The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-10

W. +. Euuy, jerks Beaman.
Edward Dana,
brought in to accommodate the people AT
twenty minutes to eight o'clock the presi-
dent called the assembly to order. The
pupils of the graded school were seated
upon the platform on the right, and the
outsiders on the left After the contest
ants were in order, Mr.. johnson, the enun-
ciator, commenced the performance.
The word first pronounced was cab
scOnd," which was spelled correctly by
young lady on the list of outsiders. The
first word missed was 'absent," which was
spelled "abscent," and the young lady went
down. The second word upon which an
outsider went "out" was acid, which was
spelled "assid." Soon three of the schol-
ars went on the word 'addict," which was
spelled cadet j. then decent "deasent"
was its spelling, and "effort" was spelled
''afort." Then "gamut," 'lapel," and
'matin," assisted in thinning the ranks of
the pupils. Much amusement was created
at the spelling of ''olfall,' "offel," then
'ofal," and finally ended with lawful"
One of the outsiders got himself in to limbo
on "seize." Then came succession of
words containing sic and "ei' all correctly
spelled. dispersion" "dscretion," and
''atrocious," were atrociously mangled and
sent several to the pit. "Flagitious' was
correctly and promptly spelled by gen
tleman who had apparently welded the
rod. 'Proftient" was given by some one
not proficient :" "onions" was correctly
spelled, and with relish which won the
audience ''battalion" sent one young man
home to his "Ma."
An economical member of the board of
school trustees, spelled crystalline with
one 49,"
Thus far the ranks had remained nearly
even, both sides spelling with great spirit
and reasonably correct, with few excep-
tons. One of our young business men
spelled "varioloid' promptly and well,
much to the amusement of the audience.
Several not given to the study of show-bills
failed on the word "menagerie. At this
| point Prof. johnson changed books and the
words began to grow harder. Under evil
| dent embarrassment" three went "to
the wall" two more left the platform on
"intelligible," and four more were "irre-
trievable' Qy) removed from the platform.
| A newspaper man was "laudably' taken
| down nj this npint with al 81 ~ Two foil
out by the way on tyranny" One of the
| gentlemen spelled " chrysalis without the
Ssh" A young lady spelled catechse with
out the "h, but corrected it before it could
be called erroneous. "Complaisant" and AN
| alyze" were missed by the scholars A young
bank teller failed on the word ecstasy"
| A young schoolmaster whose "reminiscences
Of teaching should have taught him better,
spelled "remenisence.
There were very few left on the stage
now, and reconnaissance carried off five of
these. Disability disabled three more, and
left only Capt. Sam. f. Burnham, Henry
II. Smith, Esq, and VIII. +. Eddy, of the
outsiders; and VIII X. Sheldon, Pat Mel
don and Kirby Smith of the scholars. The
chances of both dictionaries going into the
Smith family were good, and there was
considerable excitement. Words of four
and five sylables were spelled pro mptly,
but at length Capt. Burnham spelled ex-
hilarate with an C, which Kirby Smith cor
rected amidst great applause. Then Mr..
Smith the el der, left an out of raillery,
and retired amidst applause and laughter.
Pat. Mellon also missed it, and VIII f.
Eddy spelled it correctly. The next word
erroneous was "apostasy" by Will Shell
don, leaving only viii Eddy and Kirby
Smith upon the platform.
Kirby Smith was the favorite with the
audience, being much younger boy, and
his father having just left the other side.
He had been spelling difficult words
promptly all the evening, but he missed the
first word given him after Sheldon left,
Jealousy" spelling it with a "g." This
left Win +. Eddy the victor, and entitled
to his choice of the prizes; he selected the
Worcester, leaving Kirby Smith the pos
SCISSOR of the Webster.
The young men may well be proud OF
their victory, and we congratulate them
heartily.