Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-03
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Bud Parks Little Game-The Court
Assists Miss JOnes I'm Coming to- n
Conclusion About = Young Man
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Bud Parks Little Game-The Court
Assists Miss Jones I'm Coming to- n
| Conclusion About = Young Man
whe is not Oppressiveiy stylish.
Bud Parks Is a sttiaIl African -fhe tarriss
long 10 the iihIiediate vicinity Of th4t ely
| ing horse" spparatis opposite the Exposi-
ton building. Re does this because he
has passion for horses of all kinds, With
tho single exception ofsaw horses. Also be-
cause he has the Old Nick developed in him
| to an unusually large extent, and he finds at
the place indicated, sne Geld for bis pecu-
liar style OF operations. Young hr. Parks
takes great delight in playing tricks upon the
| juvenile equestisns who patronize the gentle
manly proprietor of those flying horses, his
! faVorite pzstime being to thrust pins, in
geniously attached. to a long stick,
| into the legs Of the unsuspecting
young riders as they go flying past, after
the Intricate machihery gets fairly under
way. This funny custom of Mr.. Parks has
the effect of making the ride unusually
| lively and exciting TO the victims, as it is
| impossible for them to discover in the crowd
what kind hand it is that manipulates the
pin. Young Mr.. Parks will now have an
opportunity to conduct his ingenious ex-
periments upon material of harder sub
stance than the legs of little boys and girls,
the court having put him in the way of
breaking rock for the city, for a space of
time specified and agreed TO in writing.
Sue Jones's mental powers had
been under cloud, and this
state of affairs had not been brought about
by the excessive and long continued use Of
water as 3 beverage, either. She was will
ing TO acknowledge than she had been sa-
luxurious, but when it came TO saying that
she had been "drunk on the street." then
she hestated and wanted time 10 consider,
in Ordfr to recall to her recollection as many
of the circumstances connected with the
affair as possible. In arriving at conclu
sion upon this point, the court was willing
to assist Miss Jones to any reasonable ex-
tent, and it was with this object in view
that police officer was called, and politely
requested to throw what light he
could upon the subject. The
blue-eyed Se--usan had confessed that she
was drunk at the tine in question, and the
officer stated that she was upon the street
at that very time, as he had seen her with
his own eyes. The court "put two and
two together" and then announced that
the charges stated in the warrantagainst
Miss Jones were fully sustained, and that
frail damsel was requested to jamble of 10
the wOrktouse.
Club Colburn, young man who has
done the city valiant service in the charac-
ter of laborer at the workhouse for lol
these many months, emerged from the
''ccoler," upon his name being called, in
decidedly demOraHzed condition.
Club is no snob. You never see him prom
enading up and down the streets, dressed
in the height of fashion, and swinging
mob y little cane. He is never observed
with his moustache waxed and with the
ends thereof artisticaily curled. No one
ever heard him say, "Well, weally!" He
don't part his hair in the middle ard wear
green kid gloves, neither yellOT. He don't |
say, when dining, "Waitah, bWing me
glass Of watsh, and thwee gTsins of vic. |
lie don't wear eye glasses. He don't make |
il : point 10 look the other way when he |
meets his tailor. He don't spend |
for cigars, money which should go |
to pay his wsshwomsn. No, these |
are not bis characteristics, and Club /
is not snob, but yet, he might have be-
slowed little more attention upon his tci-
let yesterday morning, and still avOid being
appearance is . matter which concerns
himself, perhaps, more closely than any one
else, and if be chooses to make bis entrance
into the Nashville police court room with
his shoes united; bis pants and coat torn;
minus suspeIders, and plus a great deal of
real estate on bis face, over which his nut
brown curls trsil in an unrestrained fashion
and innocent Of comb for weeks, it is en-
tirely his own fir, and there
is really nothing in the Constitution of
the State Of Tennessee which
forbids him 50 doing. But be that as it
may, it was in this guise that be answered
to his name yesterday, and it was quite ev-
dent that he was beginning to get some
what tired of the extensive drunk he had
been on for two d Us previous, as he re-
1uested the court to send him down to his
Did quarters in the Workhouse for two
weeks, giving it as bis opinion that in that
length of time, he would be able 10 sober
off. His very reasonable request was grant
ed, and Club now resides in q building
wherein liquor is taboed.