Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-24
THE SPELLING MATCH.

The spelling match at the Femal,
Academy, Thursday night, for tn
benefit of the Baptist Church wa,
largely attended and proved success
financially as well as otherwise.
Prof Dinwicdie was teacher and
Rev. j. NJ. Wright and Judge c. w
Tyler, judges. JudgesC. 6. Smith and
7. Al. Riley. Esq, were chosen as cap.
tains, and with about twenty contest.
ants on each side, including about ter
ladies, the battle began.
The word TWO proved one too many
for Geo. s. Irwin, and he accepted a
handsome spelling book presented by
his teacher and retired to improve
himself by studying its contents,
Henry Smith spelt it dob, thinking it a
waste of letters to spell DAUB, and he
went to look for George and his book.
J. q. Rollow got mixed between tare
and TEAR. and retired. Sam. Williams,
7. 7. Fox. Emmett Ingram and Rich
ard Caldwell tried four different ways
on sEEL, none of which proved correct
and they left in body TO look for a
dictionary. Elisha Beach got his e's
and is mixed in CEILING and gave it
up. Mike Northington not being
familiar with cards or dice, went down
on oINoUE. Walter McComb, having
his mind OF coffee or some other dry
goods, failed on CAUF, and was joined
by one or two others. Rufus Rhodes
memory proved a little leek-y, and he
missed LEAK. Davis Turnkey thought
it rather mean that it should be spelt
MEN, and he quit. Judge Keesee,
though familiar with BUZZ-saws,
thought one sufficient. The judges
didn't agree with him and he retired
to investigate the matter. o. c..
Smith wouldn't spell it FURzE and was
invited to take seat in the audience.
Willie Doak, Calvin Mitchell and c..
L. Munford couldn't stand the SIEGE
and fell back in good order. R. HI.
Pickering looked rather fedrce as be
went down on FIERCE. W. j. Ely and
Sammie Wyatt made some heavy
surges at SERGE, but failed. Rev. j.
FL. Gold spelt it right. which was not
WRIGHT in this instance. John West
finally concluded to add the final in
FossE, but the judges said he was too
late, and he took back seat. Judge
Smith was short of Is and left one out
of ALLsPICE, which was objected to,
and he retired from the action, leaving
his class without a captain. John
Duff, John DAILY and Capt. Riley
hadn't the key to QUAY, and went in
search of it. DR.. Beach, M. G. Pit
man and some others were thought to
be entitled to a reward for their ways
of spelling GUERDoN, and were allow
ed to take seats. DIR. d. F. Wright
followed Judge Smiths lead in econo-
MIXING in Is and spelt it aoOOy. DIR.
R. G. Wyatt, after spelling through
the English language, was forced to
retire to look for the German SOUR
KRoUT. and he failed to find it.
Judge Smiths class was defeated,
and the contest finally narrowed down
70 Mr.. E. c. Hendrick and Miss Matte
Beach. The former was too gallant to
continue the contest against one of the
fair sex, and went down on BLowZY,
leaving Miss Matte mistress of the
field and possessor of the ten dollar
gold piece, which was offered as a
prize.
From the original conundrums Of
fered for the prize of a dollar gold
piece, the following by Master Emmett
Ingram was adjudged the best: why
are the college boys like a flock of
sheep?-Because they are feeced by
SHEARER."
The audience, after enjoying many a
hearty laugh, retired highly pleased
with the evenings entertainment,
which was in truth a most o enjoyable
one,