Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1877 — Disappointment and Insanity. [ARTICLE]

Disappointment and Insanity.

From Texas comes the story of a pretty German girl, Barbara FeJehan, who has become crazed through faith in a fortune-teller. About nine months ago one of these piopliets told her that she would meet her future husband in Dallas, Tex., and gave her his photograph. She accordingly left her home, and on arriving at Dallas, without any means, obtained a place as cook in a private family. Then she began to search for her husband, and found a gentleman resembling the photograph in the person of a leading merchant. She claimed him at once, but he did not accede to her demand, and this so preyed upon her mind that she became insane.