The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-10
and had, Ia the language Of an eminent
preacher of our day, made to "step down

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"tipple,"" poignant" were passed by with.
out trouble, AID Master Willie Smith, who
had long held his owD, became victim to
"cf1rysaIis." which be spelt 4" "c-r.y.s. a.li-s.' .
Irascible" moved one OF the spoilers to
anger, aud caused him to 60 out. Miss
M. Belle Peasants spelt it right. =, -.
"Guitar, y scheme, y" campaign, ,""cbam.
pagne," "specie,' - " schism," :" solder }" Gin
dict" having been met and conquered,
"chestnut" was assigned to Master Skelton,
aud he omitted the ."t !" and went out, amid
general regret, freely expressed. ''-
The enuuciator conferred upon Mr.. Barks-
dale the honor of spelling Musquito." {"
" M.u.s-k.e.t-o" was the way be thought that
festive little animal should be spelt, and he
so said. That spelling was decided to be
wrong, and he was declared out.
Daguerrotype was propounded to Miss
Belle Peasants. She spelt it first daeuereo-
type" and then daguerrotype," and both
were found to be authorized--tbe first by
Webster. the second by Worcester.
Mr.. Hudnall went out on "antitype,"
putting the "e" where the "i" ought tD
have been.
Miss PIeasants fell under the spell of
vaccinate," giving it one "n" too many.
This concluded her honorable part in the
contest. ...
About fifty or sixty difficult words we're
here given out and spelled correetlSand need
not be mentioned. ...-..... d. = ..-..
MR.. BARKsDALE's TRIUMPH.
Mr.. Barksdale about 10 O'Clock appealed
to the umpire. He had been ruled out on
musquto~ which he spelt " m-u-s. k-e-t-o."
ar d claimed that be bad good authority
therefor. Ap investigation proved that he
was right. There was good authority for
spelling 1t in that and q half.dozen other
ways. s...
In bis decimated class, Mr.. Barksdale was
accordingly rtinstatcd ia the midst of great
applause, ard came to the assistance OF Mrs.
Walker, who was the last of Co'onel Eyans's
spoilers; while Mr.. Price had Miss Crispy,
Mrs. Burnett, Masters Burgess, somerville,
aud Gordon.
TIE WORDS EXHAUSTED. f.. p. ="
Master Burgess Thought "cartouch !"
ought to have an "e" at the end, and SO he
said. The enunciatorS said that was wrong,
though the French spelt it that way. Bur-
CESS appealed. and the appeal was overruled,
to his great discomfort. .......
Mrs. Walker spelt "porticos :" "p-o.r-t.i-
c-o.es.n> The enunciator thought that would
rot do, but good authority was produced
for her way Of spelling it, and she came off
victorious.
Miss Crspy made her first mistake on
" easily -" e-a-s.e-f.y" she had it. -
The two or three hundred words proyi-
ded by the Enuucator and Committee Of
Arrange mentS were now exhausted. Tho e
that had been misspelt were given out again,
and were all correctly spelt by MIR. Barks-
dale and Mrs. Walker Of Colonel Evans's
class. and Miss spy, Mrs. Burnett, Masters
Gordon, Burgess, and Someryile, Of Mr.
Prices. .-
The following words sent up by persons
in the audience were misspelt:
By Master Somerville: "Cogniac" for
"cognac."
By Master Gordon " EimosynaSy" for
cIeemosynasy "--his second mistake.
Bv Master Burgess Metalefgy" for
"metallurgv "-his second mistake.
By Mrs. Burnett: "gueriIla" for "guer-
rilla "-her first mistake.
At this point,of Colonel Evans's class all
that remained were Mrs. Walker and Mr..
Barksd.e; of Mr.. Prices Miss Cri>py and
Mrs Burnett.
Mrs. Burnett went out ia "bleyme," spell
ing it "bleim." Mrs. Walker went out on
"cauf," spelling it " caugh,"' leaving the
field to Mr.. Barksdale, Master Somerville,
and Miss Crispy.
Mr.. BarksdaIe went out on "metemphy-
COSTS" Miss Crispy went out on "phleboto-
my.n leaving Muster Somerville the victor.
AT 11:4O be was presented with the prize-a
Webster's Diclionary--and the assembly
disDersed. s#+