The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-04-06
sPkLL4 OF COURSE THEY CAN Spell Il,

sPELLY OF COURSE THEY CAN sprr
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seb""' pn",,r "H,"rem pn., me citizens and High
Mis-. Ax.is Gal. a.rr,sn .,T ~. aa. Oh w"n
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Tue nons-ts'kffor spslling ma ch Il over az
set anu tne cl'izens VIII part cipsted ara
covered VIII glory. FOR they not only held
he'r own sli through the match but were
any the winners over the High school pu-
''s. A large ann greatly Interested audience
vas present last evening. and tee exercises
| were opPneu WIN singing by tnr Hig1 school
,i'ee cub accompanied ny the B,oji club
tr'nc'pal Horne then made few Introductory
| "Tmark-, stating the rules BY which the xDri.
e'tants were to be governed. Col Miles was
give out the words fr-t to one side and
hen to the other, one t-ial only to be given
"a word was properly understood. When
my failed they were to take a seat I'm the rear
f'heir class and new word wa. to be given
| VI uht. the contestants were brought dou u
to spell against each other until one missed
| .nd tnp other spelled the word correctly, Col.
Miles 10 use bis own Judgment In regard to
! epeatinx q word or giving tts definition. The
g mt 81 all through was a remarkably even
me, one side being shead and then The o,hnr.
| .eeping along about the same, TINT narrowed
io"n 10 Marian No,es and Ernest Water.
| man on one side and Miss Agnes G.le ou The
ther. Then Master Waterman. who by tho
vav Ia an exceptionally good spelle made o
! little all leaving out one 8, llanie Of hippo
nntamus. wh'ch left Miss Noyes and Miss
GAZE against each other, hut for only few
| no ments, Miss Noyes missing the word
9'n;; Mis- Gale spell It CORRECTLY ancs
| receive inc prize. a tne copy of the Inter-
national D'c 'onary. Postm.ster Chiids was
| the nr@t 10 so hown. on the first time rouna
mine toe Worn "latrigue.n de was presenteo
Wild souvenir IN tne shape OF tiny speE"
"g DON. ana retired TO the rear with hap.
oHs oi,e loi.vWeo ny 'ounoers OF applause.
Ioe Co'oner was, as usual, the star OF the
rcas,on ana spenen uh Ilke "httle man,
MS eehlai ano cobp AGENT smile every t'nae
u,n 10 was WoI'h 0e,ng 'nsre 70 see.
/ AHel s.mss1sr Cnhos, mrs. Y, A.. das.
e CrosbD fa,d Gn me to "of sro
'noi'zan, ''sn' I'e" a'>''er W." 'cs.
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tne "Iernle> Ior steRing ~ e4Ira "rlnto LID
.r WIS. :, "A
"as iro,n yaGn.. anu re- b. avits
atsneu s.as nmsel ina. ,,, ne aannt @ come out 20 o.
cd ard looked with oisgust upon 'pyra-
MD" after an int II ctusl effort to climb 1t Or
'.og-npnicsllv. NJ So Nellie Manning looked
.nything but "au-tere' alter she got her en-
failed on parshze.' and said he guessed he
vas paralyz d sure. Mrs. Houghton could
4 'ot t, rannIZ-.' and Mrs. DR.. WEBSTER did
not feel "nomogeneou." after she got through,
nl Hooker may be ''diagonsl" 10 politics,
n' he couldn't spell the word-not the fr-s
tine. "Achromstic' was tho much for A.
&c Davenport, and Kenneth B Emerson fe.s
rom ''cstapult." Mrs. DR.. P att was cock.
ure that she could spell ''cockswa'n," bua
.ne didn't. and Mrs. Dr. Barner got mixed in
ner "ogarithms." DR. C)nland, wbo had
b en- spelling like q Trtj.n bowed acknowl.
.,lGements as be went down before "senes.
mai" MISS + izabeth Frost followei on
/ .s,nechorhp." NJ g. James Dalton on ..deSte.
ate" s n Shetm4n ana Judge He,
Wheeler on acaoutchouc."
The Hat school pupils went down as f,l.
lows: -Luria Foster, dsssertr; Ethel We.
{. rmsn, ".arnliu"; florence kpyes, cal.
Ions: BA..i Ru,f, ripld. "bat taIliou". Floy-
ence Tburher. ucylinder". Fred Adsms.
"cry stall,z y: Hattie Smith, .sslmonn: Flor.
ence F,s or. "cormorant": George tIouki.
..divis,b, -: John Heaohy. .'sacrsmentr. GiL.
bert b urbeI er. "cbaI,ce,: John Tasksr.
umhe,iIp". Elorence Alien. Gnronhe.vr
r. hel Dnvan. ..tndisnensaber: Bert Honftns.
.on' s..nhtarranean.: I.ouiss y.Iu.r--.
.aceph.lous"; Amy jones, -..,...ssss-i.s
Helen Fen,on, sscotytedou"; Harry Smith.
''eDiiepsv"; Eta Partridge ,.fe hr' suees; Flor
ence Hemenwav, "hecstomb"; W liter E idy,
'sympnstum"; Lucy Simonds, 'med eval";