The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-07
THE SPELLING MATCH.

! The examination of the well known school
! of DR.. Syntax took place last night at the St.
Patricks Hall before a numerous and very
select audience. :. The gates were opened at
o'clock, and the boys ''came trooping in.
They were the very worst lot Of boys that
ever "came trooping in any where, and we
know Of a schoolmaster up town that would
give months pay to have charge of them
Tor week, for the pleasurei it would afford him
to give them the walloping necessary to re-
duce them to any thing like good little boys
Of the reader kind.
They were not only the worst behaved boys,
bat the very worst looking boys that ever
gathered inside school room.
Very large blouses and very small caps were
the fashion, aad gave them all the appear
ance CT feeling very comfortable.
School took in at S o'clock, and DR.. Syntax
was on hand with his rod, and DR.. Syntax
was happy in the possession OF that rod.
Roll wa. Called.
Jim Gresham and a crowd Of other boys
were found to be absent, and an lnvesugt-
ion elected the fact that they were playing
hockey.
Charlie Ward was among the number. He
was afterward discovered making faces at
another boy 5 sister.
The other boy made arrangements for a
fight with Charlie after school.
After roll cali, Henry J. Vose got licking
to start on, and got several HcklnSS atler-
wards to keep It going.
Dick Montgomery and Frank Wilson had
! difficulty growing out Of a diff ,nce OF
opinion as to tie proper place to put a pen.
Frank stood up for a while, and Dick was not
anxious about setting down after the doctor
? got through with him. He escaped further
, ,hastsement by presenting the venerable
: doctor with an orange.
, Eddy X. Converse whipped Sammy X.
Russ Tor rubbing out bis Sans, and Or. Syn
< tax whipped him.
The Doctor had his hands full, and the
q boys got the best Of him apd he hnsly gave
up in dis pair and ordered recess.
, After the recess Che boys all came on in
Y their Sunday-go-to-meeiing clothes, and the
, examination commenced.
, Messrs. W. Z. Lyman and w. C. Raymond,
captains, chose sides, as follows:
w. c. Raymond Side.
s X Russ, E. HI. Converse, Capt. j. j.
Mellon. W. Van Nord-n, J. J. Finney, T..
: Buddecke, John Wheeler, C. L. Walker, Il.
NJ Montgomery, A. ". Rountree. NJ. Hin
man. A. Frelson, A. II. Rodenburg J. T.
,
: Burns, J. S Adams.
The spelling commenced at the head anG
/ went to the foot.
, w. Il. Lyman. Side.
Alex D:mitry, Dadley Coleman, H. j
Vose Tony Gomi!., johnson Armstrong, jas
4. Gresham, Giles Battle, J. II. Taylor, Ed
Marks, VIM Gwyn. Samuel Mullen, S Tyler
Read, E. F. Rareshile, c.. H. Chadwick, Geo
Il. Lord, Geo. ". Lane, I. Sheehan, c. X
Timpson.
e The spoilers went down as follows:
". I. Hodgson walked down after MISSING
'unparalleied.
: J. S. Adams retired on "Pagod.'
d Frank J. wilson spelt "erysiai with an b
J. and went down.
Z. p Rareshide gave up "celibacy, en-
the trumpet footed.
w. c. Raymond found ''inchoated' to-
y hard and stepped down.
i J. A. Bowman went Off on chameleon"
John D. Wheeler got hard word and Ii
'' sed it. It was "oppugner.
: The trumpets shrieked when A. Frellse,
l. tried "s.a,ay mite" and they did the SANE
when J. J. Finney endeavored to spell "mel
lifluous" W. Van Nordon spelled chic
cough" hiccup, and retired. w. R. Lyman
d found "synonym" utterly too hard. Gee
Beattie tried "dishevelled," and the ban
s. pliyed.
- TYLER Reid thought "indite" was the col
- rect way of spelling "indict, and lost hi
c nance for the book.
h r. Boullemet could not get over "ichthy
h ology.'
- d. c. Labatt failed on "cymbal."
T. W. Buddecke thought one ~ in slew
eller" was enough, and the horns wer
l. blown.
4 S X. Russ walked down after an attemI
A. to spell "satellite."
Ed. Marks got an 81" where the ''y' shout
De in ''eleemosynavy and was invited to g
&c down.
A. j. Gomila tried and failed on ''tyranny.
y II. Dudley Coleman put an extra IT l
re "sonneteer" and DR.. Syntax gave the signf
to the band. Prot. FoTshey wrestled wit
"pneumonics," missed it aud stepped ou
, ''mortl,e' Was too much for A. Ii. Hhode1
\ berg. He omitted the final e.
>. J. J. Mellon thought mice . was the wa
~ to spell the geological term "gneiss."
y E. K Converse put "beech thus
"beach," and was informed that he Wa
Ia wrong.
&c Judge Monroe failed in "cassinette."
y Prot D.mi.ry came up and tried "bieyme,
: and missed it.
! Taylor could not get over "elysium.'
= When he went down he left Dr.. JAS. Burn
~ ~ and Gem Walker on the stand. They bot
~ spelled some very big words. when Wake
GOT s'homeopathlst' and found it too mucl
aud DIR. Burns was left alone and had won tn
n dictionary.
- Hon. II NJ Lusher and f. c. Hancocl
m ESQ, acted as referees.
a The Speakers!ip Contest.
T. Democratic politicians still here say tn:
d. the contest over the Speakarsip OF the ne,
10 Eo1n