Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1888 — Four Years on His Hands and Knecs. [ARTICLE]

Four Years on His Hands and Knecs.

Macon Tvle irapli. An old negro-was carried to the Ross Home Tuesday that had just comp'eted a most remarkable journey. He lost his toes by frost bite, is a paralytic, and so badly crippled that he can scarcely crawl. He was found on the Houston road beyond Gileeville, and had slowly been moving into town for two or three days. lie was taken up and placed in a wagon by Superintendent Harmon and carried to the Home, where he told the story of his travels. Four years 3go he left Jacksonville to, comb to Magon. He, was without any means and he undertook to crawl the entire distance. His strength and condition would not permit him to cover more than a quarter of a mile a day, and, crawling over the ground as he did, he was often compelled to remain off the road for days and weeks by reason of rain and wet weather. He lived on what was given him, and sometimes being a great distance between habitations, he suffered much for both water and food. The entire four years were consumed in making the trip from Jacksonville to Macon, and his first ride in all that time was in Superintendent Harmon’s wagon from the Houston- road to Ross Home.