, 1879-08-15

REMARKABLE MEMORY.
Extraordinary powors Of Lad Of Ten
Tr.Ars,


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There Is 10 this city ono OF tl,e most remnrka-
bic boys In the world, probably. He Is son Of
Col. Fuller, ex-Postmnstcr Of bangor, and is
now 10 years OF aCc. Lii intellect is perfectly
wonderful, ard Utmost goes beyond belief. The
lrst tint his friends noticed Of his precocitv was
about wear ago, wheu they accidentally dlseov-
cred that hc was almost infalllble my date ne
Ind ever seen or heard. 1Iu was out West with
his parents at the time, md as he wus walking
In company with some relatives, in cemetery,
they observed that he would look Mt a totDb-
stone. read the date OF the dcath recorded. md
the exact agc OF the person buried there, and
then elance lp aud tell what day OF tic week
the dead person was born IN. Thls happened
on several occasions, lind but little attention
was pa!l to It. Finally, however, one Of hts
relatives took pains to loo'; Into on old almouac
covering Foulo OF tho ;dntcs he had mentioned,
and found that TIC 'day Of The week Ind
been given correctly II, every instance. ThIs
caused them to nsk him questions, when 1t
was discovered that hc could almost Instantly
tell the day Of tho week OH which any date With.
III tic last sevcnty-!lye years fell. Only yestcr-
lay the writer gayo the lnl datcs from 1919 to
184O md In cvcry case Charlie THAT Is bis given
nonlc) gave the day of the week corresponding
to TINT date, aud gave itcorFcetlv. Tic longest
timo occupied IT. any onc ease was eight
seconds, ullt thc shortest was three seconds,
the aycrage hotng nbout Ave seconds. 1t
should b. remembered that while l1e answered
there was no book Or niiy other article near hm
from which he could get any aid.
II he has once heard thu date Of birth. mar
riage, OF death OF any OF his tr'es")s hc re-
been said ahove. knows OIL what day Of thu
week tilu datu fell. II one calls Ills attention
10 any pcrson n,,l Informs min TINT the tndi-
ytdunl was born OH q rertnin day OF the week
a,ul mouth. he Will, OIL hceiIg that petaon
months afterwards. srcnk up and sav that
that nlan's birthtiay falls Oh q certain day,
which Is tue dat" he was casually told 50
lont. before. Nut q great whils auo be walked
It WIS so-a,ll-sos birthday tl!r date Of the pcr-
1on's birth having neen told HIN long ago. For
curiosity, thr relatives tnpk Charlie BY the hand
and walked to the plnpU Ul business Of the friend
friend, .eavs this u your birthday: !s ~"
"Wcli. didn't think Of 1t beforr," realicsl lhc
friend, "but lie Is right; THIS is my llrtlMay.n
lie never forgets untu tint l!e has Dnce tsxGl
xtattst1eialt. lie remembers when eyery rrcs.
dcnt ot ,t,c United stntcs was born. wllau i,nu'
gu1ntcd ns President, mil how long he Resvcl,
l,l wher, sle died. ANY OF these uatca he gives
with scarcely . second's thought, as well as
i. hundreds OF others of like nature. Oncc In a
white llu tnalses q fnun,cntary mistake, but cor.
rerts himsclf almost Instantly, never proceod-
lug until be IL absolutely certain OF what hc has
already said.
x still moro remarkable fact Is TINT hc REG
oltect6 everything tlat 4s lloea, remembers On
what day tls tlid It, wiIers hu was at the thu,
NIX! What Wer1 tho circumstances That led HIN
to do it, For INSTANCE, hu Will tell Whcrc llo was
any day within the past Two years, u,,I what ho
wns doing Further hc renlcrlhcrs aud cnn tell
eyrrythI,. llIut his friends lsave done, providing
hu has seen them DO It. a,nl tell OH what date
Anl on whns day Of the week .hry aid y.
boy Ut nearty twits hts age that car cquul
him. lie computes the most difficult fractions
IN his lleal and will add, slbtTaet, multiply,
or .dtvtls them without difficulty. This fs nlt
tic moro wonderful, considering Uat hu l.as
never been taught anything except how 10
read. Unc eyenin. about tua.ttt!c he WIS In
formed tint tho double ot two Ia four. lle was
Informed tint tic ir1ccss of getttug that
result was called multiplication. M!"l tt!at II
was aIl given III tho arithmetic 1lu t,l,mesl,atu
" got MI arithmetic tat0 his Ann.is, f0und tic
muItIp!lea.!ou.tablu, AMI hal all 0t IL by heart
Ut tle breakfast-tale tl,o noxt morning.
,ne,nory hna yet bevn put to il on Inc Bible. liz
| repeats tie name Ut every hook 'n the Old
aud New Testaments 1T regular order, begtl'-
| lng with Qenusia; te,ls low many eaaptcrs
saeh book eontaas. an low mn. ,nsny ~. ysraes ss,
any portion Ut uls BDtu llu llas EcAl-an,l he bus
rcaa ucarly II not quito nll-W!ll toll the sul'-
stance Ut any particular book. !le tells at onco
where anY particular event f. described IN thu
| Bible, alsu Whern any character mentioned III
,llu SCRIPTURES eau DO toaud. lls not only knows
Tho Blbls thoroughly, but can tell without hssl'
| taton OIL what pagu any particular hyula IN
| Wutts' or Moody and saskuy's hyiuu'oo1ks eau
| b. found.
Not lopG ago he greatly amused sonc OF h!a
| frIr,llls by correcting MI aii1Alln". lady
| WISHED to try lln un tic days nf tns wtuh gu
which certain lasss, snany yeara aEo; fell; u. s.o
uaye Aatp, ami asked him gu what day It fslt.
lie promptly Informed her. Shv iookod at tl!u
al:nauas for tta1 year, month. an'! day, ~,
aDsweF DID .not uVses With tho IT.
n,a,,se. Charlie wouldn't give up, how.
ever, but deelursA .At hc knew tl's almanac
wa wong. "Ilayun't yon aaother almanac o.
HAT ycarl" ~ have" replied tho lady, and
prouursa it, On comparing the two almanac
! 1t Mas discovered that shc tlrst QUO was wrouE
ani that Charlie was right. mistake having
been made by tle party who complied ta1 O.!
! nlunac.
| uta habtts arc peculiar. Ela never plays with
other boys, but IL continually busy iu readHlg
O(tsnttMss he takes au unabridged dtetionar,
anl studies It hour sttor hour, never ssenink K
consider Il ANYTHING but plcsSuru to d.