Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

Y
Dr.. JOHNSON AND HIS & IErpo.
in the autr,n1 of 1913, the |sgiant :.
of learzling,'' SIS; DR.. Samuel John
son is now often termed, was under
the necessity ofquitting his ualiver~<
sity without a degree. In the fol
lowing winter his father died: The, j.
old man left but d pittanee; and Of
that pittance,> almost the whole waay
appropriated to the support ofhSs
widow. The property to which
Samuel succeeded amounted tone Z
more: than twenty pounds Els
life, during the thirty years which.
followed, was :'one hard struggle
with poverty, The misery pf tint
struggle needed. no agggrayationy
but was aggravated by the: suHer-
ings Of an unsound body and an y.
unsound mind, Before the Young
man left the university Ibis 1heredi
tary 1nalady had broken forth in Il /,
sing9slarly cruel form. He had be-
come an incurable hypoehondriae..
He said long after thathe had bee1s
mad all his life, or at least, not
perfectly sane; and,a ia truth, &C.
centricities le $50 strange than this
have often b eeu thought grounds
sufficient for slbsolvFng feldl1s, and
tpr setting aside ,xills. His GRIM
aces, his gestures, his ,sl11tterings,
sometimes diy3erted a1sd sometimes
terrified people who did not know
him. At a d;nner table he wouIdy
in fit of absence, stoop' down and
twiteh off lady slroe:s HeWould
amaze a drav,ingroosa By suddenly
calculating a clause of, the Lord'as
Prayer. Ha wouEd conceive alr
unintelligible aversion: to a particu'
lar alley, and perform a grea e'r- O y
cult rather than see. the na1eh.A q =.
place. He #oHfd set hifh fha ae..rlstafH. - ".
||touching every post in +7 TT 1sre.'ts II
|throngh which he walket. !. :5'a',5 5,Y
|;any chance he missed ap1ss5 net
would 60 back a hundred yt
Erepair the emission. ;ss@stsS!z.s ss.s sfs,. j
| Under tho Influence Of his Tie
lease, his. senses became 1norbld!y
torpid, and his inag agination nlotbi.a.
|ly active LIT one time he y oni'
stand porting on the town & -
/ without bein 8 able TO- tell the h
/ Atano+her, he would distinctly
I bis mether; who was many n
4 off, calling him by his name.
4 this was not the worst. A
4 melancholy, took possession =
:, and gave u dark tinge Z
i VIEWS of hun11an nature and
j mon destiny. Suck wrete'
as he endured has driven mar
: to: shoot OF drown tzae1nselyess~
= |he was under NO temptation
| NIT suicide. He was sick
but he was afraid Of death
, shuddered at every sight,
/. which reminesed hina loftb
] bic hour In religion he
little comfort during his
! frequent fits Of dejectio
religion partook Of his
ter. The light from he'
! on him indeed, but NOT:
/ linee or with It's own pure
7 The rays had to struggle
7 I *rlisturbing medium i theyr
1 !; him .refraeted,. dulled, and ,
! ! Eotred by the thick gloom VIII
i [settled on; his soul: and
!, they might be snffieientlyt
= guide him, f were top dim b t~,....
+ him.1 With sach inf frnities Of boz.
and Of mind, this celebrated ma
=. was left, at two-and-tWentyy % tight i
It lis way through the world - ~. ~.
!. : dqr4phy Qf. Dr: yohnasozs. .
III A R1cH S sonNE.---The follow. ,,ls ,.,.g
4 rich scene: recently occurred IN one
e 'of our courts Of justice, between
q the Judge and Datelf NitIies
'e Ethe way from Rotterdam
= = + y J. hats your native
. - age?n !: = .%.-.;. %,.E
r : f. +; : 81 pc no nasiye ~
= : /: .@J,-"Nh hat is your me
: gue2'' ...~ls:.;!
W;-SsIch hab no
z-] heer !''
re / J.--(I14 an irrita,:
E. Ibid yon first learn:
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