Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-04-01

excitement every where. Lancaster,
not behind, has inaugurated series
of these fashionable tournaments and
proposes also to have some fun. The
matches have been held thus far at
the Methodist Church. Everybody
goes that desires to, providing he or
she has a dime. The second spell
took place on Tuesday evening last
and good number attended and par
ticipated. Mr.. George Clementson
was appointed schoolmaster and A.
R! Bushnell umpire. The contest
was lively and interesting, and the
contestants, one after another, on the
final struggle for the prize honors
spelled themselves into the nearest
seat, leaving Miss Emma Watkins
the victor
SPELLING LESSON.
For the benefit Of the spelling
school folk We give very interesting
example, which may be useful, as fol-
lows: The most skilful gauger | ever
knew was maligned cobbler, armed
with a poniard and a fcrule, who
drove a pedIer's wagon, using q
mullein-stalk as an instrument of
coercion, to tyrrannize over his pony
shod with calks. He was Gailean
Sadducee, and he had a phthisicky
catarrh, diptheria, and the bilious
intermittent erysipelas. A certain
sibyl, with the sobriquot of Gypsy
went into ecstases of exclamation at
seeing him measure out bushel of
peas, taking up two peas at time,
and try TO separate saccharine toma-
toes from heap of peeled potatoes,
without dyeing or smuggling the ignit-
ible queue which be wore, or bee M
ing paralyzed with hcmorrhage.
Lifting her eyes to the ceiling of the
cuopla of the Capitol to conceal her
unparalleled embarrassment, making
an awkward courtesy. and not ha-
RAISING him with mistifying, rarely
ing and Supplying inuendoes, she
gave him conch, bouquet of lilies,
mignonnette and fuchsias, treatise
on mnemonics, copy of the Apocry-
pha in hieroglyphics, daguerreotypos
Of Mendelsohn and Kosciusko, q ka-
Ieidoscope, dram phial Of ipeoaea-
anha, tea-spoonful of naptha, for
deleble purposes, ferruIe for cane.
clarionet, some licoriee, suroingle,
carnelian of symmetrical proper
tions, a chronometer with movable
balance wheel, box cf dominoe !,
and a catechism. Toe gauger, who
was also traiiickiug recLifi6r AM
parishioner Of mine, preferring
wololsn surtout (his choice reforabl9
to a vacillating occasion, lly-)ccarr-
ing idiosy ncrasy) }, wofu " uttered this
apothegm "Lifs is checkered but
schism, apostasy. heresy and vi!lany
shall be punished" The si1y apollo
gizingly answered : "There Is i rat
able and allegeabls difference between
a comfortable ellipss and trisyl able
dimresis." We replied in trocheos,
no impugning hor suspicion, nor
haranguing the audiance. Thus "Gyp-
sv" remained in the ascendant. Her
ascendency can never again be que
ried by any queasy vulgar quean.
OLD TIME RULES AT SPELLING.
Those who have the spelling match
fever sufficiently developed to con-
template a Wehsterian tusslo, are
advised to consider carefully the fol-
lowing rules: They are warranted
as being the unauthorized article in
use in the old-time country matches,
and as such are highly recommended:
Boys must not wipe their noses on
their coat sleeves. Girls not allowed
to chow gum or masticate slate-pen-
ellis in school. No kissing in play
time, unless by mutual consent.
When pupils want to 90 out, they
first obtain permission of the teacher
Only one pupil allowed to go out at a
time-except in cases of extreme
emergency. Any pupil staying cut
over ten miLu!es-except in cherry
time-will be fined black mark.
Any boy plAciDg crooked pin on
the teachers chair, to jog his memo
ry, or for any other purpose, will be
severely logged. Alapples, peanuts
flborts, molassos candy or other
things found in the pockets Of the
pupils, will be confscated for the use
of The teachers children. Boys that
whistle on purpose, and say they
'couldn' help it," will be punished by
being compelled to sit for half an
hour between two of the big girl'.
HOW Is YOUR PRONUNCIATION.
The following extract i suggested
for use by teachers and pupils in
schools as an exercise test of pronua-
citation. 1t must be read off imme-
diateIy without Pause to consider
which is the proper way 10 pro-
nounce the words: A courier
from st. Lolis,an Italian with Italics,
hepan an address or recitative ~ to
the mischievous national fioanc ss
2. His dolorous progress was demon
strated by demoustra iOo, and tho
preface to his sacerGOtal profile gave
his OPT onents an irraparabie and
lam ntabl wound. 3. II wa. dat
aud isolated, and the envel )pe on the
furniture at the depot was = covert
tor leisure and the reticencs from the
Il i grasp Of the legi-latareof France.
1 The dlation of the chasm, or
trough, made the servile satJr and