Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-08-04
A VERY WONDERFUL BOY .

There is IN this city one OF tne most
boys in the whole world,
He is a son of Col. Fuller,
ex-postmaster of Bangor. and is now ten
years of age. His intellect is perfectly
wonderful, and almost goes beyond belief.
The first that his friends noticed of his
precocity was about year ago, when
they accidently discovered that he was
almost infallible on any date he had
ever seen or heard. He was out West
with his parents at the time, and as ne
was walking in company with some rel
atives, in a cemetery. they observed that
he would look at a tombstone, read the
date of the death recorded. and the ex-
act age of the person buried there, and |
then glance up and tell what Gay OF Une
week the dead person was born on.
nls HaPPvuvu --~eaeions.
and but little attention was paid to it.
Finally, however, one Of his relatives
took pains to look into an old almanac
covering some of the dates he had men.
toned, 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 day within the
last rs years fell. Only yesterday the
writer gave the lad dates away back
along from 1912 to 1910, and in every
case Charlie Chat is his given name)
gave the day of the week corresponding
to that date, and gave it correctly. The
longest time occupied in any one case
was eight seconds, and the shortest was
three seconds, the average being about
five seconds. 1t should be remembered
that while he answered there was no
book or any other article near him from
which he could get any aid.
If he has once heard the date of birth,
marriage or death of any of his friends
he always remembers it, and, of course
from what has been said above, knows
on just what day of the week the date
| fell. If one calls his attention to any
person and informs Charlie that the in
dividual was born on a certain day Of
the week and month, he will on seeing
that person months afterward speak up
and say that that mans birthday falls
on certain day, which is the date he
was casually told so long before. Not a
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 a curiosity the relative
took Charlie by the hand and walked to
the place of business Of the friend mem
toned. Charlie. remarked the rela-
tive to the friend, "says this is your
birthday; is it 2" "Well 1 didn't think
|
of it before" replied the friend. "but
he is right; this is my birthday"
He never forgets date that he has
once fixed in his memory, and is almost
invaluable as statistician. He remem'
bers just when every President Of the
United States was born. when inauger
> ated as President and how long he serv
ed, and when he died. Any of these
dates he gives with scarcely seconds
thought, as we'll as hundreds of Others
of like nature Once in while he
makes momentary mistake, but cor
rects himself almost instantly, never
proceeding till he is absolutely certain
Of what he has already said.
A still more remarkable fact is tha
he recollects everything that he does
remembers on what day he did it, wher
he was at the time. and what were tn
circumstances that led him to do it. Fo
instance, he will tell just where he wa
: on any day within the past two years
and just what he was doing. Furthel
= he remembers and can tell everything
that his friends have done. providing b
:, has seen them do it. and tell on jus
= what date and what day of the week the
did it.
: In mathematics, it would be dificu'
: to find boy Of nearly twice his age ths
can equal him. He computes the mo-
: difficult fractions in his head, and wi
add. subtract. multiply or divide the
. without the least difficulty. This is a
'' the more wonderful considering that
y has never been taught anything exec
how to read.
y The most remarkable test to whit
: his memory has yet been put is on Il
= Bible. He repeats the name Of eve
8 book in the Old and New Testaments,
" regular order, beginning with Genesis
- tells just how many chapters each boz
y contains and how many verses in ca
~ chapter in several Of the books; and
~ any portion of the Bible he has read
~ ~ and he has read nearly if not quite
- will tell the substance of any partic
= lar book. He tells at once just wht
" any particular event is described in t
y Bible, also just where the name of a
- character mentioned in the Scriptu
~ " can be found. He is almost equal
- this respect to concordance. He l
7e only knows the Bible thoroughly. but