The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07
: A MAINE BOYS MEMORY
Extraordinary Powers of q Lad Of
Ten Years.

Powers of q Lad OF
Ten Years.
There is in this city one of the most
boys in the world, probably.
He is a son of Colonel Fuller, ex-post
master 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 accident
ally discovered that he was almost infal-
lible on any date he had ever seen or
heard. He was out West with his parents |
at the time, and he was walking in COM
pany with some relatives in a cemetery,
they observed that he would look at q 4
tombstone, read the death recorded, and
the exact age of the person 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 attention was paid to it. Final
ly, however, one of his relatives took peins |
to look into an old almanac covering
some Of the dates that he aforementioned, |
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
five years fell. Only yesterday the writer
gave the lad dates from 1912 to 1910, and
in every case Charley Chat is his given
name) gave the day of the week ceres
pondingtO 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 remem-
bered that while he answered, there was
no book or any article near him from
which he could get any aid. 'i --'--
If he has once heard the date of birth,
marriage, 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 calls his
attention to any person and informs him
| that the Individual was born on certain
day of the week and month, he will, on
seeing that person months afterwards,
speak up and say 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 re-
laiives and informed him that it was So
and-so's birthday, tie date of the persons
birth having been told him long ago. For
curiosity, the relative took Charlie by the
hand and walked to place of business OF
ed the relative to the friend, .'says this is
your birthday; is ,it." swell didn't
think of it before" replied the friend, "but
he is right this is my birthday" t9i-je
He never forgets date that he has once
fixed in his memory, and is almost ;nv"'u
able as statistician. He remembers
when every President of the United States
was born, when inaugurated as President
and how lon. he served, and when he
died. Amy of these dates he gives with
scarcely a second thought, as well as
hundreds of others Of like nature Once
in while he makes momentary mistake
but corrects almost instantly, never pro
ceeding till he is absolutely certain ol
what he has already said. E7 t-..-
/ A still more remarkable fact is that hs
recOllects everything that he does, re
members on what day he did it, where he
was at the time, and what were the cir
cumstances that led him to do it. For in
stance, he Will tell you where he was or
any day within the past $50 years, anC
: what he was dong. Further he remember,
, and can tell everything that his friend
have done, providing he has seen them d.
it, and tell on what date and on what day
of the week they did it. '''''
In mathematics it would be difficult t
find boy of nearly twice his age that cal
equal him. He computes the most diff
cult fractions in his head, and will add
subtract, multiply or divide them withou
difficulty. This is all the more wonder
full. considering that he, has never beer
taught anything except how to read. On
evening about tea time he was INFORMED
that the double of two was four. He wa
informed that the process of getting tha
result was called multiplication, and tina
: it was all given in the arithmetic. H
Immediately got an arithmetic in hi
hands, found the multiplication table, an,
had all oft by heart at the breakfast tabl
the next morning. i,-r-- -..-- -t. 4.
The most remarkable test to which hi
! memory has yet been put is the Bible. II
repeats the name of every book in the Oh,
: and New Testament, in regular order, be
! ginning with Genesis : tells how man,
chapters each book contains and how
many verses in each chapter in several o
/. the books: and on any portion of the Bibl
, he has read-apd he has read nearly if no
, quite all-will tell the substance of an,
, particular verse IN any chapter of any paI
, ticular book He tells at once where an
particular event is described in the Bible
, also where the name of any character men
, toned in the Scriptures can be found
He not only knows the Bible thoroughly
: but can tell without hesitation on vha
. page any any particular hymn in Watts
or Moody and Sankey's hymn-books ca
be found.
: Not long ago he greatly amused some Q
t his friends by correcting an almanac. !
r lady wished to try him on the days of tn
> week on which certain dates, many year
2 ago fell, she gave him date and aske
, him on what day it fell. He prompt
t informed her. She looked at the almana
for that year, month and day. Alas fo
{ Charley! thought she, as his answer di,
: not agree with the almanac. Charlie
. wouldn't give it up, however, but declare,
l that he knew the almanac was wrong
: Haven't you another almanac of tina
year ?" enquired one of Charles confider
tial friends. II have" replied the lad
and produced it. On comparing the tw'
. almanacs it was discovered that the frs
: was wrong. and that Charley was right,
mistake having been made by the part,
, who compiled the almanac. % r.s'..'
His habits are peculiar. He never play
: with other boys, but is continually bus,
, in reading. Oftentimcs he takes an una
bridged dictionary and studies it hour afte
hour, never seeming to consider it any
thing but pleasure to do it. In fact, h
, takes no comfort un.ess busying his brail
about something. If there is anything h
does not understand he keeps at it till b.
/ does understand it; then it is next to i'm
f possible for him to forget it. One woult
naturally supposesliat child with sucl
unusual powers would gradually fail an(
} fade away, but, singularly enough, he il
t constantly growing stronger and NOR,
healthy.
Very many will think, perhaps, that hi
, ability in giving the day of the week, etc.
/ on which date falls, is an act of memory
merely, and that he has learned what da,
, of the week each date tor several year!
past has fallen on. This is not so, howev
er- He does it by some mathametica
process, as he readily answers about date
the days of the week OF which he has new
er seen. What this process is he hlmsel
, can not explain.
Scarcely any of the above will seen
, credible, but we assure the reader of tn,
, Commercial that it is true in every partic
! ular, as scores of these acquainted with
the circumstances can testify. The lac