The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-25
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EGIS,
photographed Tournament in Darling.
ION.

On Thursday night, June 18th, in the village
of Darlington, large audience gathered in Josh
ua s. Gorrell's commodious hall to witness n
second attempt at competitive spelling among
amateurs. The meeting organized under the
presidency of VIM. ii. II. Whiteford, and select
ed Mr.. Isaac II. Thompson and DR.. II. CLAW
Whlteford as judges, and the president us UNI
pire.
TO the call for volunteers about fifty ladies
and gentlemen responded, and without DELAY
the words to be spelled were pronounced by
John NJ Cooley, principal of the Academy The
Secretary of the meeting furnishes the follow
ing incidents
The first failure was on the word scholastic
by gentleman, the second the word coercion
also by q gentleman. A young lady was NOT
familiar with gamut, and second not coeni.
zant of halcyon; then young gentleman chok.
ed on omelet and his neighbor 'buffed' on plagiar
ism. ApteryX scared off young lady, and
ovoviviparous seated another; a third went away
at revcille, a fourth on civilian. Then q young
gentleman was crushed under co.onnade, and a
young lady was lost in apocrypha. Discussions
confused young gentleman and rhapsody
muddled another Ayoung lady who had faced
q multitude of verbal monstrosities fled before
myrmdon. Then young gentleman failed to
come to time on rhythm, and another differed
with Webster on cmploye. A gentleman well
skilled in philology failed on tyrannize, and n
lady of very great skill seated herself on fatiru.
ing. Then emanatng was missed by miss in
q
man at this point showed himself ignorant of
billet douX, though person ofline promise and
not opposed to the fair sex.
Oxide put out the light of second young gen
tleman, and third found ennui too much for
him. A young lady left the ranks on protege,
and young gentleman was stopped ON demur-
rcr Then lady whom / supposed no shadow
could daunt, retreated before phantasmagoria
very Achilles in orthography tripped on am.
aurosis and perfect Hector wilted on amyg-
daloid
A young gentleman (of course no smoker)
took cheroot wrong, and left Miss Angie Hop
kins, eldest daughter of William Hopkins OF
JOS, blooming alone
There being two first prizes-a saddle for a
gentleman and gold pen-a second class was
formed into which all the old contestants aud as
many new ones as chose might enter, with the
understanding that the victor in the second
should compete with the victor in the first for
choice of prizes.
Again the stage was filled by crowd The
veterans once more came to the front and min.
gled with them many an untried recruit. The
first victim strangled in chologogue, and the Sc.
cond hung on stanchion. Rabies overcame n
third young lady, and breccia buried fourth.
A fifth retired on carte blanche and pretty lit
tie miss-the child of the regiment-got wrong
in cashmere.
Now came the gentlemen's turn. Causticity
burnt young gentleman; caviare dosed q Sc
cond cacique domineered over a third; cha
mois eluded fourth; chapeau, chevaler and
crtique each carried a man from the ranks
Then came direful, dialysis and unfortunate
demesne. Still another gentleman was slaugh.
tered at chevaux de-frise, and another went down
beneath catalpa. Reimbursement closed the
masculine casualties for while. In empyreal
lady ceased to shine, and second sought Sc
clusion with coot. A gentleman of the old
school retired on enfeoff. The sphinx was too
hard for second gentleman, and felo-de-se was
the fate of lady. Away went modest little
miss on fugue, and after her another in gives.
The Hector of the first contest was over match.
ed by gorilla, and hydrocephalous brought to
grief young lady of admirable skill. 1gns.
atuus led another young lady astray, and lyrist
played false to gentleman. A young lady was
too modest for bedizen, and another too gentle
for bellicose. A young lady was unfamiliar with
ormolu and another could not pretypify.
This closed the second contest, leaving Mr..
Frank ID. Worthington "alone in his glory"
The spelling showed q good knowledge of
many of the exceptional complications of Eng
lish words. Quite a number of the spoilers are
evidently well posted, and their defeat is not at
oil discreditable. No good speller depends en-
tireiy on memory. Larger groups of words are
really framed according to fixed rules-these,
even If unfamiliar need cause no trouble, ifone
recalls the typical word and obeys the rules that
govern its derivatives. But In regard to tech |
meal nomenclature, no person need expect to