Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-03-25

relieved themselves of the gas that
them, the spell went on qui-
etly.
John Scott concluded he would
abandon the Seige, and stepped out.
Prof. Oliver Bundy Knashed himself
most horribly, and was disabled for
further action. Harry w. Liston de-
clared himself no longer a Cheiftain,
Miss Clayland cooked her Porrige to
her extreme modification. Harry
Black arranged his Skedule in such Il
way that Webster, Old or neIr, could not
possibly help him to keep his place.
Mr.. Laird asked to be relieved from
his wearisome position, and on motion
cf DR.. Cooke, Geo. B. Caldwell was
substituted.
Alice Enlow cruelty slaughtered her
Lambkiln, but Miss NJ. +. Taylor
grasped the mangled word from Alice's
lips before she pronounced, and by the
rule adopted, Alice was saved from
oanishment. Manning Smith could
not for the life of him Reassend, al
though Collier urged him up with all
hi: power. Mrs. West had been stand
sng Nerticle so long, that she was
forced to take her seat. Then the
Lilly of the valley was suicidally
plucked from its quiveriDg stem and
consigned to everlasting oblivion OF
Immemmorial. This calamity shook
the faith of Sam p. Hildreth so much
that he expressed himself ready to Dis
believe in mortal man. Mrs. j. G.
Duncan MiSsform-ed a word to her
modification, and was ruled out. Miss
Lila Rice did not Uundr-right correct
ly, and Miss Annie Turner was wor-
ried at the loss of (a) Ristband. Liz
zie Wyle5 made Up her mind TO rest
Until morning, which caused another
outburst of caviling amongst the spell
ers.
Order restored, Johr r. 'O'Donnell
was ready for death, and was sent
down to his Sepulcre. John o. Pen
dleton wanted his Degurreotype taken
correctly, which was performed quite
neatly for him by Miss Cooper. Frank
Hildreth came in quite inOpportunely
with Appropos, but Capt. Alexander
checked him. from squandering any
more p's. Alice Enlow went down
with Homogenial, and Emma Ander-
son with PrimOgeEeal. The pronun-
citation of Judge Cochran HOored RObt.
Dalxell and Miss Cooper on the word
ReportOrial, but an exchange OF prIs-
oner5 restored them to their ranks, ,and
the Judge apolOgized. .
Miss Meholin, Principal Of 81 Ward
School was unwilling to acknowledge
herself old enough TO spell Octogena-
rian, but went down midst storms OF
applause. We were unable to per-
ceive why w. p. McKelvey plead the
orthepy ofan Irishman when he Used
instead of q in spelling Mortar, 4
compost OF lime and sand, after Mortar
piece OF ordnance, had been spelled,
after having lived in happy America
so long, but when he spelled Dual, fol
4 single combat, he gave up in despair
and sat down.
The spell went on awhile longer, ev'
cry word being disposed of correctly
Four spoilers now remained on the
side of Bridgeport, and seven on the
side of Wheeling.
Judge Cochran announced that he
was unable to find any more difficult
words in The book, when he was re'
quested by DR.. Cooke of the committee
of arrangements to announce proper
names; stating that the committee had
greed that all words in the book Were
to be used except the Latin and French
phrases. This announcement furnish
ed the Wheelingites an opportunity tC
bolt which they did, by protesting
against the authority of the committee
that they had lot been informed Oi
any such terms of agreement by their
members of the committee.
w. S. Boyd declared proper rames
to be no test in spelling, and that he
was unwilling to submit himself as Il
slave to the committee Robert Dal.
zell said that they were not Eaglish
words, and protested against their use.
Capt. Black did not admire them very
much, but suggested that they should
spell Bridgeport proper names, sarcas
tic..lly. DIR. Cooke retOrted. This di-
amond-cut diamond debate disturbed
the mental repose of Mr.. Stone. lie
rushed upon the stage. The audience,
which filled the room to overfiOwing,
no longer able to stand the pressure,
were seized with the frenzy of the mo-
ment. The men roared and the women
Ishrieked, the boys shouted, aud the
girls screamed. Stone spluttered and
gesticulated, 1t is an outrage! AN out
ragen But the audience would not al
low him quiet enough to explain
whether the noise and disorder, or
proper names we're an outrage. DIR.
Cooke appealed in tender accents to the
assemblage to hear Stones explanation,
but the noise and deluge of words from
| the galleries and all sides of the room
bore down upon the stage with irresis'
tible fury, and the poor fellow couldn't
get a word in edgewise.
Mr.. Collier came 10 the front, Secu-
red silence, and manfully confirmed
the statement of terms agreed upon by
the committee HIS already reported with
the additional statement that Webster
Was to remain the standard.
Mr.. Stone seemed satisfied with this
statement, as he expected that Web.
ater did not contain proper names, and
they would fall to the floor; but Web
ster does give the orthogrdphy of prop.
er names, and Mr.. Stones explanation
causes a suspicion that he considered
proper names the outrage
Judge Cochran was compelled,
though with apparent reluctance, to
announce words in Conformity to the
l>tipulatIOnS OF the committee. -
Abigail was announced, and was
spelled by Bridgeporter. 'Atlal-'
Was heard from the lips ofthe announ-
cef, when noise began again. Turn
. ing TO nCte The cause, we beheld two OF
Capt. Blacks men scratching gravel
10 the rear, amid the Kisses and eroan5
i0f the audience. Then excitement
rose to the highest pitch. The house
seemed full OF Kissing serpents! De-
nunciations and eXclamati0ns of con-
tempt came from all sides. Put them
outv Kick those two fellows off the
stagen 'Shame!' and prolonged Kisses
followed. Nothing could be done for
noise and confusion.
Capt. Alexander, 'for the sake of
peace moved that proper names be
left out, and that common words be
substituted, which was agreed to, and
the announcement by Cochran of easi-
er words brought back TO their lines,
Capt. Black s skedatldlerS. amidst re-