The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-22
ISAAC SMITH, A DIAMOND
SPARKLING IN THE BLUE
Litigant for the Privilege of Redemption Explains and Makes
an Ofer-Smith and the 'Kentuckyian.
by II l.. GRAY

svse- gum tree burning fl z blaze
caught from the heat OF the moon
Ir~tnctxely the reader cxclaif7s
vIta smith. There now AMI pro-
ceeas 30 read how he claims he Was
accused II stealing money when n
wa fr reality collecting some - re-
pax himself for an advance Of nftN
dollars made Ia the church. the nar-
ratfye Of his accommodation. thH
nr~f trial by the Bishop. when there
Mas a hone of peace and his sub
seaucnt conviction BY the Bishop
when he had refused l. his
eui, fu~ SANDER against the Archdca-
CON and Rector Avant.
sad scene of IIl-Omencd Peace.
OF his first trial BY the Bishop
smith writes thus dramatically OF the
apparentIy peaceful solution.
.When the minister made the decia-
ration raising that crtain eXcom-
m~unicatian. his right and was IN my
right hand and Bishop Robert Strange
i'm one step Of Us both. This seemed
to settle everything. The Bishop
and minister together cannot put II
back al viii. Here comes tho hitch.
That following sunday the minister
said he had a beautiful letter from
the bishop to be read, but he had on
Yesterday received a telegram from
him saving: Burn his letter up and
tell smith the sentence stands.
! wonder what sentence. for If YOU
xiii that certain turkey he is dead,
cannot be killed again. Strange
still"
TIL letter which was burned was
one written by the Bishop after Smith
had refused to withdraw his SANDER
suit against the rector. after which
The Bishop returned 10 New Bern and
imposed sentence.
After that touching picture Of the
ciasped hands and the bishop brood
ing DER the scene, no Wonder. Smith
cXclaims at the final catastrophe.
Smith tells of the second trial and
Of how, like 4 lawyer, he made a Spc-
cial appearance to deny the jurisdic-
ton on the ground OF former jeop-
ardy.
If this be not true" he quotes him
self as saying, he could then one cold
morning walk in church ard eXcom-
municatc the entire congregations
and. again. the advice which he gave
the Bishop.
The Bishop Gets Fathcrly Advice.
"NoW. Bishop, said I"-and there
is a fatherly one even in the types
you had better inform yourself for
as to this construction of the Rubric,
there is not Il lawyer on earth who
will not agree with ne, nor is there
iIl lHlOi liIch ldS lhdll III III
church who Will not agree that | am
exactly right"
There comes the Conclusion
which is, however, by no means all:
Here come the sad part. There
would not have been an alleged eX-
communication in bis alleged reopen
ing Il thing he could not do, had [
agreed and furnished & certain sum
Of money. namely $27.80.
"Rut thanks he TO the good ord
i don't want any more bread and
wine from st. CNprian Church until
it ribs itself Of that certain body of
sin"
And that last Notwithstanding the
fact that he has by suit and petition
for mandamus hailed the Bishop and
his negro Archdeacon into court to
defend their right to Judge a sinner
as q sinner and to shut him in the
dark if he refuses to pay UP the costs.
Grave Yards and Dead Horses.
And finally Smith says, and it is a
dreadful saying, in his bill OF particu-
lars:
'FSomebody in st. Cyprian has mis-
Informed the bishop and the public.
Nevertheless. it is to be mighty costly
to the guilty ones. So in God let US
trust. Let me vindicate my good
n OF let my right hand forget its
cunning and let my tongue cleaVe to
the root Of my mouth; OF let my
body be buried when | am dead in the
burial ground where the buzzards
prey and feast upon the carcass of
dead horses"
1t is an eerie incantation, but let
none be alarmed. The cunning of that
good and black right hand is as set
tied in its fingers as is the pink in
its palm. Nor will the tongue of
Smith ever cleavc anywhere except
,.n,,p thn 1r,n Af ~. - y, 800.
spiritual or temporal. And when that
bulky body shall indeed be still, no
horses carcass Will avail to hold in
tent the bird ignolIe TO whom. With
other things that fly and crawl upon
the earth, greatness run on Heath is
common ploVender.
Smith and The "Kentuckian.'
In time gone by Isaac Smith had oc-
Casion to sue in New Bern upon a
contract of employment with q foreign
corporation. for breach Of which he
assessed his damages at $4,000.
Present as q witness came the vice
president of the concern. from Roches-
ter. New York. He was an imposing
vice-president with an air-an indi-
.vidual with q long cloat, a silk hat. an
o~verdone Difference of manner and
a suspicious draWl. It seemed thai
Isaac Smith would be ~overawed and
out testified. Especially was his case
~preiudiced when the corporation Of
fetal let il be known that he was of
southern birth. from ole Kentucky.
sab" Around the hotels he talked in
quite the yelloW-back way of codes of
honor among gentlemen, of races af-
ter the hounds, of long mint iuleps
and good old Bourbon rye" Al
though he came from New York. the
stranger was the WafmeSt SoUthrOn
who ever struck the conservative old
town of New Bern. The patriotic SO
cietieS became interested. His ances-
try had performed innumeTable deeds
OF daring in the ReVolutiOnarN ana
civil wars. Old fashioned as il was.
he made a fetish still of states
Rights. The war was over but-and
the boy volunteer of the sixties drew
himself up proudly-"the principle.
sub. was right When he testlfled
his dignity and impressment made
large effect. He sat down smiling.
Wiping his hat.
Isaac Smith took the stand and the
former business associates eyed one
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