New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-08

TIE inventive talent of the Honorable stub
smith. Of hanging Horse. Arizona Territory. Is
again brought prominently before the public in
fhc columns of The Garden Of Eden Buzz saw. ~
a weekly newspaper printed and published in the
civ Of Hanging Horse The name "f tie Hon
orahlc stub Smith may not he familiar 10 many
of our readers. but in Arizona he has achieved a
more than local reputation by his genius for me
chanical invention. He is man Of great force
Of character also. as indeed his title of Hon
orahlc7 itself shows he never. I'm point Of fact.
having done anything 10 give him a legitimate
claim io il: bat he carly insisted on il rs being
hrf a fitting tribute 10 his abilities and n i, now
universally accorded him. AZ first. u is true.
/ there were il-advi,ed persons who laughed NJ
ihi, title and refused 10 recognize II. hut tie
prejudice in Hanging Horse against being buried
m that distant rc-ion. far removed from friends
and carly associa' IONS, great that all oppo-
,ii.on soon ceased.
stub Smith lwc may safely omit tie title at
this distance. began his inventive career with
h, Centennial Corrugated Bowie Knife Han
dr7 This was very succcssful-that is, lie liked
IL himself. and rs his inventions are all for his
own private use. and not for >1lc this was SUI
ncicnt. The corrugated handle gave him "a
much nrmcr hold ON the knife. and he demon
s'raicd is superiority over the Old style several
times I;ut tie sphere of usefulness OF the Bowie
Is limited AT the best and Mr. Smith turned his
/ attention 10 firearms. rs presenting "A broader
! field for his activities. II is here that
tire Honorable stub Smith ho, achieved
fame Taking mp the srlfcociline
pistol lie gave II a careful trial and pronounced
H. unsatisfactory. 1t took too lon- 10 fire IT,
Il. slow rise of tie hammer and the reluctant
turn of the cylinder rs he pulled the trigger
grated harshly ON his nerves. He did away with
thc-. claring faults Ia a certain extent. in what
hc Was pleased 10 call his Judge Terry Light
ming Calculator" I'm the calculator he removed
the trigger and trigger guard entirely, and took
ont such Of the internal mechanism as had any
bearing on the trigger. This reduced the weapon
to It's simplest cozoIc form. The honorable Stub
Smith having nothing 10 do but pull back the
hammer with his thumb and lct his thumb sp
OIL the rest being len 10 the coroner "a mcrccnary
individual named Horseshoe Robinson who waved
FAT on Smiths inventions. With n lightning cal
cnltor i'm either hand stub Smith. Of Hanen.
Horse. frequently addressed his fcllow-countrymcn
! IN 10 urccrilin tones.
Bat stub Smiths ambition was still unsati,fcd
| There was 10 W.. mind radical. fundamental de-
! feet i'm all firearms. even the calculator H. W..
that in their normal condition The hammer WI,
down 10 fire, the hammer had 10 be raised
| This took time Time was money in Eden Val
| ley: it was sometimes more. lie set himself 1T
| work and the result was n weapon which in IT'S
| normal condition was cooked. This was accom-
| plishrd by tic usc of clockworll which was wound
| up with key. After being discharged the arm
cooked itself the cylinder rcvovcd. and all that
was required 10 shoot again was to touch a Sprina
with the thumb nail II was unqualified sue
cess Coroner Robinson built himself new
house on Poodle Dog Hill. As a delicate c,mpl
mcnt 10 the Administration then in power MIR
Smith called his new invention The Innocuou.
| Dcsuctudc Producer lie ancrward constructr,
| "A slcm-windng variety of the same arm which
| ne called THE Offensive Partisan ENtcrminator
| But Stub Smiths latest and greatest invention
| has Just been perfected Mr. Smith has Ions
| noted with regret the amount of time wasted il
| drawing the weapon from the belt. and he Ia,
| rcmcdicd if. He attaches the revolver 10 hi.
| belt at his side with rlNct 50 that IT. turn
| freely in q perpendicular plane. IL Is exactly
| balanced and the slightest touch causes the muZ
zle TO swing mp or down. Ordinarily the barre
points at u spot in the floor about ten feet in al
! vance of Mr. Smith. \ string runs from the
! wcapon under the honorable gcntlcman's clotIin-
and down his sleeve, and is attached to his It'll
FINGER the slightest movement of which cause
the weapon to swing 10 position 50 that Tho
barrel is exactly horizontal and points sraish
ahead As it touches this position the whole ST.
chambers are automatically discharged in rapl,
succession The Honorable Stub Smith has named
his new creation The Pan American Waterloo.
He wears one of them on either side, and Coronc
Horseshoe Robinson is buying Ilomestakc goi'
mining stock through St Louis broker
We might observe that we Americans lead th
world in mechanical invention, and that Yankee
ingenuity is bound TO show itself under all cir
cumstanccs. but il would seem to be supcruous
We shall however, thank our valued contempt
rary. The Garden Of Eden Buzz Saw" from
which many of the facts concerning the Honor
able Stub Smith were obtained, and express Tn
hone that its able editor may continue in his pres
ent friendly relations with this most distinguish
citizen of Hanging Horse.