Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1909 — ONLY A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF. [ARTICLE]

ONLY A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF.

August Rosenbaum, a former Rensselaer saloonist, is now liv<ng with his family up in the Gifford district, and no one who used to know him when he was engaged in business her 3 would scarcely recognize him now. He had a shock of paralysis, it will be remembered, here while in the restaurant business, and while in lowa he suffered another shock. He used to weigh perhaps 250 pounds, but now he will weigh little better than 100, we are told, and he can neither walk nor speak. He is a pitiful sight to behold, and when he meets any of his old acquaintences the tears will course down his cneeks and his wasted body shakes with sobs. Financially they are “all in,” but Mrs. Rosenbaum who is a very industrious woman, has planted and tended 40 acres of corn this season, and they are probably making a fair living now.