The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-19
THE SPELLING MANIA.
Washington Hall Last Night
A Big Crowd and a Long
Contest.
The Victor and the Prize.

Washington Hall was full-crowded be-
low and a number in the gallery.
Faces on which Time and Trouble had
written the inetfacable marks of
their presence, mingled with the
velvet cheeks and glowing veins of child
hood and youth. The wealthy the PROM
inent. the fashionable, the beautiful, the
gay, the poor, the obscure, the retiring,
the ugly and the solemn people, were all
well represented, but the main part OF
the audience came from the best CLASSES
of the city.
Atabout half past seven, the Captains,
Messrs Hildreth and Criswell, took their
positions on the stage, and with the aid
of Mr.. Stone and u few others began to
choose the spoilers. This being
concluded Professor Bundy and
Judge Cochran were selected rs Judges,
and Mr.. Collier as announcer.
Robb, spelling book was selected
from which to announce the words, with
Wcbstcr's unabridged dictionary AS
standard for appeal.
Everything being in readiness, the
programme commenced. About dozen
words were spelled correctly, before the
first victim was inundated on the altar
of photography, amid hearty applause.
His name was Mr.. Trussell, and the cause
of his enforced absence was
smelling the word with one
&c" too many, thus, absence Anoth-
cr martyr spelled the last syllable with an
Is" and took his seat also. Charlie
Watkins and John Pendleton may know
the parts OF speech, understand etymology
svntax and prosody, but the photography
grammar tripped them, and they fell
Both used an "e' in the last syllable.
Mr.. Day spelled "parsnep with an
&c" and was requested to take his seat,
but Webster being appealed to, decided
that either ~ or sc" was admissible.
Jimmy MaxweIr got so lost that he
spelled region, "regean.' Young Day
went down on "leyel," spelling it with
an III
William p. Hubbard spelled "skeptic'
with a &C." in the first syllable, and Web
.ter being appealed to again, decided
that tx" or &c" is right.
Immediately following, an enthusiast
went down on shepherd, " using "ar
without the an in the last syllable
fBorax" hoored two more, Miss Batielle
and little girl who had it "borawckS.
Harry List spelled "troche' for
strochee," and the Judges decided that
where two words of different photography
had the same pronunciation, the spelling
Of one for the other should not be count
ed n miss.
VIII Faris is not commercial man,
at any rat, he could only get one "m' in
commerce.
Miss Hamilton spelled "chorus' with
an ga. Miss Mamie Young put
sc" in "bluish." Joe Tolivar used "u'
instead of an a. in "sirloin." Miss Jen-
ME Barker spelled schooner with one
80" Miss Stanley was not e1uberant,
but spelled "cxuberance' with an a.
Mrs. John Lash held out well, but final
" took her seat for putting ''u" in
''assimilate'
Captain S. P. Hildreth got vaccinated
and became too weak to stand longer.
He spelled "vaccinatloh with one &c
and two ms, and sat down.
Harry List followed taxing Ms seat
"irremedabIy because he got one &c
too many in 1t. Perhaps the TACT Is to be
attributed to looking IN the vault OF the
stage for the word Tor several seconds be-
fore attempting to spell II.
"Catoleptic' made James Jepson sit
down, because he was fiuSh with u.s.
Mr. hoge may ne " CONSCIENTIOUS man.
but ne spells Tue l"s' 'S''"U'' "''n C.
VIM T. hubbard SPe''eu '''O''ah'
VIII" } "'" WV >, al" '''"'' "
the pressure. Capt orISwe'' followed
taxing MS seat because he l"u not SUM-
'Ieht personal acquaintance WIN the
""ooriSihe'' uS'nS"" { '"s'e"u ol an l.
|'"rN bc"''' sP'','' ''s' W '''o"'
with an e instead o' Il" 1.-TWO or
three more "'PP'o anu 'o'' over
'caOutcnOuC.