which nr
in common use, and well known, and III
consequence was that there were fewC
misunderstanding. Mr.. Sumner Ston
was the first to fall; "Achme" was tn
word The word "hallow" was spclle
"hallo" by Mr.. Criswell, who did not ttu
tlcrstanl which word was meant. Til
Judges decided II miss, however, mn
he tnOk his scat.
Miss Matte Smith left all a." 0hl {
"allspicc," and Miss IIuntinga "y" out ,
"crayon.b Mr.. Charles FarlS retired o
"toriion" ttorsiun), Mr.. Creighton d
"barrnStcr," Mrs. lIollistcr OH "sacrelegc
Miss Campbell on "villinny," Mise
Cooper and Marshall on "ilirIetudc,
Miss Robinson on "bntifnl," Miss Han
Oh "crystaliGc," and Miss llnttellG .
dnunaiic." Miss Little spelled the la
word correctly, and was declared III
victor.
II was announced that n second spellin
match will lie held in Washington LA
next Thnrslay evening, after which til
audience retired.