Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23
HOW THE NEW NOSN BROKERS
Spell.
An Hours Contest Amid Various
Bifflcu cuEties-Che Winner tie
ceIVes Il Dictionary.

Wall aud Broad streets put on 6
broad smile yesterday when it was an
! noUDced that grand spelling d atcl
! would take place after business hours
t in the Stock Exchange between mem
| bers Of that concern. Accordingly
/ when the gong sounded for O'Clock
there was q tremendous, rush for the
| Governors room, up stairs, where the
contest was to be held. amt i was soon
tall 20 overhowiug. Mr.. William B.
Bond speedily elected himself Chair
! man and examiner amid unearthly
how1s OF approval aud Messrs. ID o.
White and J 0. Stevens were appoint
and lett wings Of the spelling troops.
The following Knights Were entered
Oh the lists: Messrs. Joseph Taylor.
S. L. LPplncott, F. ". Saviu, Skln-
ner. Durnnd, TuttIe, a. Drake. >, V.
White, T. Ii. Hartman, ". McClure,
Crasby, J. B. Noyes, Wood, Morrls,
Young. j. E. Fairchiid, THulnns
Horne, Davis, Campbell. w b. Duke,
hi.breth, ca, HaiPLt, Webster. De
Mott. Selinger and W L. Alexander.
They were numerically chaffed as
they took their places, Il happened
TT nearly all sat down on the right
side of tue room, and only two or three
pu tie left. 'rhe Chairman ordered
them 10 equallze themselves, where
upon the eutire body Oh the r.gHt
arose as one man and marched so
emmy over TO the lett 1t WITS
some time bef they c,ujd te
.roperly divided, Hnt this was
1T "a: sth accomplished, aud the
t~o I.apfaiG8, CSC armed with II huge
Dlctinuurg, yelled ready, where
upon >hero Was all oUthurat of cat
cIii5 aud cireers. ilr Bend gave out
tie wu,d -ai,,ttabie>" au9 lIr. I,llman
" cat IouS 81 !tau (. Cries Of kill ninr,
;.hd cheer, followed his exit. The
ucA: Wcia WIS ''aicohol." winch >tr.
AicCiucs spelled wIsh K. On being
to.,i tuat i,a wa>, wrong. he wanted 10
kIow what kIud OF ;. tree country this
s,'S wire ? man cuu sdn't spell a!cDtiol
Ito !te wanted aad nSe it too. Cheers
s,u,j d1precIatory remarks Of various
kinds greeted this outburst. Mr.
sAr1 -tr"u9 tackled abatement vi h
Success, witareat groans and ys'ts iu-
a@-cEI:t2U!c testified 10 the disgust Of
toe aud tors.
And 50 it went on for an hour -
Whenever "a man missed he was cheer
cd, and whenever he spelled correctly
s:rnlhed him. All kinds Of comic,l
cunmt ats were banded about. "t)u-
science" shouted Mr. Bend. He
amt got any ED man IN the
crowd. Many spelled words wrong
purpuseiy where thty saw chance TO
maze q pun or IutrOduc4 II ca.Cu- word
''Eyrje," sai1 Mr.. Bend. "E-T-,e,"
spelled the maa addressed The con-
fusion, yelis, and co.unlents would
have been imposs> Dlt outside Of th8
Sock Ezchan9e. Among yesterd ,y's
mispaiied words the following may be
taken as specimens of the mauuer i'll
which the majority Of the brokers
spell: Obn0ctioUs for obnoxious, IRA
treaveable for irretrievab!e, ohcolete
for obSoit tt, ,0Trarey for orrery, kreola
f0c Creole, paynard !oG pnjgnard,
bIdttiium for 6delium, protatype for
prot type, ln@rsilit for inertia, aDerrig-
maj Tor abori igiual, abhorred for abhur-
Ell, abbreviated Ter ahrav!ate, acseilel ated
T = accelerated, abholilsh for abolish,
.djocin5ra J fOr id.0syncracy, abuss
i.r abs ;e.sS, uukIeou5 for nucleus, va |
iy;ude3 ar:au for tudiuarian,
forabayanca, abiss for abyss, |
c2asiine for condign, d4g5ero:ypc for
taauerreotype.
Finally, Nr. ". I. Alexander was
the only man of either side left, aud |
10 him was awarded the prize, Il We!j- !
sfar unabridged. Il proved, however.
an expensive vIc.Cry.