Show HIS PR YERANswERED A Strong Man Instantly Becomes a Speechless Imbecile DOUGLAS Ga January 4 I hope that God may paralyze me were the I words spoken by William Burklett At I once his hands dropped to his side his legs refused to move and his eyes rolled wildly around His prayer was answered ans-wered as he stood paralyzed on the spot where buta few moments before he was a magnificent type of physical manhood He tried to speak but his tongue would not move Half a dozen men who were present were rendered motionless by the evident visitation of the hand of God When they recovered selfpossession they tenderly moved the afflicted man to his residence a half mile distant When Miss Rhoda 13nrk lett saw the plight in which her father was brought home she screamed and fainted and died soon after For many years Mr Burklett had been the ferryman at the Hawkinsville road crossing of the Ocmulgee River He was of giant physique with long gray locks and became especially noted because of the brace of revolvers which he kept strapped to his waist He was a great hunter and the ferry being in the midst of a swamp he was convenient con-venient to an abundance of game From those who lived around him it was learned that he was fearfully profane whenever he sighted game and was called off from it by an alarm from the ferry He would pour out such a volley vol-ley of oaths as would make the flesh of ordinary men crawl It was in one of these profane spells that he cursed his Creator and wound up with the expression above quoted The news soon spread through the country and scores of people called to see the victim He was at first completely com-pletely prostrated but subsequently was enabled to take a few teps when he would fall When spoken to he replies in an inarticulate mumble and acts in the most idiotic manner The pnysi cians can ascribe no natural cause for his affliction but admit it is a visitation of God The prcachers in neighborhood neighbor-hood have used the incident in their sermons with great effe tUourier Joui jial I |