Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-27
1 Capital Report of New
x1rk Spelling Mach.
Iron the Times 9Th.

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4 Capital Report of a New
York SpeIIing-Mach.
IFrom the Times 9,h.l
What was termed grand spelling
match" took place at Association Hall
last evening. Hon. Erasius Brooks.
forgetting his advanced years, became
a boy again and conducted the eXer-
cises. He was assisted by Mr.. James
W. SimontOn. The hall was half
filled, and school boys formed no in
considerable part OF the audience. A
large number of ladies were present.
Previous to the performance MIR. Co
rev played selections from La Grande
Duchesse". and La JoIie Parfa-
meuse" on the grand organ. These
snatches of opera hOufle We're readily
recognized by the juvenile portion Of
the audience, and were received with
applause and appreciative whistling.
Mr.. Brooks aud Mr.. SimontOn came
on the platform shortly before 8
o'clock, and were greeted with APP
plause. Mr.. Brooks was dressed in
black, and looked extremely solemn
He carried q large spelling-bOOk IN
one hand and spectacle-case in the
other. Mr.. SimOntOn did not wear
any ornaments. Copies of Websters +
and Worcesters dictionaries adorned
table in the centre Of the platform:
Mr.. Brooks made few remarks re-
gardiug the popularity of spelling
matches, and Mr.. SimuIton read the
rules of the match. Mr.. Henry
GuudIfch, the winner Of the first
pr.ze at the Cooper Institute meeting,
was appointed captain ora one side,
and Mr. SimOntCn on the ot6eT.-
Mes>fs. Leonard White and William
II. Brown We're chosen iu9ge&, and
MIR. Brooks, carefully opening his
Epeiiirg-huuk, glanced over the pages
and cleared the decks for action. Mr..
fiiu0utoU made iiattering speech 90
the ladies among The audience, hut
there Was no response. The c0ntes-
t&nts were seated on each side Of the
stage Among Mr.. SInI0ntOn'5 class
were professor J. X. ii Wilcox. of
New Brighton, Staten Island MIR.
& Ll'rti. Il young lawy eT, of this city 5
Mr Geo. W. Dalton. Il proof render,
aud Nr. james PootOn and Mr.. Good
rich were The only gentlemen publicly
kuuwH 6u the other. Mr.. Brooks at
the outset evidently eidtRvored not TO
give too difficult asks, perhaps re
mpniHcr;Ug the days Of his own youth.
Trg6 refunds Of simple words were
given 60 establish confidence on the
part OF the spoilers Preparatory to
their discontinue. They exhibited .
bland coniiGc,,cc in their answers
ST last one yGUny man WAS desired to
smell "enIharraSSmeajh He went at
il with & dash; he never hesitatcd,
amt This WAS the way he did Item
barras ass sIuent." lie looked aroand
a. il conscious Of having effected some
good for humanity, When he step
ned down and out lac turned on bis
heel and locked at Mr.. Brooks Mr..
Brooks was pr0pOundiEg puzz!crs,
aud paid no heed 10 the young man.
The next To fail was an ingenious
Young man. He was asked to spell
"indiciable." He spelled the word
"inditGbie." He was given an oppoT-
/ lunity to explain, but said he under
stood the word to mean liable to be
placed under Indictment. He then
/ made bow to Mr.. Brooks and glided
/ through the side door. The next to
! retire was a middle-aged man, who,
/ when as ked 10 give his idea "a to III
retrievahlen placed the e before the /.
! lie wandered of the platform, unable
! to determine why he was called away.
/ \ shOOl-bCy came next. He was so
( sure of being right that he did tot re-
} peat the word, but flung it at Mr..
Brooks rs If it were a ball. The word
was "irrelevant,' and Mr.. Brooks
seemed staggered when The boy said
J irrelevant" Mr.. Brooks did not
/ request this victim to retire; he mere
/ IN raised his hand, and the lad, utter
/ " crushed and broken down, sought
/ refuge i'm the gallery. "conscientlous"
! did the business for young merchant.
! He could ouly afford one j in such a
/ word, and appeared astonished when
/ his attention was called to his want OF
! generosity. Another young gentle
( man persisted in saying ''analize" in
stead of analyZe" The next WORD
! which created vacancy in the ranks,
/ was 'resplendence.' The boy who got
! it scratched his head sud said re
splendance." AS he descended the
stems he murmured something about 3
/ fair deal and good. Bat q young stu
dent v no was asked to spell 'solilo-
quy' astnnished the audience. He
/ hesitated, looked appealingly at Mr..
! Brooks, and finally spelled 'solilO quo
/ Quy A Young man who maintained
I that 'acGuiesce' was really 'acguiess
( was the next to follow, and another
/ said that 'ephemeTaP was spelled 'effe-
moral About this time Mr.. Pooton
was requested to give his idea regard
/ ing Mediterranean He hesitated
for moment, spelled the first syllable,
I and after some hesitation spelled the
word correctly. ar. Brooks seemed
ANNOYED. and wanted to know what
| the next man thought of 'schismatic.
The crudite student inquired OF,
/ thought that 'sysmatic' was about the
proper thing. Mr.. Brooks dissented,
and asked no further fsvors from the
+ Young man. From this point the
/ victims fell rapidly. One spelled
/ 'complacency' cOmplaicenev;' an
other asserted there was second Il
+ i'm 'supercilious a third spelled 'para-
/ disc 'paridise' the fourth inserted q
( into the last syllable of belligerent.-
/ Another spelled moralize' 'moralise!
+ A proof reader TIA ought that 'eupho-
MUS should be spelled 'euphouus,
aud was convinced To the contrary
I Another proof-reader spelled 'lassi-
4 tude' lascitude,' and was ignominious-
] ~ discharged. The next ctim OBJ
/ tanned much of deserved sympathy
He was fair-haired little boy. sitting
on an end chair on Mr.. Simonton's
side-a manly little fellow. who up to
+ that time had answered well and
readily, but the memorable MIR. Brooks
had msi k"d MIN for his own, and
asked him 10 spell "hebdomadal."-
4 When the little lad arose TO answer,