The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-03-04

element. and handled McGuffey withou
gloves. The contest was now virtual,
decided. The women were beaten. Tn
only ones who were not spelled dow
were Mrs J. L. Long and Miss Emm
Brown.
Considerable objection was made b,
some of the ladies to the choosing of mel
outside the corporate limits of Jackson
they claiming that it was not fair to rur
in lot of country school teachers. W.
admit that this gave the gentlemen some
advantage, yet it was a noticeable fac
that the women who are residents proper
of the town were all spelled down, while
fully one-half the opposing line, who are
among the very best spoilers in the
county, reside inside the Corporation.
The grand mistake made by the ladies
was in not choosing lot o: school girls,
fresh from their books, as the men chose
several school boys, and they all remain
ed standing to the last.
The pronouncing by Miss Walterhouse
was excellent. Mr.. Scott did will, but
spoke the words little too plainly, es-
pecially when addressing the ladies. We
will not say that this was because he was
bachelor, and good looking, but that
may have had something to do with it.
At this point in the proceedings there
occurred a misunderstanding which led
to one of the most deplorable scenes it
has ever been our misfortune to witness.
A.,fu Fn A
gentleman on the outside of the railing,
who had made several suggestions during
the evening which had been listened to,
and acted upon, with great respect, now
suggested that the spelling be stopped,
and the meeting adjourn ed over for one
week. 1t vas evidently the wish of all
the spoilers to proceed, and DR.. Mona
han ruled the motion to adjourn out of
order, which it certainly was, when a
couple of gentleman in the room felt
called upon to raise themselves in the
estimation of the ladies by assuming the
role of cowardly rufians, and breaking
up the meeting in a row.
We saw one man jump up excitedly,
and heard him shout, at the top of his
voice:
Mr.. Chairman,-I understand this
meeting was gotten up for the benefit of
the Kansas Literary Society
Just what the Kansas Literary Society
was, and why it needed a benefit, we
cannot say. We presume the hungry
grasshoppers must have eaten their Ii
brary-or something of that kind. A
friend remarked, however, that he went
home one evening, and talked in the
same rambling way, when his better-half
made furious dive at him, with the re-
mark: You're drunk again, you brute"
At this point another gentlaman jumped
up and began gesticulating and bowling
with wild ferocity that would far over
reach the best efforts of chimpanzee
monkey afflicted with the collie. Still |
another gentleman, fearing that the peo-
pie might forget the object of the meet |
ing, leaped upon a chair back, and COM
menced initiating a Kansas grasshopper |
corn-stalk-though the song
he sung was far different from the noise
made by our common penny-royal hop
per. We are satisfied that these men
were all ashamed of their conduct, short
time afterward, though no amount of
explanation can justify their conduct, or
make the people forget it. 1t was
striking example of the frailty of human
nature,
The scene was not without Its funny
points, and we saw one gentleman, who
had faced the most difficult words in
without finching, turn, when
one of the outsiders commenced making
his speech, and leap upon the Clerks
desk, where he sat, brandishing large
cane above his head-the
very picture of abject terror. The umpire
was seen standing on the ragged edge of
the Judges seat. with hair standing on
end, and showing some of the whites of
his eyes He looked towards the doors
leading into the jury rooms, but there
the terrified spoilers were huddled, the
men on one side, and the women on the
other. He could not escape in that di-
rection. Between him and the front
door was the hooting yelling, screaming,
roaring mob, and all the umpire could do
was to stand there and flourish large |
edition of Wehster's Dictionary over the
head of the chairman and scream fran
tically for Marshal Easterling to come to
the rescue.
Winfield Scott, Eli Backus, and other
Prohibitionists were present. and were
Eli says they do not act that
way ON Flint Run or Mulga, when they |
are sober.
During all the wrangling and noise, the
ladies manifested their superiority by |
keeping quiet.
A travelled man" remarked to US that
he had witnessed the sealp-dance of the
Sioux, was present during the attack of
Brown UPON Butler, in Congress, and had |
read description Of the scenes in the |
Louisiana Legislature, but he never knew |