The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-14
FUN IN WALL STREET.

THE SPELLING MATCH on THE STOCK Kx-
cHANGE-MuLLIoNAIREs AND BIG BONANZA
MEN AS. scHooLBoYs.
The .sboysr on the Stock Exchange will have
their little amusement at any cost. Il matters
not whether they are 'Ioug'' or "short,p when the
time Tor iun comes around they always make
good their Margins" They will malt IN the mid.
die o; "I'll give AZ for 500, seller threen at any
time TO play o practical joke. and the author Of
a new sell IL invariably the hero OF the hour. II
win be readily seen, then, that the announce.
ment OF spelling match 70 take place al
the close Of business In the rooms OF the
Governing Committee OF the Stock Ex-
change was sufficient indncement to call
the fun-lovInR element out in full force.
the prlze to be conlendcd for was
understood to be ten shares OF Boston, Hartford
and Erie stock hut. one OF the spoilers said 10
the HERALD reporter,
.IT's NOT MONEY WE WANT;
our parents are Germans, and we drink wine for
dinner. We've got intellectual spell and
It's got 70 be worked on" Shortly alter three
O'Clock Mr.. W. B. Bend mounted the rostrum, and
In voice supposed TO be trembling with emotion
announced that the lists were open Tor the tour
ney Considerable time was consumed in the
lection or "sides.u which were finally arranged
however, twelve persons on each. under the lead
ersnip or Messrs. A. G. Wood and 9. Wadsworrh.
The match was noveliyin this respect, that In.
stead OF giving single word complete sentence
was given out o test OF the ability OF
the spoilers. This course, as might be naturally
expected, led 70 much CONFUSION. For instance
THE FIRST sESTEscE
given out was, AVN you lend me ten DOL.
arsm At this the twelve good men and
true said never a word and the silence was
only broken by Mr.. Mitchell whispering in hoarse
y0tce thar tney were all gneIIbound Tho first
attempt proving an utter failure the Chairman
then gave out, 'what will you takeSn scene OF
uproar then ensued which II Is impossible TO de-
scribe. Not the slightest attention was paid to
the rules governing the match, each individual
calling out IN loud and angry tones his particular
fancy. and Tor several minutes the air resounded
with mingled shouts or straight "a little sugar
in mine" "a little more gum, If you please" and
many other expressions lncomprenensible TO the
uninitiated. After order had been In measure
restored the match was proceeded with and at
one time DID fair to reach very satisfactory
conclusion,
THE FIRST MAN SPELLED DOWN
was on Wadswortn's side, who rendered the
word "Drewv Puts Drew. One or Woods
followers then took back seat as ne said
the word commission was spelled 'one-eighth
per cent? The word Pacific" was the signal for
q grand "scalpingn mach, anything but peaceful
looking to the spectator, but the difficulty WAS
finally settled between The contending factions
on the ''curbstone," where a "Unlon" was
effected. The word s.waterr was then announced,
at which an expression OF incnable disgust over.
shadowea The countenances or all present, ana,
without another word being uttered on either
side, the spoilers OF the Stock Excnange wenced
their way IN melancholy procession from me
rooms OF the Governing Committee, TO meet again
on some more auspicious occasion.