The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-24

81 But we must stop. EaTuVH " l,..ess>.,,ss
ana BE assured that we would gladly .t ex-t
change our, own style Tor your clear-cut'
and wise sentences. u: $500
Eux,ra.rdinsry powers Of . Lad OF Ten
4 - $50 2. Years. &
psnARKABks APriTgDg IN GIVING DATES
Il his pAxILIfRtfY WITH THE BIBLE.
4 from the i,sneaSs Commercial July 15sh.1
ensherc r. IN Mias dfty one, Of the most re-
msrkabje boys i'll HE world, 5prob badly he
ia & son OF Colonel 'rhlfer ppstmaster el
Ran cor, and is now ten yeaJs pf age. Hls
intellect is perfectly wonderful ana atmosJa|
goes beyond belief. The first that nlss|
friends noticed Of his precocttE was ABOUT
q wear aeo, when they Accidentally discop-
cred that he was almost 1nlalllDie on any
date he had ever seen or heard. lie WAS
out West.wlth his parents at the time, ana
as he was walking. in company WIN soms
relatives, IN, q cemetery, they observer
that he would look at o tombstone, leaa
tho date OF the death recorded aid the
exact age OF the person buried there,
ond then glance IN and tell what day
OF the week the dead person was born on:
This happened on several occasions, ana
but little attention was paid to it. Finally,
however, one Of his relatives took pains 10
look into an old almanac covering some OF
fine dates he had mentioned, and found That
fine day Of the week had been given cor
recfly in every instance. This caused them
TO ask him questions, when It was d!sco-i
yered that he could almost instantly tell the
dsy of the week on which any date within
the last seyenty.fiVe years fell. Only yester.
flav the writer gave the tad dates from 1872
ia 1sl0. and II D. every case Charlie THAT Is
his given nancy gave the day OF the week
to that date, and gave it cor
rect,,. = The, longest; timesoccupled in any
one case, was eight seconds, and the shortest
WAS three seconds, the average being
about Eve seconds It should be remem-
bered that while he answered there was no
booksorsother,article near him from which
he could get any aid. y. ~,
If be has, once heard the date OF oirtn,
marriage, or death OF any otshts friends he'
remembers it,! and, OF course, from WDat
has been said above, knows on what gay OF
the; week the date fell. Ii one calls ms at.
tention Ia, any person and informs BIN tnat
the individual was born on a certain Gay OF
the week and month"; he will on seeing that
nerson months afterward speak UP and say
That that mans birthday falls on certain
ia y. which is the date he was casually told
40 long before. Not o great while ago he
walked I'D to onesof his relatives and In
formed him that It was s0-and-so's birth
flay, The date of the PERSONS birth having
been told him long ago. For curiosity the
relative took Charlie by the hand and walk
ed TO the place OF business OF the friend
mentioned, "Cbarlie," remarked the rela-
tive 10 the friend, Essays this Is your birth
DIV: is it3nv swell, / didn't think OF IL
before,O 'replied the friend; "but he is
right; This is my birthday"
He never forgetsa date that he has once
fixed. in bis memory, and Is almost invalna-
BILE IA a statistican. He remembers when
every President OF the United States was
born, when inaugurated as President, and
how long be served, and when be died.
ANY of these dates he gives with scarcely o
seconds thought, as well as hundreds OF
others of alike nature. Once in awhile he
makes O momentary mistake, but corrects
himself almost instantly, never proceeding
till be is absolutely certain OF what be has
already said. -
A stiIl more remarkable fact Is that he
recollects every thing that he does, remem-
bers on what day he did It, where he was
at the time, and what were the clrcnn-
Stances that led-him to do it,. For instance,
be will telIwhere he was on any day within
the past two years, and what ne was doing.
Further, be remembers; and can tell every
thing that his friends have done, providing
be has seen them do it, and tell on what
date and on what day OF the week they did
it. i. - ~ 'hs'. '.'t@''' w go
: In mathematics it would be Gificnlt to
find a boy OF nearly twice his age that can
equal him. He computes the most difficult
fractionsin his bead, and will add, subtract,
multiply, or divide them wAhout difficulty.
This is ali Cue more WI nderitil considering
that he has been taught anything ex-
cent how to read, siOne' evening about tea
time he was informed that the double OF TWO
is four He was informed that the process
of Getting. that result was called ,multjpli-
cation, aud that it was all given in the arith-
'metic., HeSimmediatey got an arithmetic
into his, hands, found the ;multipleation-
table, and had all OF ii by heart at thefbr
Unsuitable the next morning. 45:3 ~ - -.
The most. remarkable test to which his
memory hasayet been put Is on the Bfble.
He repeuts the name OF every book in the
old and ,Testaments, in regular order,
beginning WIRE sGenesis;;" tells how many
CHAPTERS each book contains, and how many
verses in each chaper in several OF the
books; and ongany portion OF the; Bible BE
has read Asnd BE has; read nearly * not
Quite all-will tell the substance OF any par
ii cularWerse in any lehspterof anypartieu:
lar book. 3 He tells at, once where any par
ticuIar, seYeuE M daserihad 7ini the Bible,
also where. the name. 0lslany character men.
toned in thetScriptures can be zfound. he
not only knows the Bible sthoronghly,pbnt
can tell without hesitation on what page
any particular hymn IL. ,Watts's or, Moody
4 J. 80, nos, ia {sY,nH
Il Not long ag6 he greatly amused some Of
his friends by correcting an almanac. "a
lady wished tostry him 0nthe days ofthe
week on which certain dates, many years
ago, fell. she gave date, and asked bm
On; " hat day it FELL He promptly informed
her, She looked at, the almanac for that
year, month, land day. Alas, for Charlie
thought she, as, his answer did not agree
with the almanac Charlie wouldn't give
up, however, but declared that he knew the
almanac was Wrongy Haven't you an
other almanac OF .thatyear J" inquired one
Of Charities confident friend Isl. sst I have, !"
replied the lady; and ssprodu ced 1T On
comparing the two almanacs twas diScov-
cred that the first one was wrong, and that
Charlie was right-a mistake having been
made By the party who compiled the anna
nae.
; His habits are peculiar. He never plays
with other boys, but is continually busy in
reading. sOttentimes hetakes an unabridged
dictionary and studies 1t hour after hour,
never seeming TO consider; It anything but q
pleasure to do It. In fact, he takes no COM
fort unless busying his brain about some.
thing. II there is anything he does not un-
derstand he keeps at it till he does under
stand It, and then. lit Is next to impossible,
u A. eornoS nno rpoY,Id H..