The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-22
O.d.Time spesiipg-Natch.
from the New York sun, Mafch Oh
STATEN ISLAND soIoNs TESTING THEIR OFT

stood ON the platform Of the ASSOCIATION
ISou in F,ctoryyiic, Staten Island, last
night .as president Of the Young Mems
North Shore Christian Association, 10 wei.
COME van all here. We have met, as anna
fenrS in smelling. to find out VINO Is tne Dest
sneIler and who is the worst on the Nofth
Shore hcrc. No professionals Will beaisow.
Cd "a enter the contest. and under the head
If nrofessionss We rank school teachers ana
school children, SO that no one can picad ruSti'
,,oss n excuse bimscf from trying for the
nrizr. We are all rusty. and We must enter
into this thing with formality, ike
children going to their play. This gentleman
here and Mr.. Simonion pointed to tall
man dressed in a peds@ogue's true suit OF
black, aud with big, red head" VIII ACT as
pioneer to choose the words, and propound
Them to the classes. II rests with you 10
elect two captains, who will in their turn
choose classes Of equal number. VIII some
body dominate the captains!"
One voice brought forward the name OF
w. r, Eadie, and another that OF Niiiiani
l.. Sexton; and the two gentlemen named,
after the nominations were ratltlcd by the
applause of the house, mounted the platform
and tossed penny for the first choice of fol.
lowers.
The room vas crowded, and every face was
axnectant With the expression Of hope OF
he;no called, If only for the pleasure of having
q chance to refuse, and this interest did not
ne,Se until name after name had been called,
and eleven gentlemen were ranged in each
opposipg army. Then Mr.. Eadie led lady
tn his side, and while Mr. Sexton looked on
in dismay. Mr.. Hartman Brown, Of wall
street, one of Mr.. Sections men, balanced the
borors by securing another lady and leading
bor IN his seat Two more were afterwards
induced 10 compete, and then the twenty
civ spellers were ready for work.
BEGINNING THE BATTLE.
Embarrassment" was the first word
o;rcn out by Pioneer Spra2ue. "E.m-D'a'
double r-adouble s.m.c-n-t." quickly re.
nIicd Mr.. Sexton. "lutclligible," said the
nrionccr acknowledgements
ri-b.Le, Ineligible" responded Mr.. kadlc,
amid the applause Of the house.
So things ran smoothly until one OF Mr..
Eadic's men tried to make /" t.y.r.a-n.l-c'l-e"
svcll tyrannical, and Mr.. Spraguc invited
him to step down and out. a Il u-e-s Tor
ua.n.u-e.o.u.s" cost Mr.. SeXton'S army
man. and e-X-h-.l-l-r-a-t-e' carried OIL
,nctber. "D.i-s.c.e-r.n.a-b.l.c" and "hr-
r.e-p-r.a.b.l-e" paired with each other, one
Shaving a soldier Of Eadie's, and the other
KNOCKING uON III anu o"V I" '>'y N''SSD'>N
man who had been spelling with more conf.
dence than correctness.
Then came word over which the debate
ran high ana warm. "A-p-o-s.t-a-c-y was
,Lc wav an Eade man spelled it, and when
,hn nioneer announced that it was wrong,
;berc vas rebellion everywhere il the air.
'rbere were many speakers TO uphold the I'M
fortunate spclIcr. and the poor pCdagoguc
,ybo had ruled otherwise was in hopeless
minority until a Wcbstcr'S unabliQacc
waived That he vas right. Then Mr.. Brown,
-, Wall street. ra!liel around Lim with an
- told you So"
U,clllalc vas the next word that brought
death in the cainps, and it killed the mau
deaf! who tried li,r;! 20 spell it with one !.
and Indirectly deprived Mr.. EadIc OF one OF
hi. lIdips. " no took it for model for The
word COSTLY" which she gumcntatively
t!;>scc.cd into "o-s-c-i-y.'
AST0HlsHMEET.
When the Truth was fol ccd upon the house
tina, her logic vas bad, and that her effort
would not satisfy the demands Of orthosra-
,hy. there ssa> look Of stunned dlsmay on
Inc face Of more than half OF the audience,
and il was easy TO lead in their eyes, W hat
l. our language coming to, II such Sigantlc
reasoning w"l't master III"
Ia the moment of confusion Mr.. Sexton
missed an easy VOID, and rs he stepped down
and out, resigned the leadership of his band
to uaie.iaced nan, who tried to palm of
.i.d-i.o s.,-n-c rae Y" as being all right,
ard who wus compelled in consequence to
yield his place to young lady who wore A
blink rose a, her neck. C-i.s.m-a.t.l-c' and
.a-s.c.a.s.S.i-n-a-te were the nets which
crianylcd TWO phonetic spoilers, and one too
many p carried OFT another OF DIR. Sexton 5
party.
A.l-!-c-d.g.c." called out Que gentleman
~ response TO the pioneers Call, ana ne was
asked TO step down. He dcmurred, and
friends rallied around bin: but still the plo-
nerr would not sucrumb until reference to
Me dictionary showed an old but SaliStac-
tory authority for The Sentcman'S method.
Then some boys in the gallery, failing 10
Symp.thize with their discounted teacher,
s'urrcd a shrill, eXaSperating hiss, which
mndc the pcGagogue's face Tor Tie mom'n ut
Fighter than his hair.
OLD, BrI GOOD.
s.I have a personal statement" said he,
soyanrly, "to make 10 those boys who
hi,scd," and hc looked very much us though
hc would settle the account with his terule
at the very earliest school session. "That
way Of spelling ailcgc," ne continued, "ls
more than tfey years old, but is admissible"
1t this stage the losses Oh both side were
equal, but there were only ten lett OF the
original twenty.six. Co-n-d-en-s.c-en D.
s-i-o.n" and "p.e-l-s.p-i-c a.c.o.u.s" made
the opposing parties four to -FOUR, ana
"p.l-c-bi.a and "S-i.b.i-l" lett them
three to three, besides depriving each Of its
leader.
"I-c.t-h.y.o-l-o.g-y," slowly spelled Mr..
Brown, and when he was warned that nc
should have used another oh, 4" he cried out,
81 meant to put it in; indeed DID," But
his plea availed him nothing, and he looked
sadly at his diminished colleagues as be
moved away, and then glanced ut his oppo.
nents across the room, who just then lost
Imam on " Mi GAO n-e-t-t-c.
NARROWING DOWN THE CONTEST.
Mr.. Cary aud Mrs. Ford then were left to
contest the victory with MeSsrS. Simonton
and Bend. The lady had spelled promptly
and well, but .ill.e-n.i.al" it was that
beat her, and . .em.o-r.a-g.e carried of
Mr.. Beud.
Mr.. Simontou spelled dipthcria "d-i.p-
t.h.e.r.i-a," and was upheld by the pioneer,
but con!essedly filled on innucndo." from
which he omitted an u, leaving Mr.. Cary. a
lawyer, OF 60 Wall street, sole survivor. and,
therefore, winner of the prize offered, which
consisted of set Of Macauay's History OF
England or Of WebSter's Unabridged, al
the option Of the victor.
THE GoRDoSSvILLE GAZETTE Touches j..
G. HIDEN's LETTER on CONSISTENCY IS A
JEWEL From the issue Of last week. J.
MIR. Hiden used 10 tell 4 story Of an old lady
who attended the Episcopal church for the
first time and who remarked in reference