Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-26
A Baby Sot.
Career of George Lee, of
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 From the New York Herald.1

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 From the New York Herald.l
 There arrived at the New Jersey State Re form School at Jamssburg, on Thursday, 6 human being, child in sizs, with the intel lect of a man and the vices of degraded inebriate. Fully thirteen years of age most persons would hardly suppose his years to exceed five. His replies to questions asked, always intelligent, sometimes witty, generally insulting, show wonderfully precocious mind perverted by evil associations Morally 6 complete vresk, his history would make Q
 fitting subject for Emil Zola's pen. The name of this peculiar being is George Lee, and his birthplace and home Paterson, N. J. When he first saw the light of day the unu- sual sizs of his head created some attention, but when in few weeks the rest of the body assumed 6 size in proportion to his head no more was thought of the matter. His baby hood was like that of most children; he laughed when pleased and cried when crossed, and showed no signs of any unusual intel lectual development. When he had attained ths age of four years his head began to in crease in sizs, and the women in the neigh borhood in which he resided declared that "Georgie had water on the brain. Physicians were consulted and shook their heads, for the case was new to them. All with one accord de- cIared that be would live but very short time snd satisfied themselves with that pre- QlCt1On, put Q8SpltN IL hNSo oA. 4AAo head continued to increase in size until No 74 hat fitted it snugly, but the rest of ths body did not grow at all. With the increase in cranial development came increase of intelli- eence. He soon showed 8 wonderful talent of learning by heart anything repeated to him, and bis genius seemed to cover everything With quick perception he combined remark able reasoning power, with energy and decis ion WAS mingled prudence, and his love for figures was only exceeded by his love for mu sic and poetry. Tho hypsrbola of mhthernat- ics seemed to possess as much charm for him as the hyperbole of rhetoric. That such unusual gifts, especially when combined in 8 body so abnormal, could escape attrac ing notice was impossible, and Gsorgie soon had hosts of friends. They taught him to re- cite passages from Milton and Shakespeare, and to sing hymns and sentimental songs; they took him to the theatre, and on the fol- lowing day Georgie would reward them by rendering with marked talent some of the more attractive passages of the play in imita tion of the actors and actresses he had seen the previous night; they would read to him from books and Georgie would quote the au- thora in his conversations with the gravity and correctness of a college professor. Soon Georgie became the wonder of the city; his fame spread beyond it's imits, and among his visitors were such men as Governor Bedle and other prominent men, all of whom seemed to take an interest in the juvenile prodigy An enigma to man of science, source of amusement and wonderment to all, he was eagerly sought after, and his life seemed an unbroken chain of joys and amusements.
 MOMENTS OF SADNESS.
 Those who knew him best were, however, cognizant of the fact that he too had his mo- ments of sadness, and that even to him the roses of life were not without thorns. At times his lustrous eyes were filled with tears, sad reflections drove away his joyous laugh, and DO actor could touch the human heart with greater pity than Georgie when he viewed the future before him. ''The doctors all tell me- he would say, 'fthat cannot live long that my head is too large for my body, and that my frame cannot support the working of my brain. They all tell me that I must die soon and leave all my friends, Is, and then where will poor Gsorgie go !' Hastily brushing away the tears his merry laugh would banish the sad reflections on his future destiny, which the fates had spun in an evil hour. His parents were In poor circumstances and his father died be- fore Georgie had begun to attract general attention. His mother was obliged to earn