Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-10
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List of About 1000 Words to Be Used
in County Contest

t<lSt vi <tDOut <OUU W. 10 ft3 USED
in County Contest.
The county spelling contests men
toned in this paper several weeks
ago is taking shape and the list of
words to be used is printed below
with statement by the committee in
charge.
'The following list of words is sub
mitted by your committee for use in
the spelling contests of Caledonia and
Orleans counties and in pupils prep
aration therefor. The list is intended
to comprise the words which an ele-
mentary school graduate should know
how to spell. 1t is by no means an
some words which were better Left
out.
Garfield A. Jameson,
Clayton l.. Erwin,
Committee"
Rules Governing Contests
1. The contest is to be oral.
2. A contestant may try but once
on a word.
3. The contestant shall first pro-
nounce, then spell the word.
A. If a contestant fails to state the
properly beginning with a capital
"
rectly, it shall be accepted.
5. A different word shall be given
each pupil. A word misspelled
shall be correctly spelled by the
examiner.
6. There shall be three judges pres
ent to whom all questions that may
arise, shall be referred.
z. In the county contests, each town
or incorporated school district may
L L., L.
two pupils from elementary
schools.
Fifth Grade
able, ache, afraid, again, against
almost, already, always, among .
angel, answer, any, absence
altogether, account, advance, aisle
although, amount, amuse, appear
i arbor, arrange, asked, attacked
across, awoke, anything, anyway
another, April, August, appear
| address, alarm, angry, awful, awhile
aunt, addition, Arctic
buy, button, busy, business, beautiful
because, been, beginning, believe
blue, bought, break, built, buried
badge, bakery, bandage, beefsteak
beetle, beneath, beyond, bureau
butcher, between, bridge, beside
blown, burn, bright, build, brought
board, broad
can't, careful, chief, choose, clothes
collar, color, coming, cough, could
country, cousin, certain, cable, camel
capital, capture, cement, chisel, center
chosen, climate, clothing, coeonut
collection, concert, copper, couple
1 coward, crew, crimson, complaint
canal, canary, careless, carrot, cedar
celery, chapter, choice, clerk, cocoa
commence, cruel, cucumber, cupboard
customer, curl, creek, club, clock
chest, cloud, chin, cried, clown
cream, cheap, chalk, cloak, crown
cane, cannot, children, check, court
chain, cause, comfort, company
carried, cities, contain, clerk, coal
daily, deceive, different, divide
I doctor, does, dollar, done, double
dying, dear, deer, destroy, difference
death, dead, dawn, drift, dream, done
door, died, desire, dozen, December
I danger, deserve, doesn't, don't, during
daughter, discover, doubtful, distance
| dinner, down
early, easy, enough, every, earth
either (ither), easily, eraser, exact
examine, exercise, eagle, echo
elevator, else, engine, envelope
exchange, explain, except, equal
escape, entrance, eight, express
extra, event, everything, enjoy
empire, election
farther, father, February, forty
friend, face, fancy, faucet, firm
forgive, forgotten, four, flies, feather
faint, flower, follow, feel, fourth, fact
/ flight, family, favor, fraction, freight
| furniture, further, farthest, figure
forehead, fountain, furnace, fertile
fever, fortune, frozen, fierce, furnish
field, Friday
gone, grease, guess, guide, goes
Craze, gone, getting, ground, gallery
generous, geography, gloomy, grayei
groceries, grain, great, CRATE, guard
gnaw, gentleman
half, having, heard, height, hoarse /!
hoping, hour, hair, hare, haste
hastily, hole, hurl, hear, however
happen, history, husband, human
harbor, haul, heart, heat, heroes
honest, hospital, hymn, here, horses
healthy, heavy, holiday, habit
hopping, house, halve
instead, it's, it's, improve, island
iron, injure, interest, inspect, indeed
Importance
juicy, just, jest, jump, Jail, janitor
jealous, judge, juice, journey, June
July, January
knew, know, knuekle, kitchen, knives
knife, knock, known, knob, knot, keep
kindly, kindness
laid, lesson, library, lose, loose, lying
lunch, least, learn, liberty, length
language, liquid, lonely, leather, loaf
level, located, leaves, loayes, laugh
laundry, lawyer, leap, length, lettuce
lemons, listen, labor
making, many, meant, minute, much
March, maid, made, meat, meet, mail
Monday, maybe, morning, month
member, money, mean, madam
medicine, merrily, metal, mighty
mineral, mining, mirror, mixture
measure, mountains, middle, mason
mention, molasses, motion, mischief