The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-27

notnetntng wrong WIFI uis arhcu,ons
apparatus. Spelling went on merrily and
potone missed. Al 10:16 O'Clock there
were thirty. six spellers up, with Squire
Raioner at one end and Elmer Delap at
the other, The genial Squire did not last
long however. The Squire Is married
man and he became illustrated NJ the con-
etant Weyippn be was getting from the
pretty girls in the audience who looked
upou him az q sure winner, so he put an
"su between the "yn and the "p' and
Miss Mary Mesnsr spelled "Gorillan
correctly, but she did not spell
HGuerriilan aud was counted down. Both
wavs nre correct and as no definition
was given Miss Mesnar was clearly en-
titled to stand, but as the point was not
raised she remained out OF the contest.
Albert Pontius was given the word "pns.
sable,n together with an explanation
from the pTonouncer that the word was
used in the sense OF road being "passa-
bie,n Albert spelltd il "passible" and
was called down. He raised big objecS
tion but he was fairly down. He objected
to the pronunciation, but as
he did not spell the word ns defined TO
him his point was not well taken, AtteI
a while the referee decided that he should
come back, but he declined, whereupon
the referee after further explanation de.
cided thai he had no right to stand again.
Albert is a good speller but he missed the
word defined to him as clearly as any
word was ever missed.
time spoilers but he got foored on dispel.
Ozone, according to Webster, 10 oxygen
in A condensed or allotropic form, and
being a principal component OF air IL was
thought that any BODY connected with that
windy organ, the Repository, could spell
Il easy, Ira M. Stauffer, however, could
not spell ozone and he wasn't in the con-
test any longer. The editorial force
should take Ire in charge. The idea OF
man not being able to spell the principal
Ingredient of the newspaper he repre-
sents 10 simply preposterous and inexN
cusSble.
Charley Martin was now called to pro-
nouuce. de did very we'll. II came b. II.
BuxeT's turn. Buxer has been sitting IN
An eagy chair since the last match, study
ing up few stIokeGs. When Martin
called out in his peculiar French pronoun-
citation, "Eng-.way" Buxer knew thht ne
meant "ennuln and spelled IL correctly.
A little later Buxer was given the word
"knurl.n He got IL confounded with
"ztlarlr and put in "g" for "k.n The
cham pion of the last spelling match was
given a chance at this junc1ure, 70 hunt up
that easy chair again.
on the country side, went down on faux
pas. He got his "aux" in the wrong place.
His brother Elmer spelled II correctly.
The word "Eisteddfodn was given to
Prof. Stokey. He repeated ono syllable
but didn'i change it Gny. Then there was
a controversy ia which Allen Cook, Paul
Field, Hon. Johnson Sherrick, Referee
Harpster, Mayor Cassidy and number of
others took part. Stokey was ell
right, however, and he was allowed to
stand.
The contest had now nerrowed down to
twelve spcilers. Cicero AIner was spell
n a,agin
"Harc, au ANIMAL" said Martin, the
pTonouucer.
something hard Expression.
Cicero knew better a moment later but
the golden opportunity had passed.
Prof. " Nolf OF aiddlebranch went down
Oh "hns-d ~
Golf" pronounced Martin. The speller
didn'g understand the wOro az Martin
had his Boston sound of "a" with him aud
used il on this occasion. The speller
wanted TO know the meaning of the word
but Charlie blushed and couldn't give II.
He couldn'k say that 10 was a little COW,
for the gender of that particular calf
wasn't given in the spellar. Cicero Hiner
SOW Charities bushes aud helped him out.
Cicero couldn't spell "hare" but he knew
someEhing about other animals SO he took
the bull by the horns and defined calf as o
"little cow.n Ghe Epsller, McBarren of
Sugar Creek, then spelled it correctly.
Miss SaFvar went down on gully. Elmer
Daiap wasn't to be blamed much for not
being able TO spell phantssmaRoria, for
there were only two or three of us in the
house that could spell 1t.
Prof. Stokoy had only three "a's" IN
ParsdisiacAi and was called down. He
spelled the word correctly, however, for
both wSys are correct and Webster de-
fines one by the other. The point was not
raised and Prof. Slokey didn't stay up.
"cornucopis." McFarren OF Sugar
Creek missed "asRfetida.
Mrs, r. S. Wilcoxen, who had helped
the Canton side out brRvely, missed
"aislen She spelled ii "isle" after the
definition had been given her.
There were now only IhIee conte stants
standing, John Sarver on the city side and
Harmon Hershey and j. G. Lawrence on
the country side. Sarver spelled immiI
nence all right but he put two ms" In
DinAh and was lost.
Hershey and Lawrence had il out to-
geIher. McBarren of Sugar Creek was
called upon to pronounce. Lawrence
missed "pomegranate." Hershey spelledit
correctly and the greatest spelling contest
in The history OF Stark county, or any
other county, for that matter, was at an
end, and Harmon Hershey was the victor.
The country had won.
The champion speller learned how to
man. He is, however, resident OF Can
ton, residing at No. pa East Tuscarawas
street and is q teacher in the Canton Bus
iness College. He has been in town long
enough to get some of our city ideas on
spelling, by induction. A man who is
educated In spelling at Waco and then
lives in Canton long enough to get few
finishing touches, ought TO be able to spell
down the earth.
Mr.. Hershey, (accent on the Mister re.
ceived as his reward the plaudits of the
audience, and complete encyclopedias. l
j. G. Lawrence, of North Lawrence,
carried away flne rocking chair. Prof.
John Sarver was presented Dickens comp
plete works. Mrs. Wilcoxen got pair 81 |
lace curtains; Miss Bessie Shelton n pic |
ture, Prot. Wymsn table cover, Mise
Calder. Of Louisville, a toilet act, Prof. !
Stokey a picture, Miss Lucy Hershey
pair Of shoes, Miss Emma Leach q hat ]
and Miss Florence Stann a jardinier,
Waco got the banner for singing. Mayor
Cassidy made the presentations. j. u.
Niefz, manager OF the country side, holds
a handsome banner, presented by the l
women of the Industrial school. He 10 |
ready to be challenged and Prof. Sarver l
gave notice that the banner wouldn't re-
main in the country very long, The affair |
was most successfully conducted and |
great credit 10 due Messrs. Rockhill, |
Baird, Keefer and Niesz for the able man |
ner 10 which the affair was arranged. II |
was O'Clock when the contest ended. |
The Industrial school will realize about |
$3.50 from the contest.
The management of the entertainment l
decided this afternoon to present TO SIAM
ley Vapdersall, the youthful Demosthenes |
a suit Of fine clothes. This WAS quite the |
proper thing TO do. The youth 10 an |
honor to Canton.
THE BOND FILED