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The Spelling Bee.

The Spelling Bee.
According 10 the published announcement, there
was Spelling Bee" under the auspices Of the
Musical Association, 4, " Concert Hall " on Tues
day night last, and very largely attended. The
entertainment was opeaed BY song, well rendered
by " The Frog,own Spellurs." We have space
only for the korrs -
Wee a. II, yrogsewn Spellurs
Over bannur IL unphurld
Fetch on vure gals and phellurs-
Wee challinge awl the wurld
Weel talk over ehans agerst view awl
And on over merits stand or fawl.
The contest was next in order. The chosen
Pedagoguc. w. l.. wilson, Esq, and judges, Hon.
". L. Trayers and Cleon Moore, Esq. took theis
positions, and Mr. Travers announced the govern
ing Rules. and the Prizes-W ebster's Unabridged
Dictionary and Johns,ons History Of the War.
Spoilers we're then invited to come forward, and
the call was responded to by pupils Of the Acade-
nv and The Public School. We propose only to
report the words mis-spelled.
Frark Dorsey, minute specimen, and regard
Cd bv his companions walking edition of Web
s.er's Primary Dictionary, WAS wrecked on Cord!
reefs and vauquished by NyrmidoH.
Ed TAYLOR had only two is to his Diridb'e, and
could not see his way clear to contest further.
Frank Cockril was frank to confess his embar-
rassmeut at the presence of so large an awedience
Of fine zpellers Addison says Claudius ran his
description into the mos, wretched Fastian.--
Frank improved on the word by tho n-shun,
and al last passed OF the stage, as many more con
spicuous persons hav, done before him, in De-
crcPi: manner.
Tom TimbsrlaSc forfeited his Mortgage on the
Dictionary by the uon-uss ola
Willie Long spelled Jsicp With an j, and Re
la,d,'e,, with q Y. His ignorance ofju'ep was ad-
,r,ra5e, aud his mistake remedies s., and the Ped
ayoguc discovered il before Long.
Wa,tcr Massey didn't define his word hamilton
by adding a letter, aud his second exit was more
humorous than Fdreica'.
Phil. Kennedy, a, h, tap OF the drum, twice
gvra,ed Oh the platform with agility and becoming
rrsge--aad is probably now trying to swap two
is for two " 10 correct his Gyrc'io' and Hero
y'utie.
Willie CIaighi,i's Q6sei with two Is was back
set His Nabii'v-:ood for reflection. Under
less embarrassing circumstances he Is crack
speller.
Cbqrley Turner discovered after spelling Nile
ogs with one tbat a Miss is as good a mile
provided she De The apple Of your &c. And, he
thought the third C on Eeere,ee"ee, and Topped 1t
or With bis photographic cineter, whereuPon at
the top of the drum he marched q with soldierly
t~cad-but dida't have Johns,oa's History Of the
Var in bis h8ve-slck.
Henry Cooke spelled Bra,ier with z. His
slight error gave opportunity Tor an issue, which
bis mod,sty and otherwise correct spelling, for
babe him 20 i'n
Willie Ueds s. mite OF an bitiuus humanity
made desperate effort to carve ais name on the
pippsele of fame with a Chi,el with two rs, and
on the secoud trial spelled Marquee with k-ee-
vhcreupon. Hsc the Arab, he quietly folded his
tent aud stole away.
In Afrisajlo the Pcdag ogue couliu't admit an
extra e, so little George Shugert was permitted
20 take the superGroas vowel out with himi and
in m, second contest his word was more Pro
norueea5le than spellable
Oscar Fls-g bad his Anoiy-er, but he couldn't
spell her name, and finally on the second trial he
was Goored on Ts,seldts.
Perry Lippi,t is the Qaiaie'seaee Of speIler'
but he failed to C where that letter cane in. lie
las more spell in ha to the square inch than ma
nv others have to she square foot; and the audi
ence svmpathiscd with him when the Pedagogue
decided it not Recoasilabls with Webster to ad-
nit more than one i.
PortGibsou's failure was N1igaiei-by his pre-
vious prompt aud correct spelling.
Gerard Moore Is good spelier and an excel
lent horseman-if be did fail on S,Tengls. But
If be calculated that Ransom Bolts would Rieoehst
with more than one aspiration and lose the Prize,
he misplaced the event, and therein was his An
acl-osi.n without an h. on which be stepped
down and ont
Ransom Bolts was declared entitled TO the first
prize. aud Henry Cooke TO the second. Hon. W.
n. Travers, on behalf OF the NJ usical Association,
made the presentations.
1.-THE "Bee" brough: disappointment to par
Elephants or spectators, the sting WAS extracted by
the after performances. The Schoolmaster " BY
DR.. SinmOus,-his pupils Miss Agsie FOrres. and
Ned Davenport-was sPlsrdidly rem dered. A
Piano due, by Misses Sallie Trsvers and Lizzie
Forrest was charmingly executed The whole
was " koakluded" by the " Frogtown Spellurs
Mrs. A. E. Kennedy, PreceptFess-ir most a.
musing manner. Miss Sallie Trsvers received,
as she was entitled, the Silvur NEEDLE for doing
the bes, bad spelling-and dividing her dinner
with the schoolmarm.
Wen venture the assertion that there wasn't
speilur-phelur az Concert Hall on Tuesday night
that didn't take his "hoaey from the Spelling
Bee.
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