The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-10
IKE BROOKS ABROAD.
He Arrives at Ft. Smith, Ark, and
Proceeds to Tell of,
For the CITIZEN.

Proceeds to Tell Of
For the CITIZEN.
Imagine my surprise at meeting
Ike Brooks on Garrison avenue yes
terday evening direct from Pulaski
Ike looked just as you've seen him
on the square or jockey yard a
thousand times in Pulaski, only a
little worn from his trip. He was
clad in linen buster, brogan shoes,
a wool hat and a hickory stick
across his shoulders, from which
suspended an oil cloth carpet sack
containing his wearing and tear
ing apparel. After warm saluia-
tions l invited him into the cal
hambra" to partake of a social
glass, to which Ike replied
that 81 never shirk responsibilities
nor shrink from refres hments."
We adjourned thence to Mr.. Talia-
ferro's office where we summoned
DR.. Stevenson son of Mac Steven
SOM and we called ON him for
a minute and detailed account of
every man, woman and child in
old Giles and the local news In
general.
Ike was both accommodating and
communicative and / was aston
ished to see how general was his in
formation, and how well acquaint
ed he was with the personal and So
cial features of Pulaski.
He told us of the merchants, law
yers, farmers, doctors; how this
man was going right ahead making
money and getting rich, and that
one doing but little and spending
it all, and how this man chad it in
him but somehow or somehow else
couldn't get it out" and how that
one with nothing in him." as they
say, was for all that thriving
and prospecting; and how certain
lawsuit was brought, fought and
won or lost, and who the lawyers
were and what they said; and how
people were talking of Senator +.
Edmundson for governor, and his
railroad commission bill; and how
certain grumblers said it was as
much for the rail roads as for the
people, and of the magnanimOus
course pursued by Blackburn and
Ballentine; and Ike grew warm as
he talked of the SOB settlement,
and in answer TO my inquiry as to
how Ciayt Witt stood on it, said he
was for cutting the 50-3 half in two
and then wiping ont both halves,
&C., all of which was indeed enter
tanning to us, all Giles county fell
lows
Mr.. Taliaferro asked Ike how the
lawyers were getting on, to which
Ike gave a detailed statement of
the doings and practice Of each.
81 suppose you've heard Of
Wilkes, Smithson and Col. Rose
being writ up" said Ike.
mo" was the reply" writ up
how"
swell, I'll just tell you. There
was Il fellow come there in the
night-a history newspaper fellow
and stays around a few days and
the first thing you know the three
lawyers aforesaid comes down to
breakfast one morning and lying
smack on their plates was the CITT-
ZEN giving a foil account OF their
whole lives, from the time they
were babies, and how they'd worked
hard, and studied hard, and fought
hard, until they all got to be great
lawyers and Henry Clay orators and
showed what men of brains could
do, and how they'd climbed the lad
der until they stood on the top
round, weeping that their was no
more rounds to climb. Complete
surprise to them, sir, complete sur
prise. Didn't know thing about
it: no, sir, nothing" And Ike
threw his chin at an angle of 40
degrees as he gszed out of the win
dow over into the Choctaw Nation,
feeling conscious of relating a pro-
found sto-y, with decided indif-
ference.
well, but Ike, how did the fell
low get all these facts? Didn't he
see them or some of their folksY'
''Why, no, sir; not word, not a
word. Come in the night and left
in the night. Didn't tell his bust
ness-just inquired around on the
sly and writ 'em up. / saw Smith
son and he was rather plagued
about it. Kinder modest, anyhow
YOU know--didn't know a word
no, sir, not word. Didn't charge
nothing-just a good fellow, going
round doing good. But my opinion
is land here Ike drew one eye dowI
so cute that we almost thou 5ht il
meant an invitation that fellow il
going to write book and is get
ting up the material That's my
private opinion
"Well, Ike said Mr.. T., "I'n
glad to hear of their good fortune
and richly they deserve it.
deserve it?' replied Mr.. Brooks
why the whole county just rose NJ
and said 'anae1'-that they did"
Ike, ] want to ask you, was there
any marriage associations in Pu
laskiT'
Marriage 'sociations? Well II
just tell you. There was some tall
that there was some there, but afte1
about the middle of December i
turned out that there wansn't nary
one there; no, sir, all q mistake
/. Letters and postal cards by the
bushel came into the postoffice fol
presidents and officers of supposed
marriage 'sociations, but WASH
never called for, all had to be SEN
back. No, sir, none there. The
boys about that town was too SHARP
for that; Won didn't catch them go
ing into no SIGH. Then besides
there's the Yum Yums' or some
: sich name, kinder held 'em down
Nary marriage ISOLATION did Pu
lasli ever have. Twas littl,
strange-little strange, sir, but non,
there And here Ike folded hii
hands, threw his eyes to the ceiling
as if in silent prayer, and we al
kept quiet for few moments in re
spect to that pioWs man.