The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-23
A WORD EVERY FIVE MINUTES.
Andy TaHhauser's Strange Affection, an
What His Faith err Thinks of 1t.

Andy Tanhauser's Strange Affection, and
What His Father Thinks of 1t.
Philadelphia Press.
81 tell you my boys goin' to make million
for his dad" said Joseph Tanhauser, Of l421
Leithgow street, yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Tanhauser is o small man. His face is thin; his
eyes are keen and brilliant. On the occasion
above mentioned he wore 4 white beaver hat
that looked as though he sometimes used it as o
foOtstool, as well as ahead ornament.
''Come with me" said Mr.. Tanhauser, with q
Mulberry Sellers wave of the hand. He opened
the door of the small frame dwelling on Leith
Cow street and admitted the Press reporter
Then he closed the door carefully.
Now this boy" he explained in dramatic
whisper, "ain't no freak. Andy that's his naIne
Andy Tanhauser is afflicted He shutters Other
boys can SHUTTER and go talkin right straight
along. But the beauty about my boy Andy is
that he Shutters he only say one word
every five Minutes Been that way from ms
birth. Times exact, too--eVePy five minutes
Get out your watch and time him, he won't
mind. Come in."
Andy, freckle-faced boy with a tow-head,
was seated at the table eating pie.
'yFhepe he is, exclaimed the father, proudly
"Eatin' pie again. That's what he does all the
tiIne-eats pie Andy stand up and say, How
dye-do,' to the gentleman"
Andy stood up and squinteds but made no
sound.
Guess he's jast finished making remark, "
explained his father. wait till his times up "
Three minutes passed. Then he began sputter-
ing like candle. At the end of fifteen minutes
he had said, "How-d'ye-do"
Hes great, isn't hef' cried the father,
slapping his hat down on the table with loud
report
Andy sat down and philosophically resumed
his pie.
Now, not to detain you" resumed the en-
thusiastic parent. 'Tll just tell you what he can
do He's learning the 145th Psalm-beautiful
thing, too That was an idea of my own
Good one, isn't itP He'll appeal to the religious
sentiment of the community At the nearest
calculation it'll take him three DAYS to recite it.
Like to hear verse; Andy. let's have one"
Andy began the recitation at o'clock. He
selected verse containing thirty words AT
precisely $50 the last word shot from his coil
torted mouth like bullet.
Mr.. Tanhauser went into ecstacies. He put
on his white hat then took 1t off and then sat
down on it. Andy got off laugh in sections.
Now you see" went on Mr.. Tanhaaser, when
! he had somewhat recovered, ''thats not all he
can do He's natural born musician-inherits
| it from his grandmother, on my side He can
play themeutb-orgsn now, and is learning to play
on. the piano. j tell you, he'll be the greatest
museum attraction that has been seen for years.
| I'm going to take him over to New York to-mor-
| row. You see after while he won't make 80
| many faces when he talks. I'm trying to teach
him to be patient and just wait five minutes
between words till speech comes to him."
"Can he singl"
tSingl Well. / should say so. His favorite is
| Only a Pansy Blossom 1t takes him all day to
sing it. don't let him do it often, because it
| occupies too much of his time"