Jabez Johnson at the beginning of the war
of secession was a promising young lawyer
with a loving wife and a pleasan; home,
with all the world before him. The war
came up and he b-ft his home and went to
Virginia, w’here he went to the front. Four
years later h- returned home a worn, hav
gtt.d and despondent coi*fed<rnte soldier.
Instead of tiie plea ant home he had left he
found desolation ar* i ashes. His wife had
disappeared. His old friends wi re gon ••
Dishcart, i-d and h-art broken he turned
away and betame a wanderer on 'lie face
of tiie earth, t hing country schools and
doing oud jobs through the country until
finally bis m ntal equilibrium -.ave way
and he became ins;.tie und was sent *o th
Georgia insane -yium from Pi. ken.- coun
ty. He got I,"it. r and was turn-I out only
to ; < lap: e from time to time from that cn.
i. t year he " '• nt on-
I at Ellijay fur awhile; getting better
■ ... ■ id' il' ■ : t*-‘d r ■‘.urn* 1 to
><ne county where h died. It” in his sa- ••
-’moments was a polish.’d gentleman ami a
! tine Lutin scholar.
liirs~VE fAS.>/NG I us.
“The culd man is a Irinkin' a little too
much tb.se days, is he not, Mrs. Garns
t-.n?"
"He is net drinkin’ as much as he ought.
He (io nut get drunk onoof for me to 1. k
Id'u anoy muure.” —In<I ianapons Journal.
Willie S.—Momma says she always likes
to ■ .11 on you.
Mrs. 'i'-.G. l.i nh mi (highly gratified) D■ •<
sl,«*. Willie?
Willi. Ves'm. When she goes away «be
says sb - feels so satisfied with herself.
J'ro.’klyii Life.
