Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-04-22
Legal Limbs mid M. DIS. FIum.
mixed.

az Tue opeliing Match last Thursday
night, II, ii. lngersoll, Esq. of Green's
vilIe' aud John L. Lampson, were sele,
ted As Captains. The classes numbered
seventeen on each side. The lawyers and
NJ DIS, all h'ppened to be in Capt. In.
gersoil's class, and after a close contest
they had to "thrOw up the sponge"
CAPT. LAMPsoN's CLASS.
l.. c. Peoples, E. A. Shipley, John
Lampson Jr., W. +. Mathes,J. S. IIaycs,
J. d. Slemous, j. F. Grisham, Miss Sue
Deakins, Mrs. j. L. Lampson, Mrs. S
j. kirkpatrick, John Mason, R. Il. Dos,
ser, Frank Earnest, Miss Mary DUNCAN,
SIS. Luttrell and W, T. DUNCAN.
CAPT. IN%GERsoLL's CLASS.
f, W. Earnest, s. j. kirkpatrick, r.
i BAR, John Allison Jr., 9. Il Dosscr,
}. b. Shipley, Newton Hacker, Miss Kate
br'nkman, DR.. L. Armstrong. Mrs. S. s.
lfa,trell, w, NJ. Slemons. ". G. Ma,h-
es, Mrs. f. W. Earnest, DR.. E. S. Dcad>
erick Miss Anule Dosser and Mis-, Sallie
Neil.
Prof. Dangnn acted as master. RE
Dosser was the fist to retire from the
contest, on tyranny" j. S. Hayes
thought 'gayety" was spelled With an 81"
+. W. Earnest believed ilet was the best
way to spell ''eyelet' j. +. Grisham used
e. in ~''tyrant" J D. Slemmons conclu>
dHd that "disseisin" was cut of his line of
business and gracefully retired. Miss
Noble DUNCAN used but one ''l' in .'un-
jersell' Miss SalIie Neil thought one "to
was enough in Gazetteer John Allison
Jr. was very 'failacy" 4. A. Shipley is
good on secret but bad on secrecy" W
NJ, Siemons was no "ceusorian' ,'scur.
rllous' was a hard word for w. G.
Mathcs. Prof. l.. Z. Peoples was not cd
enough for ancestor W. G.. Mathes rot
down with the 'hermorrhoids" and had 70.
Mrs. j.. L. Lampson made a little
mistake in ''bu%oyancy" Frank Earnest
failed to ''ful6i" bis expectation. "Alum"
was too strong an astringent for W, T.
DUNCAN. Owing to the ttld weather the
Jasmine did not bloom for IS. Lut.
trel. and Mrs. s. S. Luttrell thought
two 'e's we're enough for a little word
like 'tweezers'' Miss Annie Dosser would
no doubt have preferred some other word
to ''serous' We are sorry to say that Mr..
kirkpatrick waslaboring uuder"delirium'
&. +. Dosser was 50 deceit. full that he re-
tired to the audience. A "~blunderbuss"
was never intended for a lady, aud the
Mast should not have given it to Mrs.
Kirkpatrick. "Sardius" was tee much
for John Mason. The Master served a
"mittimus' Gu Capt. iamsson and le
retired, aud Immediately after him Capt.
lngerscli went out for "sturdiness"
Mrs. Earnest failed on. salesman"
Miss Kate Brinkmun was quite calm, but
failed on tranquility DR.. Deaderick
knew but little about Hypocrisy" Miss
Sue Deakins only missed "Cimeter' a
little. Dr. Armstrong" descensiour was
slow but certain. Capt. Hacker never
did like 'yermilion''
At this time the contest had mar.
rowed down to only one in each class, aud
the excitement with the audience, captains
and spoilers, was pretty high. Tue word
''ellsiau' was given to Z. L. Blair, of
Capt. lrgersolls class, AMI be failed by
putting in an extra IS" Mr.. John
Lampson Jr., son Of the Captain was all
that was left, who proved to be the cham.
pion speller in the hpuse