Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-05

tontine claimed she thought she was
given pontine, and although it was
heard ponteen, she was still given |
another chance. The pedagogue ruled |
out the spelling molten (melted), assert
ing it should be spelt moulten. He was
overruled by the referees and the speller
was reiustatcd. The words inwreathe,
homily and idolatrous, brought down
three more g's, and was followed by
petrefaction with an m; pusillanimity, 6;
wasteful, cosmography, irritability, 3m.
At this stage of the contest 1t was .
o'clock, and there were 80 still stand
ing up.
Sublimate, homeliness, and idiosyn-
Grassy, 3g. The contestants now com
menced amusing themselves pelting the
pedagogue with incessant demands for
the meaning Of his words. Peripatetic
and mosquitoes, 2g: and parterre would
have tioured another but for the criticism
of Job Ii. jackson in regard to its pro.
nunciation:assassinat killed the hopesof
another girl and Mr.. Reynolds tried to
dismiss still another for putting but one
81" In quarreling: supersede, 6, and then
it was 9.l5 O'Clock with 22 up.
The pedagogue then took up another
roll Of still more difficult words. Tomato
floored leader right way; the spelling
"Opussum" by young man convulsed
the audience in laughter; merry-mak-
ing, tremendous and barytone baritone,
for some inscrutable reason, being disal-
lowed marked down more g's.
1t was now $50 and there were IL
standing. Merinos, acrotic, Actan,
experimentation and adipocere quickly
disposed of 5 more SIS. Atfreigntar
dropped another of the IS, until at $50
there We're 7 standing. These were
Misses Palmer, McKelyey, Hopes and
Bigger, and Messrs. Deakyne, Howell
and Adair.
Close to 10 o'clock the slaughter was
faster Abb and alpigene with another
word that could not be caught on ac-
count Of the indistnctness of the calling
out killed three girls and one boy.
| Then anamneStic brought Howell to his
| knees, leaving the contest between Miss
| Hopes and Mr.. Deakyne. The words,
standardization, anchorite, andiron,
anncal, thermometer, prescience, pro-
locutor, were all successfully overcome
by the two remaining champions, when
Miss Hopes succumbed to Rechabite.
j. 1 E0Ht bIllllltN tllt ltbhNl Ls hi9 Az
Mr. Deakyne the victor.
THE SEVEN PRIZE WINNERS.
The seven prize winners, according &c
precedence, are:
William Deakyne, round trip ticket
to the Worlds Fair, donated by job IL
jackson.
Miss Mary j. Hopes, $25, donated BY
j. Taylor Cause.
Louis Howell, SIS, donated by Danie
w. Taylor.
Miss Mary f. Mckelvey, share of thu
stock Of the Wuman's Dormitory Asso
J citation, valued at $40, donated by Crosby
Il Hill.
Robert Adair, $40, donated by Georg
: w. Bush.
Miss |. Lizzie Bigger, SO, donated b.
. John p. Almond,
/ Miss Margaretta II. Palmer, So, do
mated by William Lawton.
, The prizes We're handed to the speller
: by Hon. Charles b. Lore.
Q Among the numerous comments hear
t all around on the conduct Of the spell
c ing bee were the following:
r The pedagoGuc should have bee
: literally and critically correct in all hi
5 prununciatous.
Some of the spoilers whispered thei
Y words instead Of calling them out, TIL
o pedagogue in two or three instance
! having 10 put his ear close to III
i spoilers lips in order to learn what sll
spelled.
r When a speller loudly and clcarl
G cnunCiated the word she was warml
n appaudcd by the audience not #