Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-06
THAI WONDERFUL coLoREo BOY.
Here h . Frightful Infant Who Never
 FOrgets What He Hears.


 Hero h . Frightful Infant Who Never
 Forgets What He Hears. A little mite of blind colored boy stood on table in one of the Astor house parlors yesterday afternoon and put to the blush the learning of a lot of gentlemen by very meager sample of what he knows The boy is only years and 4 months old His name is Oscar Moore and he was born on 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 chair listening to his brother and sisters who were studying the multiplication table. One of them said:
 -Four times twelve are fifty-eight." "Forty eight" 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 store of various kinds of infor- nation. His fame spread, and recently Oscar was turned over to Mr. H. P. N. Gammel, of Austin, who will be his guardian until he is 20 years old.
 It 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 Q well built, manly little fellow, with a 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 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 a rife ball move7''
 "One thousand miles an hour. Is this really a hall?'
 'sWhere is the largest bell in the worldf'
 "In Moscow, Russia"
 "When was slavery abolishedl"
 Tn 1920"
 II said abolished" "Oh, in 1885, thought you said when was it begun"
 "What is the population of Holland and the Netherlands"
 "Fo' million twelve thousand six hundred n ninety three" "What is the capital of Venezuelan "Caracas. like crackers, though" "How many languages in the worldg' 1.-Two thousand seven hundred and fifty" "Row many bones in a mans bcdyp' ''Three hundred and eight know how many there are in wo1nan-SO9." l "How many square feet in an acre7' "In nigger! Two" l "In an acref' "Forty-three thousand five hundred'n sixty. Rats" What is the population of the United Statesa" | "Oh, Eve got the hickups." | "What city has population of 5O3, 1852 Chicago"
 "Who was the second president of the United Statesg' | ''John Adams"
 1.-The ffthg'
 "James Monroe"
 "The thirteentha" | Willard Fillmore"
 "The twenty-thirdg' | "Oscar Moore. Hol ha! heel"
 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, 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. "In count from one to twenty: there is no ten in Danish"
 Then Oscar sang several songs in Enghsl and one in German He is strong on dates the names and population of all the cities il the world, the weight of any given quantit, of corn, four, wheat, copper, silver, gole and iron, and hundreds of other things tha not one man in 10000 knows He enjoy answering questions. It seems to require n mental effort at all. Mir. Gammel does no yet know what he will do with Oscar, but i is likely that he will be launched into publi ife.-New York Sun.