The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-13

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tired Of wrestling with each other over
the various modes Of baptism, by din
ping. sprinkling. immersion, and Of dis
cussing total depravity In the abstract.
are combining to devise measures for
the refo nation Of a big headed infant.
about years OF age. who IL regarded
by the sunco guild" and even bv nv ,ba
tolerably wicked, as the very ipcarnation
OF total depravity in the concrete.
George Lee, the infant prodigy, is re-
gardtd ut once as the wickedest and the
wisest boy baby In the State, il not in
the Union. As TO the wickcdness, the
catalogue Is too long for rehearsal, but
among bis accomplishments Is profani-
ty. in which he is fully the equal Of
!" Our Army in Flanders !" and tipping.
in which line he can hold his own with
the average adult and with as little in
convenience. But the greatest wonder
of all IL the boys head, which Is SO largo
and heavy that his little frame seems
scarcely able 20 support the weight.
His head has always been Of immense
size, nearly ms large rs II IA
now, and it Is conceded that
George has known more, when
sober. at any time since he was wears
Of age than nine out of ten adults select
ed from the uneducated class. Where
his wit and wisdom come from Is mar
vel, for neither his father, James Lee.
who abandoned his family wears 400
and went West, nor yet his mother. a
neat and industrious woman, who Ia
bors daily to support herself and boy.
were ever noted for their superior intel
ligence. From the very cradle he has
seemed to take in, as II by absorption.
all knowledge-of whatever sort-that
has come within his reach.
He comes out especially strong in
language, and already year or two
since would listen to a temperance lee
ture or a political harangue or any like
effort, and so vigorous was his memory
that few hours afterward he would be
found perched on dry-goods box or
some other improvised rostrum rebears-
ing the whole speech TO an admiring au-
dience, both matter and manner being
maryelously perfect. The finaIe would
most probably be a succession OF treats
by his listeners, until the bright intelli-
gence was drowned out in beer or
stronger liquor, aud this baby bacchanal
was assisted home and to bed like the
most inveterate Of old topers. II not
quite so far gone, he might be met with
on the street singing ribald songs in
his queer, piping tones, or dancing TO
the music Of hand-organ, or glibly
cursing some one who had "insulted =
him. The Lees occupy an humble
dwelling in MARSHALL Street, and George
has been picked up and carried home
intoxicated SO many times that nothing
is thought Of il, and it causes no more
remark than the most ordinary occur
renee. Despite all his mothers efforts
to restrain him, at times locking himup
q prisoner in the house while she is out
at her work, George continues his
drinking habits and tipples when be can
obtain money, until now, at less than
seven years of age, he may be, and il,
regarded as confirmed drunkard.
Recently, when he had been impris-
oned by his mother to prevent his get
ting In trouble, he forced the window in
her absence and jumped from tho sec
ond-story window TO the ground; and
soon after this enfam terrible was saun-
tering leisurely down the main street,
touching his hat TO his friends and toss
ing kisses to the ladies on the opposite
sidewalk, or in upper windows. A few
days since Ex-Governor Bedle was en-
gagged in a litigation in the Circuit Court
At Paterson, when he encountered
George, who has the entree Of all pub
lie and most private pla ces about town.
The Ex-Governor was SO amazed at the
boys precocity, rs exhibited in his lam
guage, logic, elocuton, etc., that he
gave him fifty cents atparting. Georgia
was advised by a lawyer friend TO take
i direct To his mother, to which the be-
sotted infant made answer, "No-o-o;
regard this as providential indication
that am going TO sbeer up" In the
evening Of that day George was carried
home in helpless condition, and hav-
ng ovcr-indulged, even for him, he
came near to death. This latter es-
,apade was the immediate cause of the
present clerical effort for the reforma-
II Paterson's baby drunkard. But
Georges head Is much too large to ad-
nit of his reformation, and unless his
cerebral developmentcan
)e reduced there is little chance of any
,hange. In this respect he Is real
there being few men, COM
)aratively speaking, who require SO
arge hat; he wears IT. A queer lit
le pinched face, with an ancient, faded
ook, an understood figure, clad In short
rowscrs, little white jacket, cardinal
lose and neat boots, and bristling all
'ver with aggressiveness an enormous
read surmounted with mans hat
cooked knowingly--that is George Lee,
'aterson's wickedest small boy.-NcU
Fork Herald.
Miss Irish Is young lady only 20
ears old, who has been employed as