Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-06-11

Immediately com menced full explanation
ana felt, as his little infant hand ran ran
IDLY over the diagram, and listened to hi
chlld-like expressions, as if were in thu
presence Of some superior being. In
some instances puzzled him, hut never did
ne appear fretful, and when / told him anv
thing he did not already know, he always
repaid it with a smile. psi. -. -,
l asked him if two equal circles cut each
other 10 extent of l-t2 their diameter. What
area would be thus cut away. Quicker
man could think, he said, 'sthe l44th part -
then asked him if 8 twelfths, or digits.
were thus cut, and he instantly said, "l-l6. d
! asked him how he knew, and he said
"5-l2-l-4, ana A squared is l-l6.n I
asked him why he squared it; he said, sit is
so IN a semicircle, and must be in circle y,
then told him the rule of homologous
sides and he smiled, and said he understood
1t. then asked him if two legs of a right,
angled triangle were given, one l2 and the
other l6, what the hypothenuse would he
and he instantly replied "2O, wouldn't il p
Yesw then said, suppose the legs were 3
and 10, then what? In half a minute. a nd
without any pencil, he replied, "l7,SS85,n
l then asked, if the legs were and Is, then
What he was rather longer in answering
put TOOK no pencil, and replied, "l6,553."
asked him why he carried this last to
three decimals, when he had carried the
other to four? lie said the other was easier
and tried to tell why it was SO.
gave him thefollowing question The
square of 465? He said :2I6225." The
cube Of 70? He answered 1876. asked
hlm II might try him on the fourth power
tie said yes, if l would not go beyond two
figures. asked him the fourth power of
10. his eye whirled, and he sprang like
an arrow to the door, hung by one hand on
the door post, and came in "a of a minute
and replied, "Thirty-one millions six hun
cred and forty thousand six hundred and
twenty-five, Isl ,640,625.1 His father asked
him to verify that with pencil. He repli-
ed, at is just as we'll to take the cube of
70 from the book. and multiply it by rs, and
IS is "a oflOO, add two cyphers, and multi
ply by 3, and divide by a." ali of which
was done quickly as have written it, and
with the same result as before
His intellectual powers are indeed large,
and should he live to allow them to become
thoroughly developed, the world will be en-
rlched by his birth, and mathematics and |
sciences receive an accession which shall |
make the AlXth century one of the proud. |
est efas IN their progress. Proper care and |
attention may secure this wonderful youth
from premature grave. There are thou.
sands OF gloomy augeries aAoat; but it is
not impossible for the child to live and if
he shall live there can be no doubt but he
will be as extraordinary man as he now
is boy. To carry him past the age of
puberty will require skill and care and that
these will be freely bestowed no one who is
acquainted with his parents will for mo-
ment doubt. Their knowledge of his pc
culiarities, his temperament, and habits of
mind and body. renders thar .L~---i---"
but few who could preserve his life as they
have thus far. Mr.. Stafford is a farmer
a very intelligent and upright man-we
regret that his means will not en-
able him to do all that he would like to for
his son.-FIe has not he means of supply.
ing such instructions as his soL might with
safety receive.
The boy has a great fondness for the nat
ural sciences, and constantly longs for maps,
charts, globes, telescopes, and philosophical
and chemical apparatus. OF the study of
chemistry, in which he has made considea-
BILE advancement, he has become passionate
ly fond He is we'll acquainted with geog |
raphy, and of the motions in relations of
the celestial bodies he has very correct
idea. He signs for nearer view of the
stars. With what rapturous emotions his
little heart would throb to inspect the heav-
ems through some large telescope.