Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19

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Mr.. Elmer Ffssber took his place at
THE BLACK BOARD,
srd the fun began. The FIRST word missed
was "Ysk," Mr.. ]. r. Cowden being the UNI
fortunate, the fall of the captain being
erected with loud applause. The next
word missed was 'academian," the third
We failed to catch, the fourth was "ac-
foustice" sne the fifth 'adamantean." The
,,Ioupcement by the Judge that this word
it6 been m%ispTonounced called forth an
/. rpeal from Mr.. Allison. The referees
CURED over the ponderous volumes before
{, N and made q decision, from which Mr..
CoNden appealed to the umpire, stating
hat while the rules allowed a contestant to
refer q word to the referee they did not give
The captain of q side the right. NJ. Allison
sid he was only the agent or the mouth
Uiece Of the contestant, and that the lady
had appealed to the referee through him.
Mr.. Hart ssid he supposed the contestants
could appeal by counsel aud suggested that
a hearing of The matter be postponed until
next VIZ elk, which o,cssioned much amuse-
ment. The matter
WAS FINALLY SETTLED
by Mr.. Cunningham deciding it not a miss,
and the fun went on. The words adept
and "aggrandize" were Eext missed and then
q dispute arose over the word "slibi," which
fell TO the lot of Prof. Crsgo. He failed to
put the accent on the final Il" as both
Webtter and Worcester require. Allegro"
"amenity" and "snchovy" were next missed
in the order named, an appeal being taken
on the last. "Antipodsl' and "apotheosis'
we're next missed, while "a~ppoggiatura"
ives excluded by the umpire as i'm.
proper. There was q tsngle over the word
Armada" which Mrs. Belleville took when
it should have gone to some one on the 9TH
er side, and much applause resulted.
"Asiatic' was then missed by Mrs. Bell
vile, "Brigand" by Mr.. Hannah, and then
Mr.. Atkinson was handed out Bouquet"
BE pronounced it in o way which the Judge
decided wrong, whereat he appealed, and it
was finally not counted q miss by the UNI
| pire amid much laughter and applause. DR..
Logan failed at this juncture to give the
proper accent to "bombsst" and it being
HIS SECOND oFFENsE
he retired gracefully from view amid much
applause. Bronchitis" brooch" and
buoy were then missed, the latter by
Prof ]. C. Orr. Frank Stanton got into
nouble with business" Henry Emsheimer
with "cabal," DR.. Ulrich failed on canine"
and P B. Dobbins on "c~aoutchoue." Samuel
BOY ce was q stranger to "carib, and WI. W.
Cowden tailedon cayenne" The next miss
was on 'coadjutor," which sent Mrs. Bellville
cut. Mr.. Erskine missed "comatose" and
Mr.. Hannah "commandant." "Complals-
snce," "concave," concrete" "construe,"
'coterie," were all missed, and then Mr..
Hart said time was flying, and offered the
suggestion that one miss be enough to
end a contestant out. This prevailed,
and Mr.. Boyd missed dance" aud
danced out. "Decivous," "defalcate," "IsO,
late" and "Gherkin" were the next words
missed, the latter by Miss Butler. DR.. Jep
sen couldn't get the hang Of "gondola" and
retired, being followed by j. R CoWdeu on
'hovel," amid much applause. "Ferme IT."
given to Mr.. Stanton, was pronounced BY
d at gentleman with the accent
ABOUT EVENLY DIVIDED
between the two syllsbels. The judge
REQUIRED him to pronounce it several
| times, but no shade OF difference could be
detected and she decided 1t a miss, saying
the frat syllable only should be accented.
The ranks in each class were now
sadly thinned ont, and words were missed
with increased rspidity, discern" "diversi-
w." drama" dubious" elusive" ''em.
p~yreaD," "endive," "enervate," and "enthu.
siam" all being stumbling blocks, the lat
ter bringing down Prof. Crago. who made
the ~" in the second syllable a triie too
prominent, although he protested he had
never done 80 before. "Equable' was too
UGH for Miss Simpson, who had seemed
q possible winner. "ESaeerbste' was
too much for Mr.. Atkinson, Excise retired
DR.. Dickey, and Capt. Allison went to the
rear on Exemplary" "Exuberant" and
facet" we're next missed, the latter by
Major Lee. Gaseous caught Mr.. Akin
Son, who had returned to the ranks on a
d. cision by the umpire. "Garrulous" sent
Mr.. Guy Allen out, and "grimace" retired
Miss Swift. The class was now reduced to
one on each side, they being Miss Clohau
in Mr.. Allison's class, and Mr.. Erskin in
Mr.. Cowden's class. The latter missed
guar O." and Miss Clohsn was
THE WINNER,
she being greeted with round 0 fhearty and
n husisstic applause, in the midst of which
q handsome bouquet was tossed upon the
stage, while congratulations poured in from
all sides. When some degree of order had
been restored Mr.. Hart advanced to the
footlights and said the entertainment had
been OF the most satisfactory nature, and
could hardly fail to have a good influence.
The ladies having it in charge
had deemed it fitting to bestow
a memento upon the fair victor, and
on their behalf b , begged leave to PRESENT
her with the contents of a huge bundle
which, when finally Invested Of its many
coverings of paper, proved to be an immense
tin horn, gnily decked with many colored
ribbons. Miss Clohan received it graceful,
ly, some one blew an earsplitting blast upon
it, and while yet the sound was re-echoing
about the hall the audience, convulsed with
laughter, arose, and the first ~pronouncing