Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1902 — The Hopping Rheumatism. [ARTICLE]

The Hopping Rheumatism.

“Yes,” said the old man, “ ’peared lak he wuz give over inter de han’s er Satan, en Satan ’fileted him wld de hoppin’ rheumatism. Fust it wuz in one place, en den it wuz another; but he went ter prayin’ ter be .relieve’ of it, en one day, whilst it wuz a-hoppin’ sum one j’int ter another, It hopped into his wooden leg, an’ he pulled off de leg, an’ th’owed it in de fire, en it en de rheumatism wuz teetotally consumed.”—Atlanta Constitution.