Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
Spelling Bee 10. /.

Pear Roy II. 14s !, 1873.
.,MR EDiroR Friday evening last
lfApril 30tt) found the Lutheran church
Of THE place pretty well filed with
people, eager to witness the "Spelliug
Bee," the subject Of which had been ou
the end Of every tongue for the las,
three weeks.
Seats were arranged on each side Of
the church for the spoilers. The UNI
pires, Revs: Stewart and Marshall, and
j. q. Hertzler, Esq, we're promptly on
hand and took seats immediately in
front of the pulpit The class FIRST met
IN the basement of the building, where
the Captains, Thompson and Snyder,
picked their spoilers, after which they
repaired to the places assigned them.
The pastor, Rev. Ii. c. Sbirdle, called
the meeting to order and stated, that to
inspire confidence one round of blank
cartridges should be fired, or. in other
words, that the first round should not
rule speller out in case the word
given was lnisspelled. That being done,
the teacher for the evening, Mr. s. NJ.
Shelley, informed all that business
would new begin in earnest. All went
- merry as a marriage bell," until Mr..
Rutherford trIed to repose on :" mat
tress," with but one :ss''- IN the last
syllable, which came very near being
burned by the ''fagot' which Wallace
hurled at 1t, with an 'e" in place of an
.'o." The .sECHO" of the last word
had no, died away, when Beidler fell
mortality wounded. Mrs. X. evidently
had thorn in her path in the shape of
"briel" with an 'a" in it. Captain
Snyder synbollzed the occasion with a
"symboi" with "ble" for the last syl-
liable, aud good naturedIy took hack
seat. Miss W. put an So in the Sec
oud syllable of 'smalady," aud followed
those who had gone before. Ebbe.ts
persisted IN having four ass" in "gas-
eous." Ludwig's effort was on spar
allel," with too much at the latter erd.
Jacobs put "pick" for "pique," and
Miss Il. gave him ''receipt," in full,
without a "p." Swartzel now COM
meEced to ''whiDny," but got an sc"
between the last "n" and s.y," and dug
out for another seat. This left but
five spoilers on the floor, and each felt
sure of securing prize. The contest
waxed hotter and hotter, until Bealor,
Jr., proved conclusively that lie did
not belong to any CT the species Of
plants in which some people deal, and
spelled vegetable" with an "a' in
second syllable, and accepted the glass
ware. Miss b. said she was not used
to being sold, and put it stationary"
instead of .ery" in the ending The
result was beautiful chrome. Miss S.
hashed her Len-fruit aud made some
let" without an "e' in second syllable,
and took home another chrome. Pat
.terson now drew his "broad-sword' to.
slay Thompson, and might have suc-
ceeded, but he accidentally slipped the
letter ssa" into the latter part Of the
word, which broke the force of the
blow, and gave him the Bible Diciion-
airy, and entitled Capt. j. Il. Thomp-
son to the first prize, viz: Webster's
Unabridged but he was determined
to earn what he was to get, and worked
away faithfully until he spilled GLASSES"
over the whole class, in place of sin
gle "lassie."
Taken altogether the ''B" was sue
cess, although the class was small
Every body there was amused, and at
tunes smiled pretty loud.
Next Friday, May 9Th, Bee No. .
will be held at the same place. The
prizes will be the same. Many more
competitors are entered. Fifty names
are already enrolled, aud many more
will find a hearty welcome. II conve-
nient come and see Us. Doors open at
I o'clock P. 81. Spelling commences
at 8 p. NJ, sharp.
Yours respectfully.