The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-04-03

markable speller. "Anglicize tripped
up Mr.. Wolbert, he substituting an IS"
for "z.' The good intentions of one
school teacher were of no avail, as she
spelled "addable' with one cd" An
elderly matron refused to take any notice
of their hunkeyism, and spelled it with an
sc" in the third syllable. She was invit-
ed to think over the subject, for which the
remainder of the evening was given her.
RECESSION proved stumbling block to
the designs of clerical looking speller,
and, sorry to relate, he stepped down and
out.
A compositor then spelled what was in
tended by Professor Shoemaker " receipt"
"reseat." He was about retiring when
Commodore Ferguson, of the Schuylkill
Navy, said there were two words pronounce
ed the same way. He maintained that the
representative of the art preservative should
try it again. Quite a rumpus now ensued,
some Of the audience shouting ego on ~
"order ~ and so forth, others kissing, still
others crying, stick to your rules n'-
There was considerable wrangling and
argument between different persons in the
audience, but at the suggestion of Mr..
Deadly the match was proceeded with.
"Porosity" proved too much for a German
victualler, a school director in the Seven
teenth ward, named George Zoll. His
vaulting ambition overleaped itself. This
gentleman, who, by the way, was probably
the heaviest man in the house, suddenly
remembered better style of photography.
He jumped from his seat, the floor did not
go in, by the way, and he was about cor
recting himself when at the nod of the
clerk spelled "delequesce as follows:
"deliquesce." He being told of his error
retired, muttering the mistake was all in his
eye, al" A school teacher spelled ode
! tergent with an "u'' in the second syl-
liable and beat a hasty retreat from the
scene of action. AS she passed off, one of
those impertinent urchins, always to be
! found in the gallery, shouted, "shOot the
school marin ~ To this parting adieu she
returned a heavenly smile, and sank away
in the crowd. Professor Shoemaker, by
way of encouragement, hurled the word
| - incense - from his store OF ammunition at
a school girl but she retaliated by spelling
it "insense." A promising youth, after
sparring nobly with Prof. Shoemaker, had
! his eye shut up on chaly beate," commenc-
! ing to spell it zeal, when he was carried
mentally wounded and bleeding, off the
field of battle. The professor killed one of
the misses by giving her "vitrefy," but
failed to wound a sturdy champion of the
sterner sex on harpsichord." A Normal
school girl spelled "dominie with an 6
at the end instead of an lie. This was
deemed an unfair word. Mr.. Mexican, of
the Ledger, persisted in declaring that Mr..
Shoemaker was giving words with two
meanings, SO the young lady was given
another chance. A carroty- headed youth
attracted considerable attention by his loud
and peculiar spelling, but he was the favor
lite in the pools. The Professor now began
sending in the words to the contestants a
little harder, and many were put out. The
audience and the dictionary differed with a
Mr.. McIlvaine, who would persist in spell
ing "pennless with "y." A young
typo failed to reach the first quarter on
"rarefy,' which he spelled with an ''i. y
Mr.. Grattan valiantly strovs against the