Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-30
HE IS NO pHoNoeRApH.
- Little Harold Mech Has u Most Re
markabie Memory.

He . NO PHoNOGRAPH.
- Little Harold Mech Has a Most Re.
markabie Memory.
When ex-Justioe Mech has some
thing to communicate TO Mrs. Mech
which he does not wish 10 hear re-
poated verbatim at inappropriate times
and places the heads of the family 60
81 for "a ride, leaving instructions that
Harold is on no account To be allowed
% leave the house during their alb
Ence. Harold is only z years old, but
he has an astonishing memory. He
Eumembers everything that interests
him, and he makes it his business TO
b interested in whatever his gifted
papa says. Unlike most of the mu-
ssnm prodigies, he is no Photographs;
his mental apparatus Is sensitive
enough TO things which strike his
fancy, but receives no impression from
routine jargon and phrases which hls
understanding cannot fathom. lie Is
a bright, healthy, wholesome boy,
with a big, active brain IN his Uranium.
Harold was good enough 10 receive
avisitor from The Tribune, The honor
impressed him deeply, but failed TO
abash him in the least. His memory
was in fair TO middling condition, he
guessed, and by way of removing from
his own mind any doubt in the prem
ises he proceeded I o reel off a few cold
pages OF American history. This was
merely a kind of turning up process.
''Who won the battle of Waterloot"
asked Harold's mamma.
Napoleon"
"Wrho was Napoleon's wife,
Josephine"
What was her sons manner"
Eugene"
Eugene whatl"
1.-The Duke Of Orleans"
What was the name of J~oSephine's
daughteri"
''Hortense."
"What famous marshal was with
Napoleon at Waterlool'
Harolds mental apparatus had TO
have a little time here. He took q
turn about the room, and made n run
ming jump TO the knee of his visitor
with a whoop of victory.
marshal Ney,' he said.
"Can You rereat something when
you have heard il oncel' asked Har-
ODDS visitor.
''Tll try" sail the boy. jumping TO
the floor and throwing out his chest.
what is itl'
The visitor tosk a mean advantage.
He quoted TO the unSuspecting genius
the first verse of amagazine love poem:
The king and the pope together
Have sent a letter 10 me
1t is signed with a golden scer;e-,
II is scaled with a golden key.
The hing wants me out Of his cyesight;
The pope wants me out Of his see.
Harold made an unsuccessful effort
TO conceal his disgust and began:
The king and the pope together
:. letter have sent 10 me;
Signed with a golden something
And sealed with a golden key.
The king wants ne out Of his kingdom
And the pope wants me out
"My goodness, how / hate poetryl'
And Harold had TO have a drink Of
water TO take the taste out of his
mouth.
"What do you like, Haroldr"
HE likes history" said Harold's
mamma. For two years he read
nothing but American history"
"Why do you like American his
tory. Haroldf'
The boy seized a flag which stood
fufled in one corner of the ROOF aud
waved il patriotically from ram
parts improvised out of a haircloth
sofa, and answered, with "A cheer:
"Hurrah! Because there's war in it.
Then the youngster, having marched
around the room a number OF times,
plunged into the story Of tbs battle Of
Shiloh, and nothing could stop him.
Though he did not invariably use the
exact words of the historian, his
phraseology had the genuine histori.
cal swing, and his voice and manner
changed according TO whether the de-
scription was spirited or pathetic. In
describing the heroic effort Of Gen.
Johnston 10 conceal from his staff the
fatal nature of his wound the little
chap was really impressive.
Little Harold Meech's knowledge Of
the principal battles of the rebellion
has proved embarrassing to the man
ayers of one or two panoramas i'm Chi
cago. The first time he saw the
representation of the battle of Gettys-
burg he cast his eye over the expanse
Of canvas and detected at once the alb
enc of an important detail. The
lecturer looked the matter up and
found that the boy was right.
Harold inher;ts from his mamma a
good deal of his interest in history.
Not long ago Mrs. Mech prepared a
paper on Josephine and Her Court"
at the request Of a society Of which
she is q member. She read the paper
and a few days afterward Harold got
hold Of IT, IL was just in his lne.
he read il through once or twice and
with his mamma for an audience re-
cited il with fine effect from beginning
30 end.
Harold is commandments OF all
the boys in the neigbborhood. Under
his direction they barricade the alleys
and fight all the famous battles of his
tory without missing an incident Of
strategic Importance. In these battles
Il is noticeable that the forces under
Harold invariably march on TO vic
tory.
Harold has an intimate knowledge
q every prominent man in American