SPELLING SCHOOL HARMONY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 961, 29 December 1881, Page 2

SPELLING SCHOOL HARMONY.

A Detroiter, who had occasion this winter to visit Gratiot County, wbb invited to a spelling bee in a. district school house, and he reached the place to find it crowded, and deep interest apparent among the audience, The spelling soon, began, and In a little time only six.or eight contestants were left. One-of these was a giant named William Jones, and it was evident .that he had come there to conquer, .When he spelled 'jealousy' with a ,'g,' they tried to make him sit down, but he rapped on the desk with his big fist and replied: " I don't know notbin' 'bout Webster or any other foreigner, and I don't care. I've alius been used to spellin' it 1 gealousy,'and I ain't goin'to knock off to please a few woodchuoks.' As he would not sit down he was allowed to go on spelling, oven after he had missed several more words, At last only the Detroiter and bie, William had the floor, and while the latter was struggling with the word ' sympathy,' a window near the former opened softly and a man whispered: , ' Say, stranger, kin you spell' chromo?' • •Of course I can.'

1 Well, it's goin' to floor Bill, and don't you forget it, and the teacher Bent me around here to say to you that you'd better climb out and.skip before the climax comes. 1 ' What olimax V .

' Why, the one we had a month ago. That 'ere Bill went down oil the word ' quphony,' and the chap from lowa who was left standiug had to be carried home in a blanket, When Bill gets through with 'sympathy' the next word will be 1 ohromo,' and you'd better start it off ' k-r-o' or be ready to jump through this winder and make for the woods, for that 're Bill is bound tooiitspell this deostrick if he has to lick every human bein'.in it!' The Detroiler had a good oye for har-. mony in ohromos, and ho wisely permitted big Bill to be the last one left standing.— Detroit Free Press.