SPELLING SCHOOLS.

The spelling school mania struck Monmouth in the spring of 1875 and several matches were held, which were attended by nearly all the professional and business men and women. One match was held in Claycomb's hall under the auspices of the Ladies' Temperance Society. Prof. George I. Gordon and Dr. S. M. Hamilton appeared as captains and chose their sides as follows:

Prof. Gordon—Miss Lucy Duer, Judge Porter, H. Merrideth, Miss Carrie Smith, Mrs. Lewvens, Mrs. J. J. Glenn, Mrs. W. H. Merrideth, Miss Aggie Welsh, Mrs. J. H. Reed, Geo. C. Rankin, Miss Ella Smith, Miss Lizzie Sampson, Miss Nettie Harding, Miss May Reed, W. H. Merrideth, Miss Carrie Smith, Mrs. Lewis, Miss Ivey Reed, Miss Turnbull, Miss Anna Cunningham, Miss Ellen Walker.

Dr. Hamilton—Mrs. Prof. Rogers, J. W. Matthews, Col. William Marshall, Mrs. Peyton Roberts, Mrs. A. H. Tracey A. A. Hamilton, Mrs. Mary Ripley, Miss I. H. Smith, Miss Sallie Gibson, Miss Emma Tucker, Miss Anna Glenn, Mrs. T. V. Berry, Miss Anna McOaw, Miss Carrie Samson, Capt. J. M. Turnbull, Dr. W. S. Holliday, Miss Annie Parsons, D. D. Bigger, Miss Eva Hopper, W. H. Armsby, Miss Gra­ ham, Miss N. Cowan, Miss Brownlee.

Mrs. Peyton Roberts and Miss Mary Stevens (now Mrs. J. W. Matthews) were the last to go down, and were captains at another match the next week. Mrs. Pror. Rogers and W. B. Young were the last to succumb at the second match, Young going down on "archetype" and leaving Mrs. Rogers in victorious possession of the field.

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