Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-18

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A letter from Atlanta, saws the
Nashville Banner, informs us that the
shingle of "Dr.p Foster still hnu1ps
out in that city. His wife number q,
who Is too well known here to REQUIRE
further mention as to her identity,
has left him, owing to The following
rather unpleasant train Of circuul-
stances Foster, while seeming all de-
voti0n, opened correspondence with
a" female friend" in New York;
Wife number 2 got wind Of II watch
ed him and found one of the letters
hidden In his shoe. She demanded
the epistle. He refused to surrender
1t. Then came very high words, and,
as finale, Mrs. +. (so-called) was
knocked down to the floor but re-
venged herself by ejecting the brute
from the room. The letter immedi-'
ately sought his office, and made a
complete smash of his flor the time be-
ing) better halls furniture. Doubtless
the feud Is permanent one, as, when
our, correspondent wrote, the much
abused woman left Atlanta for Nash
vile, rs WAS supposed. 1t was be-
lieyed In Atlanta that she was really
sincere In her efforts toward reform.
Since Foster has threatened to sue
the Banner for damaging his " repu-
tation,' we may as well consider our
selves as in for II, and give the public
the benefitof u few more leaves from
his blameless life. This time, howey-
er, Well have to saddle part of the
otbtItfvr tho 90
(Kansas) Times and Conservative,
which says in q recent issue snc :
Some time during the summer Of
1867, we were crossing Shawnee Street
toward the Planters House, when
we encountered an old comrade, with
whom we had broken hard tack in
the mountains of West Virginia, I'M
der the celebrated George ID. McClel-
Ian, Esq, and knownin Chicago for
two or three years before the. war;
We extended a hand, saying, How
are you, Jerome p But the person
addressed didrtappeaf to see it IN that
light, for he remarked that there was
a mistake somewhere We told him
he couldn't play that, II was too old !;
but the fellow checked the thing
through and refused to recognize us.
Then he walked away, leaving us
amazed at his brass. a few moments
afterward somebody told US that
was DIR. Lighthill, the celebrated ca
tarrh aid lung doctor! The Doctor
used to come into the office frequent-
ly after that, and we used to converse
with him about his profession, but al
ways as strangers, for he wouldn't
let down bit. Once we came near
asking him how he felt when the
Captain tied him up by tile thumbs
In Cairo for sneaking off his duty,
but the impudence of the man struck
us dumb on the subject of attempting
to expose him. Z, :
| 1t makes us smile to-day to think
how that fraud looked us right plump
In the eye and said his name wasn't
Foster, "a f.,... "a f..,- -
"Well, Lighthill-or Foster--did d
very heavy business here. He made
all the fools think they had the ca
tarrh, and pretended to cure them.-
We thought it none our business Il
the people wanted to employ and
trust a man they knew nothing about,
when the country was full of swind-
lers. Besides, haven't we said the
man was full Of brass and couldn't he
frowned down? He stayed here sew
eral weeks, and finally left for st.
Louis. .t,-
ave first knew Of Jerome Foster
in Chicago, when he was put in Jail
for defamation Of character, and kept
there u long time. In April, 1901, he
enlisted In Bakers Dragons, In Chi
cago intending 70 get on secret service,
or as q spy. We entered the same
company on the same day. When
we arrived at Cairo, Foster, through
friends, secured the good will of Gen.
Prentiss, and was detaile by that off,
Ger for the duty he desired to do
His captain took offefise at something
Foster had said, and got the order de-
failing him cOuntermanded. This
was a great disappointment to the
man, who was really well fitted for a
spy. , ,1,,
self possessiUt--tlie amount of cheek
he carried with him was truly awful.
After the first campaign in West
Virginia, where the company acted
as McClellan's bOdy-guard, Foster got
detailed us assistant surgeon at Graf
ton, a town ut the junction of the
Baltimore and Ohio and Northwes-
tern Railroads. This was the first we
had heard of him as NJ. ID. In half
an hour after lie got his commission
he would not speak to- d man in the
company. Such is Goldfish. lr1
"FOster used to be q great opium eat-
er. He would beg 1t, borrow 1t, steal
1t, and would go away In the noun
tains by himself and eat 1t, and en-
JOY 1t sleeping OH the grass. He was
almost crazy at one time from the
effects of It,. Cheek alone must have
i saved him. He is very shrewd
| man, and Is not easily beaten by or
binary people. He will be heard
from wherever he goes, for he never
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