Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-04-15
A Spelling Puzzle.

[ \ vigtlant gazetteer, with the sobriQuet
Of Colonel who had combated the rsilery
OF the plebeians and the euphuisms and
/ schSns OF the vacillating, idiosyncratic,
erudlte patrcians received, with unpsral-
l"led exclamation, challenge to an or
biographical competition.
To his tTausCcudent surprise, the profer
ed prize was daguerreotypcs Of Mendesso-
IN. kosciusko, and Renusseler, or, il the
conqueror preferred, copies OF the Septua-
.int, Apocrvpha and Westminster cate.
/ chism. He thought, with debstably sd-
missiOe egotism of the gratuilous applause
of the populaCe and the appearance OF hls
name in bourgeois the next day, aud his
choice was d.scernble IN his hilarity, and
the heroglyphican acknowledgment,
which he transmitted TO the embarrassed
stupited gypsy, who len with rough
courtesy.
He changed his apparel, donned his Mas
sau, Ulster, aud his wOrsted gauntlsts, aud
travelled toward the trysting place. Ho
stopped at a druggists TO obtain dose OF
choral and dozen troches. Here he
found physician who WAS purchasing 4
dram phIal of ipecacuanha and an ounce OF
licorice for co,icky patient who not only
had the colo, but rheumatism, neuralgia,
bilious crysIpelas, and was threatened
N4lI HtI VI hd2t, CtitDEO-SpliAL intBiLsIk-
- pneumonia aud hemple1i2.
He met Il surveyor and an architect who
were gaugins the width OF Eighih street
for cri,>cross tresticwor. bridge.
ierreous derrick almost mauted his crsni-
um, and he bawled aloud His clsnor
brought Al ally from = neighboring alley
Who administered q draught OF rectlied
whisky, and a tcRspoonful Of psregoric
mixed with chloroform. AT the sene time
this thief with cOn>ummate vlllajny pur-
ioined hi. chronometer aud the balance OF
specie ID his pockets He ommittcd this
piece OF rasca.ity with Impunity, and i
was uupunished, tor our punctilIous friend
was hara,>ed and perp.exed st the lat'-
hess OF the hour.
He next met sibvI, who wore d.
De-s poion4I.e With a cuirsss basque, End
, Airr-d tAbltr all elsborateiy trimmed
Win bias p!estluy and passementerIe,-
ani carried 4 sachel, poHemonai-, and
reticu,c. She smingiy offered him
tempun. boquet o. fucAsias, lilies mIguon-
cfte, and pniox ia conch-like basin.
among The 2osies aud refused the no-sgay
4 grocery mau tried to inysigle him IN
to buying supply OF peas, POTATOES celery.
cAulihpw er or kerosene, but he thouSl OF
hi. embe zzled funds, ana passed on. A
T-utonic tenant Of a tenement house, for
Getting the tenet Of the lac .,,trIjr,
''i- t''S ~'~--s. . IN IucorIls iD'> e"ipn
Mlth surClnGle. fh. a.urmur OF the pa
rcntal harangue, proceeded by vou- 7 of
vIruleut lmprccationS. filled the auditory
mtatu- OF our friend, and he proceeda1
to"ard the goal. A flaming sdyerti7e-
mtnt OF recent discoveries OF auriterous
and sr5entIterOus deposits in the argIlIa-
ceOus country of the Black Hills now
caught his eye. He did not stop to crltl-
else the italicized statements bat he saw
several >llab.e specimens OF cinnabar,
more precious than Odellum. onyx, or
b.ryl.
W hen he reached his destiuation-he w:s
exceedingly rolled to find that the gnomon
Of the dial Indicated that he wAe a d-lin-
quent. An Ostentatious pedagofus, with
icrule or gayel in his hand. WAS sndeavor
ing TO mystify his audience with the opel.
Atives that cmauated from his lsrynx,
"kefuta5le, "gossamer," ''InedIsvLl
Kaleidoscope" aud 'tnnemoni0'" dlsmay
cd ,ome. and hymn" was plaguey VOID
to the Colonel, Tor he spelled it with an H.
Feeling -yluptolus OF u phthislcky caesrrh,
he left amid the r.d.culing clspping OF
hands Of hI- competitors.