Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-05
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party long to be remembered, especially
by W. j. Smith, Of Jerusalem fame. II,
has particular cause to recollect the 4tl
Of August, 1870. The party has not sus
tanned just such loss at any previous
election, and perhaps never will again
Smith, il will be remembered, is mem
Der Of Congress, though we seldom thinl
of him in that character-it is such 9
burlesque. He happens to be at home
now, and yesterday, being member O
Congress, he thought he would show off Q
little at the election. He did get up q
considerable show in the afternoon, as
we will attempt TO describe.
Judge John, W. Smith, was standing
talking in pleasant, bantering way to
his obesity, Judge Barbour Lewis, in
front of the Sixth Ward voting place. in
the Waldran Block. The gineral Joined
them and put in some remarks, appa
rently in like spirit.
Judge Smith-You will be over to my
platform; you will all come over yet for
equal rights to all and universal suffrage.
Gineral Smith, have always been in
favor of that. % ~ "a
Judge Smith-How about House bill
No. AZ, which punished negroes more
severely than white men, and which you
voted for? Here the conversation took
a serious turn
Gineral Smith, didn't do it.
Judge Smith-But l say you did. /
was in the Senate and you in the House
at the same time.
Gineral Smith--You are liar.
Judge Smith (mildly)-O you are ex-
cited; you dom mean that.
Gineral Smith, (emboldened). Yes,
do mean just what | say.
Judge Smith drawing close). Then de-
nounce yon as a low down - mot re-
portable.)
Gineral Smith-Ef you say that agin
I'll hit We.
Judge Smith Very slowly repeats the
same.
Here the Gineral and member of Con-
gress pitched in. He made an over
handed blow like clutching for pullet
on an upper limb. , Is q ''
The crowd formed an irregular ring
and shouted, Go in, old juice" Don't,
Judge" Far play" " No gougin,"
" Peanuts is up" "No he haint, he
down AT this period, the illustrious
vender of Grand Junction peanuts and
gumdrops went over somehow, and the
Judge fell by his side, but was quickly
on top. Then the dust and fur flew and
the crowd shouted for joy, and began to
take bets on the time old peanuts would
hold out. But he didn't hold out at all.
He bleated for mercy, and the irate
Judge was dragged off. 1t was noticed
that his mouth was bloody, but the cause
can only be guessed The Gineral was
bleeding on the side of his head,
and it was found that the lower half of
his left ear was gone. He was put in a
hack and shuffled off home.
After some search the piece of ear was
found, but Judge Smith would not own
that he knocked it off. The only reason
able solution of the mystery of the miss
ing ear is that, while W. j. was down, his
ear, which was quite large, went through
the iron grating Of the sidewalk and was
bitten OFF by a hungry dog locked up in
the cellar by the owner to keep from pay
ing the dog-tax. If the dog did bite off
that auricular piece of gristle, it not only
showed bad taste, but was unkind and
undog-like to treat helpless fellow
creature so.
We will state for the satisfaction OF
Don Piatt and other distant friends that
the Gineral is doing as well as could be
expected, but his large and beautiful
ears, which so much resembled Senator
Brownlow's, will never pass for a pair
again, and the Gineral will never again
hear fellow say look here" or see
ere" but he will pensively Put his hand
to the side of his head and think of the
4th of August, 1870
After Judge Smith lunch was over,
the crowd walked around the field and
picked up several locks of hair, said to
correspond with some new bare spots on
the gineraPs head Our friend Corbin,
of the news stand on Main street, has a
large lock which almost amounts to
scalp. He wouldn't part with it, for he
thinks a good deal, either good or bad, of
tbe former owner. The ear at first Topped
around pretty lively, as if it had a no
ton of voting agaip, b9t when captured
it became quiet and is now safely corked
up in bottle of alcohol in certain
doctors shop, where the curious can see
it free Of cost. 1t + supposed to con-
tain about one-third of the Generals
brains, hut he will never miss them, as he
has already gone farther on smaller
stock than sny man in the World-Tom
Thumb and Gen. Grant not excepted.
P.s. The dog In the cellar has gone
mad; Judge Smith has not been heard
from.