Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-05-01

was held Friday evening OF last week III the
large hall of the Public School Building.
The audience was n tritlc larger than the
former one, and carly manifested increased
interest in the fray.
DR.. J. VI. Porter, Michael Sherry, y. 5
Frost and William Armstrong, Esq 5, "ccu-
pied the Judges stand, and Prof X X
Sanncr again oiliciatcd as Pronounccr. The
Captains were also the same rs before, each
however, having enlisted Il few valuable re
cruits, presented classes which appeared
quite evenly balanced.
Everything in readiness, Capt PcrClcw lei
off with conspicuous correctly.
Not so with Capt. Griffin, who began and
ended his evening" career beginning
A hoarse, rasping blast from brass whistle
and tumultuoUS ruba-dub from a drum
tattoocd the first exit. He left out one OF
those "supcrtluous MS
A similar result followed the omission OF
*" in "mimicking" by George W. Tenant
of the same class.
John n Benson of same side spelled it
''cXtrcmly' and retired.
o. J. Moat of same side asked for time
to recover his equilibrium \ brief dis
course upon his love of the "radish' tcrmi-
mated in spelling 'rcddlsh" This answers
the definition, though slight disposition to
sncore him was manifest
The word nook was proposed to VI. G.
Ryan of Pcrdcw's class. He returned it as
"nauck" and the universal verdict seeming
to be against that system of photography
he loincd the departed.
Next, John Scott of same class drove
team" into "tccmng" He amblcd away
T. L. Self kcr of same class with smiling
countcnancc said "l-a-n-g-o-r" was the way
to spell ''languor" 1t wouldn't do
And here the other Captain went into
quctudc for spelling it "murmering." He
knew by the whistles sound he bad dont
something wrong
MI Meats turn came again, this time on
"dirgc' He eliminated the 81, caught
Scifkcrs ''u' on the fly, and 1hrowcd away
the bat for the evening, He spelled ii
'durge," and the small boys ''whoopcd a
howl, and with the how ment of the whoop
the whistle ''yippcd a yawp" as the gallant
Tenncssean sped down the aisle.
"Hiccough" was spelled "hiolp" by
Meshack Frost of Pcrdcw's side, He lin
gcrcd, but finally dropped outside the circle
1t is just to Mr.. Frost to say this word is
spelled as he gave it, though the authorities
evidently prefer "hccough.' Under TIC
rules he was improperly retired.
"Mi>sal was given 10 William Johns OF
same class who spelled it "mistle' He was
surprised at being whisilcd to the rear on :;
word as easy as that.
Then came Eugene Porter spelling cay
IL with diphthong. lie cayortcd.
Mr.. Weaver of same side scared out %
view on "huoyancy." He left out the gu
William Thomas left the ''i' out of SOY
crcign." If ever the word falls to hin
Its ~ will escape ungougcd.
The last four being of PplcW's side, III.
phalanN BEGAN to show weakness. Eowcv
cr, the word 'grandcur' SO impressed Ger
,hon Anthony of Griffin side that he trans
posed the letters 10y spelling it 'grandurc,
(Scnsation)
John A. Smith Of Perdew's class ana on.
of the successful competitors in the formcl
contest, left out "p" in supple jack and
"suplcd rcarward. He laughed. And cy-
cry body else laughed.
The word 'Ioscr' was given TO John b
Mctulioh Of same class. He spelled
"l-o-o-s- may l take that back" Til,
Judges referring 10 the rules, decided h,
WAS not at liberty to withdraw the error
The drum and fife conceded.
{. II. Walker Of same class "ortliograpll
cd "rcscind' by emitting the IS" He is
ready tor another match on all such words
"Obcse" was rather corpulent for DR.. J
G. Gambler of Griilins class. He extracted
IN inciSor and inserted two molars in tho
following akillul obcicc,' but thu
judges, pronounccr, populacc, drum ant
whistle wet 1ur him"
Reuben Rogers ofsamc SIDE followed N.il
the word 'hrutcd," which he spcllcl
'brcWt@d.' This was rot accepted and h
joined the caravan to the rear.
Watson Karr Of sane class permitted {
Sc to supcrscde an IS" in "supcrsc,lurc,
and inyoluntarily declined spelling an,
more.
Robert Remnant ofPcrlcw' class, Ike til,
printer who spelled "hill,' gave 'manual
as manuel he spelled it with an "c,' ant
passed to the sequcstcrcd rear
Generally our friend p. w Taylor o
Gritfn'S class is dangerous man to foo
with, and folks prowling about his prcmi
scs for suspicious purposes had better b,
sure that Park is away from home. But
the "maraudcr' that he encountered on thi,
occasion escorted him to the back ward be
lore he had gotten over the Threshold
lie initiated the first syllable by spelling il
mo. The pronounccr said to the audience
"Silcnce!" And then Il juvenile broke tn,
Stiffness by spelling, S0tt0 core, ''s-i-l-u-n-s.
Worlhington McCuloh of the other side
became tangled in the word "magnanimous,
spelling it finally as 'magnaminous" Tn,
,ranSpositlon was fatal and he joined tn,