New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-13
.TOUy SMITH. or DODGE CENTRE.

1rorc orc so many John Smiths in the world
,Lo, thov must Of necessity differ widely. Thus
the five John Smiths who are in tie prison "'
Sing Sinu do not reflect in any way upon the i've
I,hn Smiths who are teaching Sunday School III
Kuflolo. There are, in Short John Smiths una
lain Smiths. There is an cncrprising Joiil
Smith in Dodge Centre Ind, of whom we uc-
sire to say word.
John Smith has lived in the township OF I'odgc
Centre for five years, and during This Time 'no''
chickens, turkeys, geese and other ediDc poultry
have disappeared than for the twenty years pre-
yious TO his coming. And We are palmer 10 S''S
that the amount of feathers in Mr.. o'ii'h ""N
ward during the last five years has been s"uie
thing frgh:fui. 1t has been the talk OF Do"sc
ccn,rc Mrs. Jim Woodhcck went down one
Afternoon willie Smith and his family were
gone TO the circus and gathered up enough
prime feathers TO stuff two pillows. Ana IN"
worst Of il is that John Smith has never
kent n fowl. lie has had six or seven dogs ana
a few cats and tame coon. but not III" first
live thin. that wore feathers He might have
burned the feathers, too. but he seems TO have
preferred the backyard. lie was simple Ms n
child and never tried TO conceal the smallest thing.
Nose stevens lost "a turkey one night and there
were fresh turkey fc,thcrs in Smiths back vard
thc nc n morning: another nght two Of Abe Sack
ctt's ducks Disappeared and in the morning there
was light top dressing Of duck feathers all over
the same yard: sill another time an even halt
dozen of Deacon Gr,rnlcy's best spccklcl chickens
dropped ont of sight, and fhr next day at O'Clock
in the forenoon Mrs. Smith was seen 10 come
boldly ont Of tie back door of her house and
empty a large dishpan fun Of spcck!cd chicken
feathers by the w"odpr.
About "A year ago the Dodge Centre White Caps
began I" turn their attention To their esteemed
lrlow.townslnan John Smith. They nailed red,
hloo,!-curdliny notices on his door warning him
to leave III" country, bur Smith only took TIE
notices in and framed them and hung them up
on the wall along with tod Bless oar Home"
motto. and a Simply 10 tire Cross | Cling
prtur. smith was tho contest man
m Indana when the White caps fri"i
to visit him on foot one light. the intention hrnS
70 ride lin ont II the ncishhorhood on Il rail-.
but smith jumped ont at them FROM behind
"A stamp with a sheet wrapped around hini. ana
the White Caps. ml,iaking him for sloSt. dropped
everything and ran for their lives Smith
gathered up three sh"iguns. one nh" ana th'
rail and took them home. No one ever called
for the weapons, and Smith fixed up the rail-
IN the parl"r for a curtaln-p"lc. Smith WAS NOT
a man WHO ever got excited. Then n party OF
mounted White Gap, called on him. but Ii" hiri
al them 50 vigorously with the guns he had
rapiurcd before that they rctrcafrd. ana some
of tie horses became frightened ami threw their
riJ,,s: and Smith went ont and captured tw"
=, H.. lest animals and the rope with which
they intended To- 1ynch him. Nobody called for
fla, horses, Though one of them looked greatly
Tx, Deacon ,rrrn!rys sorrrl; SD Smith sold
item at the ylllngc for Sl2j api-rr: AID he
took Vi, rope and hNrd II mp III III" hi'rhrn
for Mrs Smith 10 hang clothes on wen she
irnnrI Smith Va, m9n WHO never lost MS
head
,bout n week 70 tie White Caps deter
,i..J nm final Effort We forgot TO
.,, ,bu, Smiths table was well supplied with
the choic.,t cl.lrkcn and turhry all tia, white