The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-04-28
THAT SPELLING B.
THE SLAUGHTERED INNOCENTs.

last Thursday night, pronounced the spell
ing B. success. The musical program
was one Of the most delightful features of
the evening. The vocalists, Misses Annie
Seals and Leila York and Messrs Dewitt
Cole and Will Springer, have cultured
voices OF exquisite melody and sweetness
Miss Annie Seals and Mr.. Dewitt Cole
charmed and captured the audience in
their duet Miss Florence Barnard has a
voice of great richness and harmony, and
i the audience showed their appreciation of
Ter delightful renditions by repeated en-
CORE
After the musical program, the fun ben
gan. Hon. A. S. Clay and Mr.. John H.
Boston, ST.. Captains, we're ready for the
tilt in photography, and began choosing
sides with enthusiasm.
Captain Clay selected the following spell
lers 7. D. Power, D. w. Blair, Miss
Maggie Hair, Miss Mariele Nesbitt, Mrs.
Geo. F. Newell, Judge J. M Stone, Mrs
L. E. VIM, Miss Florence Barnard, Miss
Julia Howell. c. M. Crosby, Wallace But,
tolph, A. NJ. Dobbs, DR.. ~. N. Gober and
w. L. Sessions
| Captain Boston chose the following
j. B. Glover, Jr., Dewitt Cole, Miss Linda
Mckinney, Miss May Gober, Miss Georgia
Northcutt, W. S. Cheney, Miss Ada Wins
tiers, Miss Annie Towers, Miss Lena Ses>
sions, J. M. Lewis, Miss Mary Howell B..
r. Legg, ]. I. Brantley. and George Ses-
sions.
The committee of reference was R. N.
Holland, Prof. Sanford and Campbell
Wallace.
Prof. ]. S. Stewart gave out the words.
Capt. Boston tackled the first word
baggage" He checked it through all
right. Capt. Clay's FIRST word was "bal.
ance," and it was passed up to his credit.
The first person to go down was T. D..
Power, on the word ballast" He lacked
an "f' having ballast enough to anchor
him to his side, and he went down in con,
fusion, amid the cheers of the good natur>
ed crowd
D. W. Blair is fond Of "banqueting,
but by putting in an extra It" he lost his
place at the feast.
A. III. Dobbs inserted an az in the place
Of the ~ in ''busybody," and he went
down. He should remember that busy
bod" can see other peoples business with
out an q.
George Sessions took his seat on "can.
vass. 1t was an easy chair.
w. L. Sessions refused to dissect "car
cass" and fed from its presence.
Captain Clay fully believed lie knew
how to spell Cashmere" he but didn't.
He furnished the cash" all right. but the
"mier' was not current and went to pro-
test with cost of proceedings. Here he
was presented with bouquet OF honey>
suckles by an admiring friend.
Miss Anna Towers was successful until
the word "chrysalis," was given to her,
and she became entangled in its silken
meshes and gracefully retired.
c. M. Crosby understands mixing medi>
cine, but heis not much on mixing "cIayey"
substances. He put it "claey," and his
name henceforth became mud"
"Corollary" is hard to pronounce and
harder to spell. Wallace Buttolph and
Capt. John Boston, fell by the wayside in
trying to spell it.
Mrs. Geo. 7. Newell is a good speler,
but when "crystallize" was given out, her
lack of clearness dimmed her good
record. A surplus "h'' defeated her &C.
curacy.
Miss Florence Barnard, far pretter
than the "daffodil," omitted an ''f," and
one flower" was extracted from the spell,
ing B.
Miss Marielle Nesbitt added roses to her
cheeks in spelling the word "embarrass,"
by eliminating an ''r," and her embarrass>
ment was conspicuous.
| Right well did Hiss Addie Winters spell
until the word 'femur" was hurled. at her,
then the winter of her discomfort came
in spring, and she joined the defeated.
| Miss Julia Howell didn't want to fiji.
buster" to hold her place, no matter
How(w)ell she could spell other words.
DR.. Gober and B. r. Legg both failed
to get in smelling distance of "fuchsia,
and rested.
Miss Georgia Northcutt believes there is
more happiness in the "halcyon" days Of
the present, than there is in spelling the
word, and she calmly took her seat with
the majority.
| 1T. Brantley and Mrs. L: e. VIM
both missed "hemorrhage, which is good
thing to miss.
Il Dewitt Coles horizon" was beclouded
by substituting an - for the ~"
Miss Maggie Hair became confused over
"innocuous," as also did Miss Linda Nc
Kenney, and they seated themselves to re-
cover from the harmless consequences.
| Miss Mary Howell failed to master the
| word Tivon hor ord lo.