National Republican., 1885-11-27
TnANKseIvrNG IN COURT.
Judge Smell Holds a Holiday Morning
Iavee.

LeVee.
II was too cold-in fact II was very much too
cold for the usual gang Of loungers and
policemen to kick their heels against the cop.
ing Of the outside walls Of the police court yes.
terday morning, and most of them went inside,
where score or more Of people, who had
staid up all night to get up early, were seated,
watching the dry and uninterostlng proceed
ings. Judge William Barnes Smell, who has
been dealing out justice to petty evil doers for
good many Thanksgivings, came in late; in
fact the eight-day clock that has TO bo wound
up every three days registered o'clock when
he put in an appearance. The judge had
not pnrtaken OF his turkey. and his
greeting to court officers, while pleasant,
betokened expectancy rather than reflection,
BailiH Barton had on new scarlet necktie,
and displayed two lottery tickets and no end
ofqueer little slips that boro mysterious To-
gends like this:
4, II, a.
&c, AZ, O3
The first Of these was the ''rat row." whlo
the second bore the euphonious title of "snake
row." The veteran said he had dreamed them
out. Both were sure to win, he said, and when
the court adjourned the bailiif went down TO
"sraddle," whatever that expression may
BaiiifT Revells, who belongs to half dozen
colored Masonic organizations, and would like
to receive the prospectus and commission
in s WORST ype and was wbn Srober Rnyge
was thankful Tor the section of the hemisphere
allotted to him, his TRADE against iniquity was
realistic in the extreme. 1t made the baillT
him home, and somehow during a lull in tho
proceedings the bailiffs mind wandered back
and the retrospection was evidenced by the
itollowin,g verse, given to the tune Of "Sweet
t0h, de turkey gobbler, he think he very proud,
But the hatchet will work wonders:
And teach him where he bound
For stomach
There isn't much sentiment In the average
policeman, but the dozen or more who were at
court talked about giving thanks in practical
and classical language that surprised even
themselves.
When the august ruler of the destinies of his
subjects took his seat on the bench the clerk
were colored, had been hitting the bottle ofton,
and began TO talk at once. Herbert was charged
with assaulting the man with the Teutonic
sexplained in this way: "Youse sec, jedge, we so
bof irenS, deed we Is, and we Ies' got out las
night, you know, jedgo and, well you know,
ledge, took leetle sometime John he say the
Pos wus dc bes, paper, and say de REPuBu-
Well, we went on arsrlng you know, jcdgc
ledge, hit him, but homes, l9dgc, / didn' hit
Five dollars" said the judge, and John
could not produce 1t. He went down..
James Simms came hurricdly up from the
coils in response to q summons. James stood
for time twisting his blonde mustache and
smoothing out the creases in his overcoat.
James began TO give thanks ab lut twelve hours
ago by getting his tank full" Then he be-
came boisterous. and finally gave utterance to n
profane remark. IL took three large able
bodied policemen to convict James, and in
| spite of his confidential explanation to the
| Judge, he went down for limited engagement
| with the chain gang.
William Heiskell Jones had one good leg and
| q roughly made wooden one. William didn't
| have much wearing apparel to speak Of aud
| pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiring
| TO live on the bounty of the government. The
| Judge believed him guilty, however, and
| William got thirty days, and said that "he was
| glad ofit."
Dosler Burke wasn't near as pretty looking
as his name. He was built solidly, and rose
up six feet four inches. He had been con.
torting English with considerable ingenuity
| and pleaded guilty. Tho usual number of days
| was reeled off, and Dosier pronounced Do.
zore) said tall right" Then he stopped to
| expectorate and went below, practiclng the
| nine step shuttle on his way.
Henrietta Spedden was fined $50 for doing
nll sorts OF bad things, but the judges break
fast having settled, the customary spark OF hui
| manity began to manifest itself in his de
| meanor, and Henrletta's $ fine was reduced to 81
''But haven't got 81, judge" she said. And
| after thinking the matter over, the Judge re
| voked his former edict, and Henrietta was
| allowed to cat her turkey home on condition
| that she kept away for some time.
| A few more cases, for the most part uninter
| esting, were passed upon, and then the Judge
| his assistants, and the reporters climbed dowr
the steps to the open air to hurry homoward