Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-23
A FAIR LAW BREAKER.
Chief ofthe Lady Io.nshiners Making
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the following: Miss Bette Smith, the
feminine moonshiner, still fingers in the
city, the guest of United States Marshal
Hurst. She does not deny that she made
whisky among the mountains of Fem
tress county, but she does claim that she
made good whisky and sold it at a reas-
sonable price, even giving some Of the
beverage away in Gaze of sickness.
Rette is a blue eyed lass of bewitching
manners and has already caused Jealous
trouble to rise between Janitor Briggs
and his wife. 1t is even hinted that she
has made an impression upon Deputy
Marshal and that she will probably be
married out of the jail
To show her powers of whisky. making
Miss Smith called for gallon of water,
pint of kerosene. worm and pinch
of red pepper. With these simple in
gradients she concocted fine brand of
spirits which were conceded by the Sher-
if, as authority, to be equal to the best
old Kentucky Club e1tant. The whole
Jail began to howl half an hour after Bet
tie had mixed the ingredients.
When charged with running blind
tiger" on Huntoon Mountain, Bette
acknowledged that she was brought up
to the business by her parents, and made
more money out of it than any Nashville
girl made behind a counter. She said
she never saw pair of roller skates, but
could paddle a canoe against any man.
Her establishment on the mountain
was a favorite resort for hunters and
travellers, as they knew that they could
trust her liquors. She made WHISKY,
brandy, champagne and gin-all out of
the same ingredients-and nobody in the
vicinity could detect the difference be-
tween her liquors and those they drank
in saloons under the same names.
Miss Smith said that she had saved
many lives in the mountains-lives of
men who had passed a whole day with
out drinks. They staggered up the hill
side 20 her hospitable door and were
rouse1 by her stimulants. One individ-
ual thus rescued was so hilarious over
his luck that he set fire to the woods and
nearly burned down the. saloon. For
this he apologized, however.
Eight moonshiners, who were captured
at the same time with Miss Smith, have
been sentenced to various terms in the
penitentiary, but the Judge is in hopes
that Miss Smith will either marry the
Deputy Marshal or tax = an oath that she
will reform. Her mail has been heavy
of late, and at least one letter WAS frou a
whisky importer of New York offering 10
give Miss Smith life job in his mixin. g
room.
AS mixer Bette is probably without
rival In the country. She makes fine
table wine out of vinegar, milk punch
without using either milk or liquor, and
does various tricks of the trade known
only to the expe fenced in the profess
sion.
Almost funny incident happened at
the preliminary examination of Miss
smith to day. Special Judge Withers
took the lady in hand and asked her
where she had carried on her "blind til
GER"
"Now. Judge, you know that hollow in
the bend of the mountain road where
YOU stopped last Summer and filled your
flask"
The Judge flushed to his top knot as
suppressed litter went around the room.
You mIsunderstand ne," the Judge
suffered.
ooh, no, Judge; l knew you the mo-
ment you went behind the desk, and
you wouldn't be here now if l hadn't
held Bill. He swore he'd shoot you for
kissing me-"
Judge Wrthers ordered the prisoner led
off and she was taken away smiling at her
ylci9ES u 59E9y oyer yG the The When Ills Hon; n
heartily as anybody in the court room
and the popping of champagne corks
was heard in the Judges room in the
Southern Hotel ill after midnight.
Miss Smith went to the theatre in the
evening under the charge of the Deputy
and enjoyed herselfimmensely. She also
amused the audience by her ebullitions
of joy and surprise at different phases of
the play. Sac is a true child of nature.
Although she has made barrels of whisky
she has never drank any of the fluid,
limiting her bibulous rropensities to sim
ply tasting her various comp unds. She
can cook, and play the iew's-harp.