Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-02-22
THAT WONDERFUL ooLoRED SOY
Here Is a Frightful Infant Who Never
Forgets What He Hears.


Here Is a Frightful Infant Who Never
Forgets What He Hears.
little mite Of blind colored boy stood
On table in one of tha Aston house parlors
yesterday afternoon AMI put to the blush the
learning of a lot Of gentlemen by very
meager sample Of what ne knows The boy
is only years and months old His narnc
is Oscar Moore and he was born on a farm il
Waco, Tex. his parents are laboring people.
who have one other boy and two girls. Ono
evening when Oscar was only year old he
sat in chair listening to his brother and
sisters who were studying the multiplication
table One Of them said
''Four times twelve are fifty-eight."
"Fortyeight," 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 a lot of statements he had
heard at odd times, and was literally sup
piled with store of various kinds of infor
nation. His fame spread, and recently Oscar
was turned over to Mr.. Fl. P N. CANNED, OF
Austin, who will be his guardian until he is
90 years old.
II 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
sample of them, and of the replies, which
were given instantly:
'How fast does rife ball mover
"One thousand miles an hour Is this really
hals'
s'Where is the largest bell in the world?"
''In Moscow, Russia. y
when was slavery abolishedF'
in 1920"
81 said abolished"
sob, in 1865. thought you said when was
it begun"
"What is the population of Holland and
the Netherlandsaa
$40 million twelve thousand six hundred
n ninety three
''What is the capital of Venezuelan
Caracas. l like crackers, though"
allow many languages in the worlds"
1.-TWO thousand seven hundred and fifty"
''How many bones in a mans body?"
''Three hundred and eight. know how
many there are in a woman-309."
'How many square feet in an acre?'
SIN a niggera Two"
SIN an acre7"
''Forty-three thousand five hundred'n
sixty. Rats"
''What is the population of the United
Statess'
sob, I've got the hickups."
"What city has population Of 500, 1851"
sChicago"
''Who was the second president Of the
United Statesg'
John Adams"
1.-THE fifth?'
"James Monroe"
1.-THE thirteenth"
"Millard Fillmore"
''The twenty third?"
Oscar Moore Ho! ha heer'
Little Oscar grew sarcastic, and asked:
"You are sure that's the right answer, are
you?" On being assured that it was, he
would reply: well, l guess So"
Oscar counted from one to ten in Chinese,
Spanish, Latin, French and Welsh.
"Count from one to ten in Danish"
81 can't, he answered. I'm count from
one to twenty; there is no ten in Danish"
Then Oscar sang several songs in English
and one in German. He is strong on dates,
the names and population of all the cities in
the world, the weight Of any given quantity
Of corn, flour, 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 will be launched into public
life.-New York Sun.