The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-01
SPELLIN MICHfS.
Being Rekord Of How Adam tried 2 git Book
Also Bein' a rekord ov how Adam Didn't git
the book, and how be didn't care adern.
III ADAM pIuG.

~ NbN'i ii''''
| III me = Il ! yeer ole made in Il marryln
match mock me down with the but eGd ov a
gun at IL Shutln match; hold a burnin match
under my nose, bat dog on your speliln
matches | cum to dlspiLe them AS iollers
1t was Civ out tibet spellin match would
cum OF IN the pu1liek haul in > weeks and
that Webster's ON bridge Dixon air ye
wood be civ 2 the boss speler. Eye went
bill Jones, billsmchumb Il SEES eigh, bill,
! let's hcv tibet book" "Nuf' sed" SEES bill,
lime in So we went to the book stoars tor
Il speiin book or dckshunari, but dog mi
cats it we Good glt in the hull toun, iur luv
nur menny. Tha were awl gone, evry man,
womman X child in the diggins had gon to
work at spellln. We tride il tha wood borry
us the prize, but theigh thort weed better
spell lsi. BizZuis woz neglected., ole grOser
Tossed half barrl ov dried applls witch the
bois hoOkt while he WOE Studyin hiz speliin
lessen. At last we hired an on bridge ov a
pedler fur dours 4 a half Il da. Then we
went hum and shut the dOIe, pulled oph over
kotes rOaied upp oughcr sleeves and sot in =
work We found their wOz about 10000
wurds larn, which diVldin it bi , weakS
would maik about 2Sl1 wurds da. sot up
the wurds and bill spelt EN- down. At first
We stood up, after u while oughcr pins got
SlluNN ~ VIC SUI NON II OH II tutci. 1OOrty
sumo the cheer got tired Il we sot down on
the floor " hung over lcggs down lords
mite we spralled owt on the iloar on the frunt
side ov over box Wedidn't stop fur supper
At II pee EN-, we wer drOusv but still spell
lin. In the mornin wen we woke up, | wox
still setin up wurds fur bill ~ he wuz goin
atein with hiz tung owt We he'd bin spelin
au mite in Ougher Sleap, Wen over lst "a
ourZ wuz up we lacked | wurd ov tinlshin
hour 2SUi. Then we rubbed each uthcr DOM,
took snack, and welded in agin Bill's jaw
Civ owt on the ia, & eye he'd , let him set
up wurds On the ) day wee wer behind or
full with our work and we kOncludid to drop
awl wlrds ov less than 10 slllyBills On the
da Bill woZ horse man, so wuz eye We
Cood Knot speek abuv whisper At lasst
we cougheld hardlic keer evln then IL Bill
set the wlrds up IN mi Ger Il ide spellem in
hiZ other, at The end ov the dozenth da we
peggsd clean yught & cove in We hadn't
cot morn half threw, but we thort weed leigh
off til the da sot fur the match.
The da kun & the haul WOE krOwded. Eve
diCn't take hand in the 1st gain, but bill
did. Theigh speld awl the jaw braikers in
the Dickshunari, besides lot the dickshion
arey he'd forgot. Purity soon biclt
July" says the boss.
You lie yerself, you ole heather" says
BILL & he jerked of his koc of, You sea
bill IL u leetle dcet III hz eere Then the
boss explained and bill put on his kote.
The wurd is July" scd the boss
"J,o-o ioo' SEE bill; but heer he saw fel F,
Ter in the kroud shaik hiz he'd. Bill smoker
ed and komensed over, jew jew" scz he"
"Rong,' SOS the boss, 'NeCkst."
Then bill swoar, put on his hat, went down
the lie X down the steps swarm az how tha !
were just tryin to jecC him down.
Poorly sune tina kommensed spellin for the |
book. Things went rs tho tina wer lied until
we kun amsterdam he'd Just spelt The
next ielier he'd that werd, but he mist it. He
ony got tina iurst letter rite. ! teller forgot
the ere, teller put in an eye, 81 another fel- !
Ter nOCked il out, another tcller forgot to !
cross his tee, another teller forgot to say the .
last Silybill until he he'd sOt down, and then |
he sed 1t NJ mulch AZ half duzzen times
an ole inglishman lett ddy on from the trout
side ov the wird and pODt heH in the middle
That wrd went rownd The hull elias til it cum
too small boi necrSt TO me. ! new | Good
spell the werd (ov cors tibet littu cuss would |
mis- it, and Their Ide hev the book But that
little galont spcltit He didn't spell it kwite
as ide or Gun it, but thinks igh thatl doc az
well as if idc spclt II mi>elf nu ~ sumo az
I used up thct little klsy the book wood be
long to adam.
"Delum" SCI the boss, Ii woz mi turn
Dell" seq I, yum yum, dclyum.'
"Rong,' SCI the boss.
The devil" seq l.
"Neckst," sen the boss, :
b" sen the bOi
"A b." eggsklaiGitdi
"B7d-c.ll see the bel.
"llell!' showtcl thc ingllshmal
"l.u'm,' SEE the boi, "bdellum,' d the wa
tina CLEARED that little imp was ludickcroQs, :,
wOlt2ed out On mi Ger ann went nome
mad, but he'd the satls(ackshun Of Known .
cum within OK spclln down the hull lot
I'll never goe TO a spcliG matca aglu, halt
Their. d small bots
SqbsErihc .ld :wnaN "a cyy da This
weak Your, noslfnlIy.
ADAM PII.a.