Richland beacon., 1889-03-09
Wollcrf'li Co!ored BE-
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Ni:nl T1EGUTS WHAT
IE HEAR2

UE HEARS.
u l:..,o mite Of blind colo'ei BOY
s!c1d On = table in ore of tie Astor
h3use nIr,o-s Yesterday afternoon and
put % blush the learning Of 10. Of
gentlemen hv ve.y melEer sample
OF " nat he know. Th2 hOy + -a'y Z
years and 4 m5..ht ~ II r:no
is Oscar Moo:n All l., W. ,,.. G.. e.
farm in Wacn, TJXas IL --.s'c
are laborinS people, vino ,s--. ..-
other boy ami two g!r.s. O., ota~-
ins when Osc.r va, Only " c'I
he aat in a chair lsienia, a. ll5
brother and sis;cr, who We're = IL
he multiplication table o. {.
.:icn s;:i
"Tour t;r,s twelve IL, Gf.r a'....
E"i;y-e.gnt," corrected O-os~
lis mother ha1 never hea.- a.~,
speak before, and she began O.. '-,l
ln5 him. Imagine her sur;riae u1-a
she folnl That Oscar was able 80 .'-
n9l, a 10, o. statements he hat -..~I
i: ola times, anI was liberal! scr.
,iG,1 with n store Of various ki' -
!nf). nation. His fame spread. ans
! recently Oscar was turned ovcr .
/ NJ II. p. r. Cammel, of Austin. s.,
will ne hii gurdian until he ID ,
! yahrs old
/ 1t soon became clear that tho o.
/ remarkable thing abont Oscar is lis
memory, Which is capable Of retain
eYorything the boy hears. He is 70
/ Wi built, manly little fellow, with o.
childish voice, anil j. as iull Of III $
chief ami fun a. boys of his see
naturally are. He enjoyed bim-ci:
hugely Yesterday. and was anxious d.
know il the tabl2 he stood upon was p
stage, and il he was having recec-
jion. Then everybody took turns u
asking Oscar questions. Here is p
samp'o Of them, and of the repii
which vore gwen instantly:
How fast does rifle bail novo9'
"Oae thousand miles an hour. l.
this really baIl?'
Where i. the largest bell in tho
wo-li2"
On lfoecov, Russia"
"WAen VS. slavery aboliehed?"
"In 1920"
oh, in 1855. Thought you ss;i
when was it begun"
VIVA, is the population of IIollaad
an ! the Netherlands"
20 million twelve thousand SIX
hundred n nina.y-three"
What is the capital of Venezoell?"
! Caracas | like crackers, though -"
"H9w many languages in thu
worli?"
Two thousand seven hundred aad
ftv
How many bones in a mans
bolv?'
Three hundred and eight. I know
how many there ere in woman-
! 800.
How many square feet in an acre
ain niger? Two"
"In an acre?'
"Forty-three thousand, FIVE hun.
dre1'n sixty. Rats"
What is the population Of TIE
United States.?'
"Oh. I've got the hickups."
What city has population ol
5o3, 3,lS5?"
Chicago"
who was the second president c.
the United S;a.es?'
John Adams"
b The fifth"
James Monroe"
!, The thirteenth"
.. "Millard Fillmore"
The twenty-third?"
Oscar Moore. Ho! ha! hee''
Little Oscar grew sarcastic. and
asked:
You are sure that's the rizh
answer, are YOU On being assured
'Aat it was, he would repy: well.
guess so
Oscar counted from ono to ten i.
Chinese, Spanish, Latin, French anc
Welsh.
Count from one TO ten in Danish
~ can't" he answered. I'll corn
from one to twenty; there is no ten ii
Danish"
Then Oscar sang several songs e
:. English and one in German. He i
strong on dates. the names and ponu
. lation Of all the cities in the wor r
: the weight Of any given quantity {
9 corn, -four, wheat, copper, silver. goic
: and iron, and hundreds CT other thing
Y that not one man in ten thousan,
: knows. He enjoys answering ques
n tons 1t seems to require no ments
= effort at all. Mr.. Gammel does nc
:. vet know what he will do with Oscai
D but it ia likely that he will be launce
. into public liie-New York Sun.
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