The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-04-29
ABanbury Spelling School.

An imprOmptu spelling school wa
inaugaFated in Meril's grocery OF
J Saturday evening. A young mar
who, last Winter, aided Mr.. Couch il
the management Of the North Ceate
School, conducted the class. The frs
word he gave out was Indian.
l. The first man szid, T-n,in. din
fdin-Indin."
The teacher shook his head 'fWelI
1 declare, I thot I had it." said the
speller, with keen disappointment
but be picked up when the second
man started, and eyed him with con.
siderable anxiety.
The next man, with desperate ear
nestness, said, In, il, de, de, Inde
u-n,
Then he sighed and gazed anxious.
ly at the teacher, while an old party
at the end of the bench, who was
watching the efforts with derisivs
amusement, turned the quid in his
mouth and said
"YOu amt in q rod ont; but GO
on; let's SUI more try"
The teacher told the second spelIel
that he also had failed, whereupOn he
sighed again.
Then the third man took hold. He
squared himself upon his seat, and
holding up one finger, ticked off the
| letters with becoming solemnity, as
follows : "I-D, d-d.d-a ia, linda
in in-Indain."
The old party on the end OF the
bench, who had been teetering 90 the
| precipice of laugh while this effort
was being pat forth, snickered right
out into a loud guffaw at its eOnclu-
sion.
"Well, that's spell for you, mus
say" And then be laughed again.
The speller said nothing, but he grew
very red in the face when his failure
was announced, and cast baleful
glance at the old party whose turn
had now come, and who said
"YOu people should keep away
from Ohio, you should. And now
I'll tackle that little wOrd,n and he
smiled all over his face, while his
eyes twinkled with merriment and
looking sideways from one t. the
other, he rapidly spelled:
-"I-n, in, gin, gin, Ingin."
His smile deepened into a broad
grin as he watched the chagrin flush
to the cOuntenanee of the other spell
ers, who had been misled ali the time
on = wrong pronunciation of the
word. He was grinning with all his
might when the teacher said
"You amt got the right word"
"Wh-ah-ot ," and he bore down on
the braZsn-faeed young man a look
calculated to freeze him to the bone.
"Indian is the word There is no
such word as IngIn, !" said the teacher.
40, there isn't hey ? (sereastieally.l
You know, of course. You know all
about it you pimply-"
"But. my dear sir, L"
"You needn't apologize tn me-"
shouted the old party, stamping the
floor with his cane. "WhO be you,
anyway, putting on your airs about
me ? L could twist your scrawly
neck off of you in two minutes, you
white-livered puppy, you"
"But, my dear sir, let me eX-"
sit isn't 'ingin, is it ?" ground out
the old CHAP between his teeth. sits
somethin' else, I suppose. o, yes
you know, of course. And nice one
you are, with your eddicatiOn. Why
don't your mother send back them
apples she borrowed a month ago ?''
and he looked around the store with a
triumphant glare of sarcasm.
"But just hear me"
"Hear you'll Who are you any
way? What's your father wheD's
he drawed a sober breath, I'd like to
know AM where's your smart
brother Ben In prism some where,
Pll be bound; 9, l know yer hull fami-
ly Ikea book Anc a wuss lot than
they are can't be.found in this neigh
borhoody and you just put that in your
! pipe and'smOke 1t. you aggregious ass.
Talk to me about spellin' ;" and the
old man, stamping his cane again,
stalked passionately out of the store.
The lesson was then postponed.