New Ulm weekly review., 1879-12-24
A MAINE BOYS MENORY.

Extraordinary P0Wors Of q Lad ol
Ten Years-Beemarkable Aptitude In
Giving Dates-Eals Familiarity with
the Bible.
There is in this city one of the most
remarkable boys in the world, probab.
! ly. He is . son of Colonel Fuller, OK.
| Postmaster of Bangor, and is now ten
years Of age. His intellect is perfectly
wonderful, and almost goes beyond be-
ief. The first that his friends noticed
OF his precocity was about a year ago,
when they accidentally discovered that
he was almost infallible on any date
he had ever seen or heard. He went
out West with his parents at the time,
and as he was walking in company
with some relatives, in q cemetery,
they observed that he would look at u
tombstone, read the date of the death
recorded, and the exact age of the Der.
son buried there, and then glance up
and tell what day of the week the dead
person was born on. This happened
on several occasions, and but little at
tention was paid to it Finally, how.
ever. one of his relatives took pains 20
look into an old almanac covering
some of the dates he had mentioned.
and found that the day of the week had
been given correctly in every instance.
This caused them to ask him questions.
when it was discovered that he could
almost instantly tell the day of the
week on which any date within the last
seventy-fve yearsfell. Only yesterday
the writer gave the lad dates from 1912
to 1910, and in every case Charlie (that
is his given name) gave the day OF the
week corresponding to that date, and
gave it correctly. The longest time
occupied in any case was eight seconds,
and the shortest was three seconds. the
average being about i've seconds. It
should be remembered that while he
answered, there was no book or any
other article near him from which he
could get any aid.
II he has once heard the date Of
birth, marriages, or death Of any Of his
friends, he remembers it, and, of
course, from what has been said above.
knows on what day Of the week the
date fell. If one call his attention to
any person and informs him that the
individual was born on certain dav of
the week and month, he will, on seeing
that person months afterward, speak
up and say that that mans birthday
fell on certain day, which Is the date
he was casually told 20 long before.
Not q great while ago he walked up to
one Of his relatives and informed him
that it was so-and-so's birthday, the
date of the persons birth having been
told him long ago. For curiosity, the
relative took Charlie BY the hand and
walked to the place Of business Of his
friend mentioned. ..Charlie.'' re-
marked the relative to the friend.
says this i your birthday; 10 itp''
'.Well, I didn't think Of it BEFORE re-
piled the friend; 8 but he il right; this
i my birthday
He never forgets . date that he has
once fixed in his memory, aud Il a.
most invaluable O. statistician. He
remembers when every President Of
the United States was born, when in.
augurated @ President, and how long
he served, and when he died. Any 81
these dates he gives with scarcely !
seconds thought, q well @ hundreds
OF others OF . like nature. Once in I
while he makes momentary mistake.
bat oorrects himself almost instantlv.
never proceeding till he Il Absolutely
certain Of Whist he has already said.
a still moro remarkable fact . tha&
he recollects everything that hs does,
remembers on what day hs did It,
( whore he NJ at the time, and what
Wsr0 the circumstances that led him @