The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-15


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We have quiie a marvel ofapan ia
our community, natural mathena-
ticiaa- Us name + Reubea Fields
Having beard Of him frequently
through farmers snd elbe1s. wh3 res
him % % Their f-uring. I dete-mia-
Cd a sbo-t tine ago . make him 3
visit. and % ascertain fa- myself Il
the stories told Of hin were tue I
an free % confess that at frst was
fully a. iacreduIous Is manT readers
of this paragraph wiz BE: IN fact,
would not have believed statements
ma5e eo8cerning Kim lad rot the al
th0rifv been Endisp1ta5ly god
Proceeding % Fayetteville. the snail
village II which be lives. I inquired
for "Reub.H and was tod thst be
Vas IL toTn. ard vas shown his rs
idence. toward which I made nv
way When nearly there I met 3
Fou1g nan, appsrently ab0zt twenty
dTe years of age. walking a little
lame, and seemed 70 be Ieis1rsly and
TseAutly gazing Ebout. and aecosied
hin With- Does Reuben Fields I've
IN thai house Tonders- Yes. SIR
Wei, I've heard that Reub was .
great calculator. and nus 20 and
see hin. and / started forward. when
ne stopped ne witb-aTm him -
Wei, Reab, said ], I have few
questions / would Ike 70 have y0a
answer. and VIII make i worth your
while 70 DO So Gazing aro18d be
answered. That's al right and
remarked that ke could Heou1t7 any
thing be could understand / nav
here remark that be cannot resd o.
write letter O. fgure. he sid i be
c0uld be would loose his gift He
cannot explain ANYTHING, h1s SAYS be
las q uuZersrion table aWaF on De
Toad tie books- he remarked
You e0uEence AZ the bottom and
work up-I comnsuee Il the top and
work down l. Is easier falling cut
Of tree than climbing ons- He
frequently observes. @If I could
read and write. I shouldn't know
a1T more than voa do Itis said
be never makes mistakes OF al the
questions I gave hin, be made but
one, and be corrected thai On re-
counting.
Tie following are some a the ques-
tons aske3 him II. % the tine past
noon there Be addsd It's :. Is and
2-5, the sun VII Be equal % 1t Of the
tine 70 midnight what i TIE hour
Divide 81 50 between Two persons
50 that o1e shah have T5e more than
the other a tree 135 feet long fell
and was broken into Two pieces, two
thirds of the longer piece equals
three quarters Of the length q the
shorter what Is tbe length Of each
piece2 What e the interest Of ! cent
f0r one day q S per cent Per anaum2
What Is the ezact length o. one side
q q square acre. These Questions
were az correctly answered. his Al
sEer % the last being, II ean't be
tod
1 then said. -Reub, hear that
Tou cs1 TEL what dsy q TIE week
any given date was, OF VII be- Is
that % - YES. ~. What vas
July I. 1852 " e1desdaT-7 Cor
rect What vas the 22d q Janu-
arv. 1852 Sunday What day
VII the Al q July come On this
vea-s7 -Sz-ur5aF-~ View Tes-s,7
aFri5a7.- aAH right 4 have
also heard. Reub, that voa can tel
1 the hour Il auT tine Of daT CT night
Is -hat so2- yes. si-- aWhat
tine Is Il nowz1 -Itis Il minutes
past ? o-cl3ek railway tme-sua
lne 3 = MINUTES slower We
+ walked aroGnd town. and be gave
ne the hour several times. correctly
each tine, within two CT three Mn
utez Several tines be called on
citizens Of the Place 20 attest the truth
Of his statements. which theT did
One Of the leading citizens Of the
place tod ne he had Tied -Reub1
Ion the tine ouesEon q both clear
land cloudy 6aTs. and also o1 dark
nights. s1d he alwsys gave the cor
rect tine Re1be1 asked TIE gentle
nan we were taking with . write
down 3 column q figures, which be
+ did: tbeT we're then resd % him,
thirteen 11mberz. two fg1res n each
number. and be a once gave their
sum. and could repeat the numbers
! II the order u which tbeT were wit
/ ten. either forward CT backward
The tax collector got Reuben %
( lock over his work lzst fall, and Reu-
beu said that be e6ald remember the
numbers II tbe columns and The sum
vet County clerks hare sent from
Kansas for hin % help sfrsighten
Their books 4 wholesale frm n
Kansas CITY heard q him snd sent
f0r hin q do sons invoicing He
-old them be could Do the work Of
! ten men n making couputatio1s-
They tod hin 7 be could be should
have the pay 0f ten ne1- He mount
ed Z high stool Eith the clerks around
him, and kept them giving the uum-
ber Of articles. price Of each. and TAX
ng down his answers They gave
hin S4l for his DAYS work A frm
n Fayetteville selling cut took an II
voice Of their goods Reab Was
SICK a. tbe tine, bat they found L cut
and sent for hin; he found 3 mistake
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