Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1904 — His Fears Realized. [ARTICLE]

His Fears Realized.

A Georgia statesman says that while he was in the shop of’aa optician in Atlanta he once overheard an amusing conversation between the proprietor of the establishment and an aged darky, who was just leaving the place with a pair of new spectacles. As the old chap neared the door, his eye lighted upon a most extraordinary looking instrument conspicuously placed upon a counter. The venerable negro paused for several moments to gaze in open-mouthed wonder at this thing, the like of which he had never seen before. After a long struggle with his curiosity, he was vanquished. Turning to the optician, he asked: “What is it, boss?” “That Is an opthalmometer,” replied the optician, in his gravest manner. “Sho!" muttered the old man to himself, as he hacked out of the door, his eyes still fastened upon the curiouslooking thing on the counter. “Sho, dat’s what I was afeard it was!”