The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-18
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~nrsnaDer-writers VIII thoi .is Iybich
ron;ota the following o'er-,rue n az
,prnst.ke from the Philadeiphac KY omr report
=: A week or two ago one VI nortain wo-
org had occasion to refer 10 nnab smith. as
u,s whom we will call HahI'1i" dar or
man, mn'n The Eleventh Ward. . ha' NJ.
aen, nor,rard huge man enter" t,,nder.
Two a,n :a hrnw clothed win tn I'D
nee VIII NJ no carried q ieariui e'u h,,nrer
In ms iidn tratted "A bulldog "hT With that
y. a., o,,idcnly made dcspera .;,,,,ton which
nuu annrcciation OF tnc ;nfnll;oence of
W y nrcd;tabIe to the snper.o,, th;s nsoer and
Is ,..natnd men, the editor OF Ia,s paI; .,a",y
educanu ,r r darted to the WINDOW,
tnc ind't outside. slid down the lightning
cHiho.u wcnt across the street 10 Watcn
t !, h H fray through spy-glass. WIN
t,'e esou of conscious innocence we
.ne , .Gn' merely inserting our legs IN TWO
saa of stoye-piDe to guard against any
n,isa nnrchcusion of facts on the part OF lne
bulldog. The man with the eluo 'p'
preached. c,,.5 shifting
on his hand and Srasping his GUY ,h,t no
told him that the editor was ou Cantain
VOL, and tina, he would not return Deioie
ice in time for the centennial ceiepra-
'': .are YOU the proprietor asked the
We explained to him that we were not !;
that the proprietorS were also out Lna1
they had gone to South America lot 'iic
purpose Of investigating the curative prop,
cities of cuudurango, and they eXpec'eo
to remrin there for several years;
"Well, whoever you are, eXcialh'cu tno
warrior. "my name Is Smitn e
We told him we were glad; because, II
there was one thing better than the posses
sion If the name OF Smith, it was the PRIV
ilepe of knowing man 10y that name.
a. Eut. Smith" we said, "why this battic
urray5 1t Is absurd for man to put on
the nanonly OF war and frisk into edttorS
sanctums fi,mbling club and accompanied
by a tiishearteniug bulldog, simply because
his name happens to be Smith"
He said he called in TO burst the head oi
the man who had insulted bis sister.
at is impossible, smith, that euch a
thing could have been done by any one IN
this Office"
ais, but it was, though; and her name
was published, too! Miss smltn-NlsS
Hammer Smith J" A..
Smith. what was the precise character o.
the atfront offered to Hannah"
"Well, you see," said Smith, "ttlt
blackboard said she was deniZen. Ana
want YOU to understand" exclaimed
Smith, becoming excited, and brandlshina
his club III wild manner over our neau
while the bulldog advanced and com
mcpced TO sniff up and down our stove
pine want you to understand that silt
j. decent young woman, with gooC
character, and none Of your denlzens ano
such truck. The man who says she Is
denizen is BLACKBOARD and thel, ano
I'll smash him over the nose il get 9
chance. They may say what they please
about me, but the man who abuse; my Sis.
ter has got to suffer- And Smith struck
the table in violent manner with his club,
while the bulldog put his fOre-legs upon
the back Of our chair.
We pacified Smith with dictionary. we
pointed out TO that raging warrior that Tue
Wcbsterian definition Of the word "denl-
zen" gives such q person an unoftendlng
character and depriyes the term of every
thing like reproach. Smith said he was
satisfied, and he shook hands and kicked
The bulldog down stairs. The editor ana
proprietor, seeing that all was safe, lmmc-
diately climbed the li@htning-rod and soon
appeared at the window, where they were
introduced to smith, with the remark That
they had returned from the north pole and
the cline of the Quadrangle somewhat I'M
expectedly, in order to surprise their rela-
tiunS.
And now we suppose Smith will be mad
because we have told This story about him,
and he will be coming down to interview
Us again, in wars magnificent stern array,
with Il fresh bulldog. But it will be i'll
vain. We have rented an office in the top
of the shot-towcr, and have planted tor
rcdoes and spring guns ali the way UP the
stairs. We warn this incendlary smith 10