The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-22
THE AFFLICTING SPELL.
1t Reaches Pulaski in Mutifa-
riOus Forms
To Bee or not to Bee.


To Bee or not to Bee.
The tidal wave that started at crea-
tion's dawn and held the spheres in
spell while morning stars sang prisons
70 awakening nature, reached Pulaski
last week. Pulaski is not generally
this far behind. Itcame. however, on
the first ''call TO books''-this to its cred
it be il said. The first call was made
last Thursday night by the ladies of
Pulaski for spelling tilt for a silver
cup. AntOinette Hall was full of peo-
pie who could spell every word in the
dictionary ; provided, always, in view,
ask them ''tOO quick" DR.. Alternately
and Mr.. Taliaferro were chosen cap
tains, and they spat upon a chip, threw
up and called their sides. Let us pre-
mise by saying that the evenings pro-
ceeding were interspersed with selee-
tiOns by Prof. Tyre Rodes' orchestra,
eXcellentiy and beautifully rendered.
The sides were arranged and the UNI
pires announced their readiness to be-
gin; and they were urged up by the
impatient audience, who, under the
magic spell of the music, were crying,
Begin, begin; the mystic spell prepare
Coils. Alternately and Rogers were
enunciators, and by spells they admin
istered the gag. q. p. Jones was the
first TO come down, and he stuck upon
briGr, though it was afterwards de-
termined that his brter would stick in
more ways than one. This left Mr..
Lacy entitled to the spelling book. He
eliminated 6rO1ose of its e and left it on
ly brot0s to see. Tom Adams traded off
N of
Ed Sumpter sought to lnUeid the sa-
cred precincts of photography, but the
umpires iaUetghed against the interpO-
lation. Mr.. Rollin Lasseter will profit
by his experience as a prophet, doubt
less. Mr.. Will EZell SHIELD the raging
seU in SPELL" u Bill We hate to
tell it, but ''duty calls and shame must
brave it," We have failed to use our
e s prOtitablY and blindly sighted ev-
cry means to learn the Sletght of SPELL
ing. PhlOL smells as sweet when rem
dered fOI, Mr.. win Childers maintains.
Messrs. Henry Ballentine Z. w. Ewing,
Geo. 7. Riddle, S. c. Mitchell and Dr.
Alternately let their RATS founder upon
mere pebbles. Capt. Lester thought
SYNONYM synonymous with synonym
Mr.. j. Polk Alternately made his Y
mark iii lection. DdctyI, strange as it
may seem, means both a finger and a
loot, but Mr.. LOVeman made it an IL
Mr.. Chap Nelson threw his hopes over
board on jetisOn MIR. TaliaferrO sdty-
rized Mr.. Webster because he demand
ed that his y should be u. Mr.. Hume
Field Jones sent dictionary makers to
look to their laurels and all his COM
petitors to grass by successfully or
thOgra phizing every word suggested.
Col. Scion E. Rose, the chosen drbtter
eLegdntidrun for the occasion, with affa-
bic manner and e udite speech, pre-
sented to Mr.. Jones the silver cup.
Mr.. Jones responded in a short and ex-
ceedingly beautiful address of thanks.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT,
A large audience greeted the efforts
of the ladies to raise money for the M
Z. parsonage and fun for the fun-lOv-
ing. Capts. B. f. Matthews and A. j.
Alternately flung the chip and mar
shaded the hosts. The music again en-
spelled the audience, floating and re-
Verberating through the arched dome
with even flow like melted spelt and
giving to the contestants each heart
to win, and, to endure, a spelled melt
The contest began, and, like Satan's
onslaught on the angelic hosts, when
thrice he surged from end to end and
sought unguarded potts TO break the
battle front, so thrice around the circle
did the enunciator swing before he
found a weak point. Mr.. Jake Tarpley
won the spelling book while laboring
under a dynamic dysphoney which
made him seem to change y to in
dyscrdcy. Capt. Matthews thoughts
did not revert to mathematics, else he
would never have made an out of his
i in dltq10t. Mr.. Griggsby sought to
IL,
in attorney. Mr.. Polk Alternately did
not pay as much attention Co his COM
iSsdries as he generally does when
hungry. Capt. G. p. Jones retired
with Craze disgust on cematery. Chill
ders and Scales slipped up on waXy
cere. Mr.. w. p. Taylor's chOler knew
no bounds when the umpires told him it
not was collar. If We local ever has oc-
casion to leave this world again and de-
cides to 90 so by elm bling another tree,
he will take particular pains that it
shall not be fir tree; and if the UNI
pires do crowd him up one, he'll GER
tainly leave one T behind him for a
spell. Mr.. Lacey gaHl6Ied the prize
away and gGnboled from the stage.
Messrs A. j. Alternately and S. G.
Mitchell stumbled on a stump called
trunniOn. Mr.. Lasseter knows more
about the taste of a cantalOupe than
the spell. Mr.. Z. w. Ewing got stuck
in muciIlage. DR.. G. G.. Alternately
succeeded in succeeding and bore the
prize off.
A contest was then had between the
victors of the two nights, Mr.. Jones and
| DR.. Abernathy, and after many success
full spells, DIR. A. lost the Q1inteSceRce of
| his hard-won hOnors, and Mr.. Jones,
failing to it in that light, s'sayed to
take the prize.
Mr.. Z. w. Ewing delivered to Mr.
Tarpley his spelling book, with many
| injunctiops as to its use and surmises
as to his fate, il he pushed vigorously
/ towards the mark of the high calling as
he would find it in his spelling book
! Mr.. Tarpley responded beautifully and
| tearfully.
Capt. Jno. c. Lester presented Mr..
Jones a beautiful wreath of flowers tC
crown him victor of two well fought
contests. Mr.. Jones answered in ele-
| giant, modest, appropriate terms.
] Col. Rose presented DR.. Alternately q
richly bound and costly edition of a
compendium of English poetry, in his
own elegant diction and .princely gest-
ure. DIR. A. thanked the donors il
fitting terms and graceful mOdesty.
Mr.. ElwoOd Lacey presented Col
Rose beautiful bOquet of flowers il
behalf of the ladies. Col. Rose expati-
ated upon their beauties and thanked
the donors.
The spell was here broken.