Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-16


" ]. X. Baylis, +. L. Herring,
" Geo A. Lemaistre +. ii. Brnton,
Miss Agnes A. Collins, Geo. W. Duilield,
g $. A. l.. Francis, r. d. Morrow,
" Anna ID. johnson, Henry p. Grubb,
g Lizzie Grubb, Thos. q. Appeby,
" Salle Palmer, ii. C. M. ELY,
" Cornelia LaZenby, W. j. Fisher,
" Emma Speakman, James Money,
" Lizzie Buckingham, Sam'l Darlington, Jr.,
g Ella L. Todd, f. T. Gallagher
" Emma Houston, Henry Ferns,
D." Ella Speakman, C. Sullivan,
" Il. Janvier, ii. c. Downward,
" Ida Nj. Perkins, Chas. Il. Woodward
" Sallie G. Bye, JOS. +. Sullivan,
" Marion W. Carswell j. W. Lindsay
Jno. Is. Downing, John Cameron
Chas. Gamewell, J. X. Martin,
Francis w. Reeve, w. j. Ferris,
Chas. A. Colby, y. j. Hutchinson,
Jas. l.. Stanton, L. W. Lenderman.
3. j. Stevenson,
The GLASSES were arranged in semicrculai
shape upon the stage in double rows, with a
small division in the top of the arch, the ladies
for the most part being in the front row. Pres
ldent Wilson sat upon the right, the referees,
Profs W. A. Reynolds ]. X. Taylor and s. W
Murphy on the left, and S. ]. Wiley, who gave
out the words, in the centre.
The exercises were opened after few re-
marks by President Wilson, with an instrument
tai duett by Misses Ormsby and Pickels which
was followed by vocal duett (rhe Woodbird's
Song) by Misses Collins and Clark with Miss
Ormond at the piano. Miss Ormond then sang
a solo so sweetly that she was recalled.
The spelling then began with such words az
cedar, frlar, polar, solar and the like, which
went all the way around without miss. A young
gentleman misstook ''pennant" for 'pennoi, y
but was allowed to maintain his seat.
On the second round, gentleman perceived hie
error too late in ''percteye," and retired to pri-
vate life. Another believed that the ''aborigi-
nes, spelled their name ese, and went to seek
happier hunting grounds. Before the words had
gone half round, the dead line numbered eight
two being ladies'; one of whom injudiciously
alleged that allegation" should have but one l.
well-known citizen, whose bold spelling had
won him great applause, took the slippery
ground that allopathc, should be spelled with al
a in the second syllable. This proved a fata
| dose. Another acknowledged his error in spell
| ing acknowledgment with an in the third sylla
| BILE, and third found too late that accordion
| and not ACCORDION, was accordin to the books
| Analogous laid another brave combatant low
| and now the third round swept away four gen
| tlemen and one lady, the last having her breatl
| caught by asthma without t. Austere was til,
| look which one put on when MIR. Wiley said i
| wasn't spell teer, and silent tear fell from tn,
| audience at his departure. The fate of another
was not long in abeyance, when he spet tina
| word abeiance, and while the next found it no
to his advantage to spell advantageous with al
| i, still another learned too late that admissible
could not be admitted.
Thus went the trial on. At the beginning O
| the next round, gentleman considered som
time over bouquet, but the flowers of speecl
deserted him and he gave it up. Three other
fell, one for saying that britannia had but one n
a second for the declaration that basIlar con
tanned an e, and third for spelling the last syl
liable of bestial, ale. One lady got the wron
word in her mind and spelled chronicle 70
chronical, ahd an honest but fated printer i
VAIN wrestled with catechetical, the cats an
chefs scratching too hard for him. Craunc
without u, chaldron for caldron, chirograph
with an in the third syllable, and coruscatio
with two re-, were all fatal to their inventors
and the last one, gentleman, was applaude
as he went out, because he had had the boldnee
TO ask, earlier in the fray, for 'some harde
words" Crewel proved a cruel test to gentle
man who thus farihad mastered the game wei
he couldn't spin it. Another put but one /
cassimere, aud presently two ladies in rapid sue
cession, fell on diaphragm, and chincapin. (Thi
word is spelled 30 differently-Webs chinca
pin, chinquapn; Worcester, chincapin. chinqua
pin and even chinkapin-that it seems hardl
suitable. 1t is word only Of local use, at an
rate.)
(About this time one was put out for som
error in spelling cole-slaw. There is no sue
compound word given by either Webster or Wo,
cester, although the parts cole, and slaw ar
given separately. Worcester also gives til
spelling, kool- sla, as the original word in Dutc
use, whence it came to us. A word 80 limite
in it's use might perhaps be justly objected te
on this occasion.)
A gentleman was Inow disnthraled, and re
leased il not redeemed or regenerated, 70
spelling dsinthrall with one (which the author
tiles do not permit. Twelve ladies and four gen
tlemen remained. The stronger sex had sui
fered badly, and the weaker looked heroic an
resoute. The result proved their contidenc
well established. In the next few minutes
however, four ladies were permitted t
leave the circle, in company wit
two gentlemen. the first lady on dropped
for which she spelled dropped, and after an az
peal to the Supreme Court of Reference wa
ruled ont, and others OIL exercised, enviablt
enroll, eyelet, (this, sad to say, being fatal to
lady,) and frolicking, the last omitting the
A lady now spelled gyves with an 1, which re
leased her from the fetters of further attend
ance, and plueky young proof-reader who's
aspiring moustache had till now shone in tn
forefront of battle, was ruled out-for spellin
hemorrhags with the diphthong ham-- a dec
sion clearly an error. under the rules, AZ thi
| spelling ia given also by Worcester.