Show HERCULEAN SPELLERS quite a remarkable spelling contest was held recently in columbus ca 0 the capital of the state was chosen for the affair on account of its great importance two thousand spectators watched the progress of the combat and mingled their tears over the sad fate of the fallen the spelling began with a hundred written words all AH the contestants spelled the whole list correctly then followed five hours of solid oral spelling at the end of which thirty three ou out t of the original seventy six contestants still stood up to laethem lay them low it was necessary to propound another hundred stumpers chosen from the most recondite sources a good many of them being french all the spellers fell before this final sally but not until they had covered cover themselves with glory the remarkable victories won by the Ohio youths in this war of words or to be scientifically exact assure their future wealth and honor who could possibly fail in law medicine theology or engineering after learning how to spell isosceles delelle and indelible the connection is moo too close for anybody to miss it from the oregonians oregonian Ore gonian portland gregon Oregon |