Clayton County Obits

While news was somewhat scarce yesterday, yet we were pained to learn of the death of our old friend J. Jimplecute Jones, of Clayton County, which occurred on the banks of the Flint River on Sunday. Friends found him late in the afternoon hanging by one leg over the river and very dead indeed. It was found that he had run his fishing-line over a limb and tied it to his leg for security. A hundred and fifty pound cat fish had seized the hood while he was asleep and promptly pulled Mr. Jones up, holding him there until dead. Fortunately the fish was found still on the hook in a neighboring pool, so that while Mr. Jones' fate points a moral to Sunday fishermen his family nevertheless have fish to eat for several days.