Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-11
THAT WONDERFUL coLoReo BOY.
Here Is a Frightful Infant Who Never
Forgets What He Hears.


Forgets What He Hears.
A little mite Of blind colored boy stood
on a table in one of the Astor house parlors
yesterday afternoon and put to the blush the
learning of lot Of gentlemen by a very
meager sample Of what he knows. The boy
is only years and months old His name
is Oscar Moore and he was born on a farm in
Waco. Tex. His parents are laboring people,
who have one other boy and two girls. One
evening when Oscar was only year old he
sat in a chair listening to his brother and
sisters who were studying the multiplication
table. One Of them said:
-Four times twelve are fifty-eightn
Forty eight, f." corrected Oscar.
His mother had never heard him speak be-
FORE and she began questioning him. Imag-
inc her surprise when she found that Oscar
was able to repeat lot Of statements he had
heard at odd times, and was literally sup
piled with a store Of various kinds Of infor-
nation. His fame spread, and recently Oscar
was turned over to Mr. H P. ~ CANNED, Of
Austin, who will be his guardian until he is
20 years old.
1t soon became clear that the only remark
able thing about Oscar is his memory, which
IS capable of retaining everything the boy
hears He is well built, manly little fellow,
With childish voice, and is as full OF mis-
chief and fun as boys Of his age naturally
are. He enjoyed himself hugely yesterday,
and was anxious TO know if the table he
stood upon was a stage, and If he was really
having reception. Then everybody took
turns In asking Oscar questions Here is a
sample Of them, and Of the replies, which
were given instantly:
"How fast does rifle ball mover
Gone thousand miles an hour. Is this really
hallp
"Where is the largest bell in the worldr
"In Moscow, Russia
''When was slavery abolishedr'
"In l620n
81 said abolished
"Oh, in 1865, l thought you said when was
it begun
what is the population Of Holland and
the Netherlandsf
40 million twelve thousand six hundred
n ninety-three"
what is the capital Of Venezuelan
Caracas. | like crackers, though"
Glow many languages in the worldgp
1.-TWO thousand seven hundred and fifty"
"How many bones in a mans bodyin
Three hundred and eight. know how
many there are in woman-309."
"How many square feet in an acreT'
"In a niggerl Two"
"In an acrep
"Forty-three thousand five hundred,n
sixty. Rats
What is the population OF the United
Statesw
"Oh, I've got the hickups."
"What city has population of SOS, ls5r
Chicago
"Who was the second president of the
United Statesp
"John Adams"
THE ffthF
"James Monroe"
1.-THE thirteenthm
Willard Fillmore
"The twenty-third"
Oscar Moore Hol ha! heelr
Little Oscar grew sarcastic, and asked
You are sure that's the right answer, are
your On being assured that it was, he
would reply; "Well, guess So"
Oscar counted from one to ten in Chinese,
Spanish, Latin, French and Welsh.
Count from one TO ten In Danish
II can't" he answered "I'n count from
one to twenty; there is no ten in Danish"
Then Oscar sang several songs in English
and one In German Hefs strong an datas
the names and population Of all the cities in
the world, the weight of any given quantity
of corn, -four, wheat, copper, silver, gold
and iron, and hundreds of other things that
not one man in 10000 knows He enjoys
answering questions. 1t seems to require no
mental effort at all Mr.. CANNED does not
yet know what he will do with Oscar, but it
is likely that he win be launched into public
lfe.-New York Sun.