The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-01-08

pune" a little too literal, and we are
sure nobody will impugn the doctors
almost unexceptionally correct ORTIZ
lgraphy because he left out the g and
added an e; such mistakes are ex-
susable with the very best spoilers.
Z. S. Childs of the Gazette, commit
ed "parside," plead guilty and squat
ed. Thomas Barron did not mind
MS p's and q's in opaque and went
Town on "opake."'
(tIn this matter, opaque was de-
clared incorrect and Mr.. Barron re- \
nstated, after which he missed sach-
,harine.)
Mrs. Hubert, one Of the best spell (
RS in our community, lost her place
IN "fatigueing," The rules required
Uebster's rendering. He gives ia
igued,' and ''fatiguesome' but drops
he e in "fatiguing," Mrs. Hubert did
lot and there Is where she missed
Arthur Dewey excused the from hy-
siene and though we are confident he
spelled II as we'll as we ordinarily
should of hand, he rested with those
who had gone before to see how the
contest would terminate" without
his further aid. Mary Bingham has
our sympathy also on "tessaliated.
II she had been a F. and A. M. she
would probably not have been fioored
by such a little mistake as using an
for an o. Miss Mary Slocum sloped
on "sarcenet." Now Miss Slocum Is
graduate OF Vassar, and teacher
in good standing OF the higher bran
ches, and perhaps has paid more at
tention TO some other matters than
she has to "sarcenet," species of
| fine, thin woven silk used for ribbons,
Innings, etc, nevertheless II our re-
porter correctly heard her spelling
of the pronounced word, she gave 1t
Just as Noah Webster does, without
using the addenda he gives that 1t is
written also sarsenet." We call 1t
little sarsey to rule out Miss Mary
on "sarcenet" Henry Preston's afr
| rier" limped trifie; --.
ascendancy, did not hold him up any
longer. Frank Scott Is recorded as
discharged on "mignonnette" II
that isn't the correct way to spell II
what Is? But Frank II you used U
you failed, you see. Miss Edwina
Fillmore was excused on "sycharine
Whether she misunderstood the WORD
or not we can't say, but we know
enough about her manuscript to know
that those kind of words don't bother
her at all when she half tries Mrs
Frank Bradford also skipped on "gia
tory" which was not gyatory enough
to pass. Oracle Congdon's missing
| spoiled her crystalline" attempt; Ru
dolph Goldsmith hurried the Out
OF "anonamous" and Prof. Dunham
preferred to let Rudolph set down
rather than accept the emendation.
| A. p. Childs, Gazette editor, hav
ing once before slightly tripped on a
word that was at his request struck
out under the rule and be reinstated
for another chance TO air his ortho
graphical proficiency. the master
gave him an easy lesson, one which
TO a printer has an old familiar sound
Brother Childs' paper is mostly con
structed OF long primer type 1.-THE
word indicating that the letters are
two sizes larger than the type In
which this and other Banner articles
are printed.) Mr.. Webster says also
Primer; small elementary work for
teaching Children to read; a read
ing or spelling book for a beginner:
q book OF elements" Therefore this
word primer" was not subject Il
the objection that II did not come
within the Rules of the Match" as
printed by Manager Riddle and the
master undoubtedly felt entirely Jus
titled In plainly pronouncing primer
as the next and every way appropri
ate word for any gentleman who hat
previously found fault with the sew
Gritty OF the words that had bee,
spelled by the boys and girls. IN,
iads and misses. the men and maid
ems. and "old folks" OF the class. An,
In consideration of the circumstance
and 1--WE suppose) to avoid any fur
Their talk" on the subject, Prof Dun
|, ham put out the primal word of juy
emile familiarity Primer. P.r-i.m
m-e-r, Primmer. was the response
The master after waiting lon
enough to learn that there was n
question about the words being prC
perly given. requested friend Child.
to drop, and he ''drapped."
Miss Jennie Gardner took the TO
common way OF spelling Sphinx wit
a y. and vacated. Mrs. Luther IVA,
cillated" by adding an unnecessary 8
DIR. Morgan slipped between the con
mon "saleratus" and the medical b
carbonate "salaeratus" and gave IL q
Il "saleraetus." No go: and the DR. Al
q nounced that he was suddenly cal
a ed away for while" Rev. M
"a Luther stood at the front OF the ba
: tie long and well. and faltered n,
/. nor failed until Prof. Durham DIT
nounced "crosier." Now we kno
"a Rev Luther to be critically exact. ar
a remarkably au fait in all such nome
n clature as pertains to the ordinal
|" or extraordinary use OF seculars
a ecclesiastical terms, but when attac
i. ed az Buffers Hudibras saith,
AZ With crosses. relics. cruciflxes,
4. Beads, pictures. rosaries and pixies
ia The tools OF working out Salvation
10 by mere mechanic operation"
ID be mingled the Latin K with the Va
"a kee "zed" or and skipped the Ror
4. ish 3. He was the 34th miss. II,
O. lowed by the same name though re
n. erically different in all but pronun,
r. alton; Crosier. Warren. scho
z. teacher OF excellent renown, we
ID down on parallel" and took par
llel seat with his Rev. predecessor
iel Berthe Bates 'harangueing" WI
Id the popular way OF writing IL but
al II would not pass the master in tn
ut form. re decided to give the ne
err man a chance. George w. King S7t
d. (names were beginning to &
u. scarce.) hit at miniature" either