The daily gazette., 1875-04-23
FIRST EDITION
THE coArEsvILLE BEE.

TWEEN THlhTEEN WlbmlNSEoNAANb
AND FORTY NINE CHESTER CoUETIANs
WILMINGTON CARRIES OFF THE
FIRST AND THIRD PRIZES. &e..S. |
At six O'Clock last evening, about
gorty.ive residents of this city boarded |
special train at tho Wilmington q |
Reading depot, and started for Coates
Vile for the purpose of attending q
| spelling bee which was to be held In |
the Marke ct Hall for the benefit of the
| Coatesvil,e library. A portion Of the
| Wilmngtonians went for the purpose |
/ of entering the lists, and endeavoring
A to bring home some of the first honors
/ in return for the prizes which Coates
/ Vile carried off at our spelling bee, two
4 weeks ago.
The train arrived at Coatesville
about 1880 o'clock, and the visitors pro-
ceeded at once to Market Hall, which
was already well filled with people: In
4 short time every seat In the large
hail which seats about 800 people, was
Il filled and after long tedious wait, re-
lievcd somewhat by the excellent mu-
sic Of the Coatcsvillo orchestra, the
\ curtain rose, and displayed some sixty
\ TWO spoilers arranged around the stage
4 and ready to fight the photographic
battle to the bitter end.
7Jr. Chas. Hueston, of Coatesville,
PRECEDED, and Horace A. Beale, of the
SUI. G town acted as Pcdagogue. The
referees were Miss Mary Lowell, Prin.
cipa, of the Coatesviile High School,
/ Pro. Richard Darlington, Jr., Princi-
pal { ( Ercildoun Seminary, and Prof.
| s. J Wiley, Principal of School No.
/, Wilmington.
Tho regulations were substantially
4 the same as those which governed the
Wilmington bee.
The following were the contestants:
II from CoatesviIle- Miss Annie Gal
II liner, May Park, Allie Il. Gothier, Liz
zie Greenwood, Sallie Dean, Cora Les
lie, May Hughes, Emma Speakman,-
Ella Speakman, Ellen Nields, Josie
Williams, Mary Clayton. Jennie Hayes
Lizzie Davis, Reni Moore, Elizabeth
Moore, Annie Moore, May Erwin, Mel
tor Darlington, A. +. Huested, j.
Douglass Perkins, Z. G.. Wickersham,
Ben. Miller, Martie Davis, Sallie Years
ley, VIM. Yearslcy, Chas. j. Fulmer,
81 RJbt D. Daniel, John T. Gay. 3. @.
a Wiodle, A. b. Gottier, John w.
|E Thompson. Dir. u. IL. Bradley, w. A.
lclferis, Frank N. Woodward, q. F.
H, Jenkins, Orlando Clark, g. L. Hueston
Mrs. Annie f. Bradley, Mrs Geo. A.
LeMaisre, Mary Z. Hall, VIM. Pen
mock, DR.. J. Il. Spratt.
From Ercildoun Seminary, Chester
county-Debbie F. Walton, Clara M.
Hanway, Mary Buckwalter, Eva Way,
Annie Leonard, Ella Jack, May Fab
nestock, Annaletta Thompson.
From Wilmington-.Frank G. Gal
lagher, James A. Kealey, Henry B
(irubb, Lizzie Grubb, J. w. Ferries
and j. r. Martin, of Delaware Col
iegc, Mary Houston, Mary Miller, r
A. PYLE, NJ. Irene Hawkins, Sallie
Bye, W. II, Connell, Geo. Moore.
For time after the spelling com
menced, failures could be detected, al
the faulty spoilers remained seated
and the Pedagogue merely sad Sin
correct" which was frequently mis-
taken for correct" Upon sugges
tion from person In the audience tn,
Pedagogue afterwards plainly announ
ced the failures, and spelled the mis-
spelled words correctly. In tho latte
portion of the contest, when the clas
was rearranged the misspellers ''step
ped down and out" which left nj
doubts in the minds of the audience a
to whether word was spelled correct
ly or not.
THE SPELLING,
Ia the first round short, easy words
were given, and no one missed. In tn
second round, a young lady who evi
IDENTIFY had many compeers In thespel
ling line, spelled It "compere.
The audience fairly screeched whel
Young man collapsed ON ''screach.
In the third round young lady, evl
dcntly not acquainted with terrapil
suppers, went out on "tarrapin." Al
elderly gent spelled camomile with q
a." and was declared out, but tn
umpires sustained him.
a pretty young Coatesville lady
harrassed by contendiag opinions
spelled "harrasce" and retired. "Mel
chandize" foored young doctor an
"awrryn was the way In which col
fused young man tried to get aroun
awry. A young miss, evidently {
observation-disclosures, spelled MALTA,
while "verbatum' and "irregate" cause
two school boys to sit down in di
grace.
"Saccherine" was the way youn
lady spelled this sweet word; she Wa
followed Dy young man Oh ulllSrs
anu young woman on "anmenable
A lad who had probably never see
Wyman's posters spelled wizard wit
two "z's" and "yatch" for yacht cause
ayoung man to sail from the stage
disgust.
'.Friccassee" with but one "s," al
"mezard" with two "z's retired Il
next two, who were followed by
young lady on "scimeter." "Accor
painlment" caused another young lac
to accompany those who had gone b
fore, and young man followed (
"m&neuvre." "Continance," "hi
derunce" and prevalence" retir'
two women and an old man, and
yo ng girl went out on reference
The Pedagogue ruled young ms
out on "ascendent," bat the umpir
sustained the orthography. A learn