The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-22

the beauties OF the EngllSn language:
Mr.. \. A. Dinsmore, Mr.. C. A. Holmes,
Mrs. S. Burson, Miss Lizzie Landers,
" Thos. A. Bell, :" Eva Edinger,
Mr.. Thos A. Bell, Mr. Dayton Walton,
Mr.. JOS. Matlack, 1" Harry Walton,
" James Pugh, &" Chas. Mcintyre
" Henry Sayres, {" MD. Van Horn
Miss Lizzie Flory, " VIM. Ramsey,
q Ida Detrick, " A.Van Olinda,
Mr. Ed. Hankins, q John Smiley.
Mr.. B. r Morey had been selected to
distribute the words, and he did it in de-
cidcdly effective manner. Most of his
words were bona tide English, with occa-
sionalIy little French and Welsh, and
now and then some lengthy favorite of Con
fucius, or something which plainly showed
its Choctaw derivation. We are unable to
give a complete detail Of the words missed
and who missed them, as we are obliged to
rely upon our memory, and the crooks and
quirks in some Of those words are about
all an ordinary memory can retain. Owing
to the limited number Of spoilers, two
misses were allowed to each person before
he was obliged to sit down Mr. Dins-
more led off with aallspice" nicely; Mr.
Holmes followed gaily with 'balance y and
everything went along smoothly till "cog-
nae" was poured out, which proved too
strong for several. Mr.. c. Mcintyre
preceed(ed'') everybody in seeking seat
"Chamomile' proved bitter word to one
or two. Mr.. Dinsmore surrendered in the
face of battalion; "baluster" broke down
several "bleyme" proved fearful disease,
Misses Landers and Edinger, Mrs. Bell
and Burson, and Messrs. D. Walton and
Bell all suffering severely. Its disastrous
effects were checked by Mr.. Matlack.-
'Stupefy" so stupefed Mr.. Van Horn that
he was led to seat. "Azymous" proved
the most destructive shot of the evening,
looping off the heads of every person on
lIr. Holmes side, except himself, and be-
ing missed by every person on the other
side. Mr.. Holmes thanked his stars, when
after little debate it was decided unfair to
give him the word second time but in
a few minutes he discovered "beryr was
too hard a mineral for him, and he sat
down, leaving the other side victors by
four.
1t being yet early, another match was
arranged between the same sides, though it
was very evident they were very uncqually
matched. Mr., Morey opened by passing
"cantaloupe." Messrs. Dinsmore and
Holmes, Misses Landers and Edinger, and
Mrs. Burson and Bell respectfully declin-
ed and Mr.. Bell took it in gracefully. Mr..
Matlack went out on prairie" to rest ;
"apropos" was considered inappropriate by
several, but Miss Lander8 enlightened
them. d. Walton was worsted by worst
ed" He suffered so terribly that in few
minutes Mr.. Morey pityingly passed him
"chloroform. He took an over dose with
re" on last syllable, and had to be carried
out. Mr.. Van Horn suddenly became
"sacriligious, and when shortly he declar-
ed he never heard of anything like "cho-
ler," except collaring unlucky school boys
he was permitted the soothing influence of
one Of the softest chairs. Mr.. Holmes
avowed that if 'n-a-p-tha' didn't spell
'naphtha," he didn't know what it did
spell, and perched himself upon STOOL
Harry Walton being one of the last three
upon his side, became frenzied at his won
derful success, and ''frezny' is the way he
spelled it; he sat down in a state of pro-
found meditation, and countenance re-
sembling the geometrical definition of a
line. "Murrhine" caused one or two more
to step down and out. Mr.. Mcintyre the
last man on his side, declared the next
word 'irrelevent" to such an occasion, and
he left four standing on the other side
Mr. Morey turned loose "'nylghau" upon
them, and they went flying to their seats,
concluding the match
The spelling was very good, considered
as a whole. Messrs. Matlack, Bell, and
Mrs. Burson and Bell, made very strong
team upon their side, and it is difficult to
say which carried off the honors. 1t was
announced that there would be another
match two weeks from that evening, and
the meeting adjourned.