That “Spell”
The much talked of spelling match between Montour and Toledo came off as per previous notice and arrangements in the court House last Thursday evening C. J. STEVENS elected Chairman, to have charge of the opening arrangements and the Captains were called to their respective places and instructed to choose their sides. The following were the spellers taking part:
MONTOUR
L. W. LEYENBERGER, Captain
F. HURD
W. B. MUMBRUE
Mary HELM
Ada HARRISON
Fred HELM
John HARVEY
Fred HOTCHKISS
MRS. E. RUGGLES
W. R. WILLIAMS
MRS. LEYENBERGER
R.WHITE
Dennis BEALE
Addie STEVENS
Emmet LEWIS
J. W. BEALE
E. E. TIBBALS
MRS. J. HAYWOOD
MRS. E. L. WILCOX
W. B. MUMBRUE
TOLEDO
Jas. B. HEDGE, Captain
Mrs. E. L.DILLMAN
M. W. STALEY
Miss S. J. FOSTER
Mrs. C. W. CONANT
H. S. BRADSHAW
Miss M. McCLAIN
H. STERRETT
Miss E. OLNEY
Mrs. E. B. COATES
Mrs. E. M. BARKER
H. W. BOYNTON
Miss E. HARRISON
Mrs. G. L. BAILEY
J. HARRIGAN
Mrs. H. WOODWARD
Miss NEWTON
Miss Lizzie CONANT
Mrs. A. M. AUSTIN
Mrs. E. B. COATES
As soon as the spellers had taken their places and been supplied with pencils and paper the spelling commenced. The pronouncers, Mr. D. S. GLIDDEN and T. D. CHILDS, had previously selected 40 words. These were put together promiscuously in a hat and the first 20 words drawn out pronounced to the contestants.
We give a list of these twenty words: pharmacopoeia, saccharine, silicious, prejudice, phthisieky, hemorrhage, supersede, necessarily, development, seintillous, deleble, commemorate, renaissance, acquitted, dreamt, sureingle, hazard, coerein, movable.
The first word pronounced in this list however, was reconnoisance, but having a very similar pronunciation to another word spelled differently, it was by common consent dropped from the list leaving 19 words.--
We copy the following items form the Traer Clipper;
Horace Hartshorn has laid out quite a number of fine residence lots on his land west of Leekins.
Mr. S. L. Smith, of Linclon township had his barn blown up on end last Saturday, by the high wind.
The old Buckingham postoffice has been discontinued after many years usefulness. Mr. O. Gravatt was first postmaster, appointed some 15 years ago.