Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-03-18

BELLAIRE, o., March Is, 1875.
THE hIyn


BELLAIRE, O., March Is, 1875.
THE MUD
being the most prevalent and most |
talked of object, naturally should be |
treated of first, although We do not
claim 10 be able TO do it full justice. |
Last Friday night was as dark as Egypt |
was during the visitation Of the ninth |
plague. Also it rained as hard as could
be expected, considering the small
amount of practice it has had this
year. About two O'Clock that night we
formed a party of one who tried to get
from South Water to North Guernsey
Street with no broken shin. We sue
ceeded; but We had to give our boots
to the next tramp who came aloug.
The only way to tell when we came
near to crossing WIS by seeing the
heads of the gas posts outlined against
the scarcely lighter sky. Yet Bellaire
has night watchmen whose duty it is
to light the gas.
THE SPELLING FEVER
is at its climax. Three matches have
been held here, and 'our side has come
out first best every time. AT the third,
in School Hall on last Friday night,
the plan of giving second trial
upon payment of five cents was adopt
ed. The proceeds were $24 As. One
gentleman missed, and while paying
his nickle said: 'Pshaw! l could spell
the word, but what good would that
do the grasshoppers" 1t was produc-
tive of more fun than either of the for
mer schools A new plan, a Defining
Match, is to come off at the same hall
next Thursday evening, and it will,
of course, be more fun than any kind
of spell you can trump up.
We had the pleasure of being one of
six town folks who went up to Nef g
Siding to Spelling Match last Tues
Iday. When one of the gentlemen
spelt tatters t-a-t-i-r-s, we Jotted 1t
down, thinking how nice it would be
in print. Then when a lady spelt
primer p-r-i-m-m-e-r, we thought we
could get the best report Of that that
ever anybody laughed at. But just
then ('Let him who thinketh he stand
eth take heed lest he fall!)-just then
, we spelt kindred with an for e-and
we concluded we wouldn't say any
thing about it.
"CRUsADERs! WHERE
are you?" During the Crusade fever
our City Council suspended their rules
, and passed a prohibitory liquor ordi-
} nance. Then young pandemOnium
was let loose in the streets. Bells rang
for fire, and the hose companies. hav-
ing been deceived into trotting out
, their carriages, threw water on those
who rang the bells. Big bells and
, little bells, cow bells and school bells,
factory bells and dinner bells, church
bells and door bells were jingled with
, all the vehemence crazed Bellaire could
muster. They were carried about the
streets and rung in the houses, and to
: crown all, the hugest bonfire that could
? be made was kindled on Central Square.
, We were all over town that night, and
until the wee sma' hours, and we know
the excitement was intense.
At their last regular meeting our Ci-
ty Council repealed the McCOnnells'
vilfe ordinance, aud not fifty citizens
of Bellaire are aware of the fact. All
( the excitement that was raised was
I raised in Council. By slight effort
; this action could have been prevented
r The Crusaders raised not a little I'm
q ger to prevent it!-and yet the crusade
a was not feverish! consistency, thou
: jewel, that thou vert ours!"
ADJUSTMENTS. -.
, In addition to the spelling schools
! last week, the regular Tuesday eve
ming Concert came off at the Presby'
! terian Church. The ladies of the M.
. E. Church also gave two Festivals a.
|, CITY Hall, the one on Thursday and the
other on Friday evening, which brought
a them handsome sum.
i On Saturday night Happy Sam
Clark's' Minstrels RECALLED those of Oul
i citizens who attend such entertain
q ments. Central Hall WAS we'll filled
: and some of the performances were al
y most funny. Sam falls very little, II
,, any, short of Harry Robinson as ca.
!. terer to public taste for burnt cork and
t bones.
A MISTAKE.
The Danbury NeCs says: THE pret
tiest young lady in Beilaire, Ohio, is
Miss Brewer. She is an alabastel
brower!' Now, the joke may be good
although it's rather puny pun; but
we protest against such falsehOOd. We
are we'll acquainted with the 'prettiest
e igirl in Bellaire, Ohio That she il
!. the prettiest is the opinion of all who
know her-herself not excepted. But
D as to her name, Dan. is misinformed.
Her name is not Brewer.
= ANOTHER.
The damaging impression has gone
) abroad in the land that there are two
brothers living here named Beecher
and TiltOn. This is not so. Had any
. such boys lived here they would long
ere this have Inouldered in premature
, graves. The Cadiz Sentinel, Cam bridge
papers, Wheeling ditto, and half a
hundred others have given currency to
this SANDER. Tilton would pass, but
Beecher - Tears.
A CITY GENT
visiting here so admired the dancing
of Bellaire belle that he procured an
introduction, and solicited the pleas
ure of waltz with his charmer. Re-
piled the lady: 'No stree; l go the
cotillions right along; but when it
comes to the whirling round biz. it
makes me puke!'' This is told for q
fact SNAP.