The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-22
That SpelL,

| That Spell.
The spelling match at Pixies was a
| success. The building was crowded
with as large and intelligent audience
as has ever been seen inside its walls,
rand before the appointed hour arrived
every toot Of available standing room
was secured.
The spoilers, however, did not mani
fest 50 great an anxiety to be on hand,
and when the roll was called but little
over half OF them appeared. Mayor
Johnston was ''unavoldedly detained,"
in "seeing man" in reference to some
important campaign business, and sume
forty OF fifty others had been obliged TO
remain away on account of symptoms Of
a ''bad spelP' which they were positive
would oyertake them during the evening
if they ventured out. Hon. Ben Eggle-
ston marched on to the stage as his name
was called, boldly took his position near
one Of the wings and-at the first oppor-
tunity-yanished without having spelled
a word, and was seen. no more. lie is
supposed to have fallen through trap
door on the stage or to have been over
taken by symptoms of another bad spell.
The Choosing up" was conducted
after the old fashioned style by Messrs.
s. Il. Covington and q. W. Rowland, the
class being arrayed as follows:
Captain Rowland's Side-Rev. G. T..
Kellogg. j. L. Perry, L. s. Throop, owen
owens, W. Il. Davis, Francis Ferry,
Clement Olhaber, A. A. Clerke, N. Bush,
John j. Hooker, stephen Coles, Thomas
l.. Young, b. o. NJ. DeBeck, Sam. v.
Reid, Rev. ID. l. Edwards, j. IL. CheeveF,
Henry b. Morris, Il. P. Bradstreet, NJ.
f. Thompson, j. r. Challen, DR.. John j.
Marvin, col. James Watson, A. z. Kern,
DR.. Il. Osmond.
Captain Covington's Side-Wm. Nc
Alpin, W. q. Cochran, BelIamy Storer,
| jr., Captain q. M. Holloway, l.. Barney,
Benjamin Eggleston, Charles b. Wildly,
Il. M. uinkle, Geo. W. Jones, DR.. A. y.
Worthington, ReY. d. w. Rhodes, Chas.
Il. Seybold, George II. Stevens, l.. q.
| Hopkins, l.. G. Weir, e. W. Petit, G. w.
| Cole, Judge Nj. b. Hagans, Reuben Ty-
ler, Rev. David III. Moore, e. Worthing-
ton, George w. Fackler, W. j. Breed.
The opposing lines were seated on op-
posite SIDES of the stage, and each man
rose as the spell took him, and il over
scenes. The referees, Judge Cox, Gov.
Noyes and Mr.. j. Ill. Barrett, sat at ia
BILE at the front of the stage, and Judge
Yaple and Prof. Chickering ssgaye out"
| from another.
Two or three gentlemen were sent off
| on ''rasure" by Judge Yaple, when it
| was found that Webster spelled it in
| that manner and they were recalled
amid deatening applause, and Captain
Holloway was the first one out for keeps.
1t all happened by getting a transient
&C" in ''transient." No bouquets.
Captain Covington couldn't see how to
| he retired. Mr.. Cheever went down on
sschameleon." Mr.. Wildly on "decep-
tory," Captain Barney on '"decliyis," :"
Mr.. Owens and Mr.. McAlpin on ''defor-
| Giant" Messrs. Perry and Petit on ''de-
hiscence," Mr.. Edwards on "teaspoon.
full" Mr.. Weir on "unparalleled," Mr.
Jones on "pursuing," Rev. Moore on
''debatable," MIR. Breed ON "privilege,"
and Captain Rowland on ''lily;' Mr..
Kern and Mr.. WOrthington retired on
''salable," Mr.. Ferry with accessory"
Col. Reid on .'quizzical," Mr.. Coles on
s'manageable," Judge Hagans and DR..
'.corroborate," Gen. Young on 'isos-
celes," Mr.. Fackler on ''tratiicking," Mr..
Bush on embarrassment" Mr.. Clerke
on ''ellipsis," Mr. Davis on "phthisicky,"
Mr. Thompson on "lndispensable," MIR.
Watson anu DR.. Worthington on "feotf, !"
Messrs. Storer and Throop on ''sacrile.
gious," Messrs. Challen and Cole on
'psy ychology," Mr.. Kellogg Oh "aceompa-
nlment," and Mr.. Marvin OH "mani-
kim"
Nine men still held out, namely:
Messrs. Morris, Seybold, DeBeck,
Hooker, Rhodes, Tyler, Hopkins,
Stevens and Stone, and they all went
down on a single word "bleyme." As
lay on the table the front of the stage
awaiting the victor, they took their
places again. Mr.. Morris dropped on
"bursary," Mr.. H1nkle on ''brach,"
Messrs. stevens, Hopkins and Taylor on
l'butyraceous," and Mr.. Rhodes on
s'chibouque." Messrs. DeBeck, Hooker,
Stone and SeyboId were left, but all
succumbed to ''colagogue," and the cur
tam fell amid prolonged applause, and
the audience. we'll pleased with the even
ing's performance, filed out.
One amusing feature of the affair was
the tremendous ear-splitting blast sent
forth by the man with the big horn when.
ever a word was missed, and which
never tailed TO produce shouts OF laugh
ter.
| The only Objectionable feature of the
whole affair was the boorish oficious-
ness OF couple Of individuals in the
southeast corner of the auditorium, who
evidently imagined themselves COM
manders-in-chief of the occasion, and
authorities-in-chief in spelling, and
whose remarks and criticisms were, to
say the least, very annoying to both audi
ence and spoilers, and in very bad taste
for anything outside cock pit OF con-
| cert saloon.
We are this morning informed by sew
erat very reliable gentlemen that icicles
| fully three inches long, the result of re-
cent weeping, were seen pendent upon
Col. Sam Reid's face as he turned the
Post-office corner half hour alter his
disappearance from the stage.
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