Daily Republican., 1890-01-06
SOME QUEER TExss HEARING.


New York Tribune.
These were his exact words:
YES, elr-c e, I've seen him with my
own eyes, an b'licva what | see. cause
my ey's Amt never gone back on me
since they was frat opened 80 year, aro
down IN the good Old one Star STATE a.
Texas, God bless her an old Sam Hons.
tout Yes, sir-o-, / tel you I've se,n
MIN, an he's the wonderluilest human
being or any other being that ever drew
The breath o He. ain't lokln'. 'Tsiu't
no occasion TO Joke, an ] amt j,In'.
cau'e down IN Texas folks don't lie for
fun.
Yes, sir &c, he's cot two of the Gurus
est years you ever see. The one on the
hiIh eide Of his face Amt no bigRer'n tie
year Of mouse, but the one on tho OF
siie--Gec-mi-nett wy, see the slzo
o my hand? Well, sir, It's bigger IN
that, bigger by right smart, an nv
hand a!n't no baby's hlpprr
"Ihore amt no limit to Ills hearth.
I've knowed linn to hear 2,0G0 mile. in n
air line, Last spring he stood on the
front porch at home an counted the can
non shots what was fred IA presllent
harrison come up the harbor At the
washington 'tul' nnlkl,
He heerd the breskia' Of the dam what
cAusen the u oil In the Contmaush VAL
Icy He didn't know what II was at the
Vine. He said II sounded Hike thundcr,
but he kIow 1t waru't thunder, an we
was all mighty puzzled I'll the papers
told VA what y was Therc's big storm
on lie CUR be eays, an sure enough In
Gay or Two roines news of great waves
an shipwrecls. rs ralnin' In Califor-
MA he SAYS, an BY .an'.by we hear of a
storm over there. Theirs o cyclone In
hsn ms, be says, an cyclone It Ia. a
thousan' mile away. ~. 4 comm. this
way, he says. an we get ready 10 dive
Into our cellars.
hear two engines crash together on
railroad over there he tays. sn' he
points In tic direction of tho sound am
We get map an mark 1t down an next
morning read all about th0 accident in
the papers, just where hc said IL was.
Aint that wonderful enough Tor you9"
II seems Incredible"
"Ihsie. knowsd you woulda't believe
IL, cause you Amt seen II. seein's
h'levin'. Le' me tell you SUNNI else.
his boy can bear yesterday as well as to
day. lt's TACT He can hear a liun
died years ago--a hundred years back;
yes. stree, thousand2
"Iheg say In tie philosophy that sound
never does die. II Just keeps on a crru-
latin around an around, getiin' further
and further away from the earth, TIL we,
WITH our ordinary years, can't hear II no
more. But this youngttcr--W y, le' NE
tel you; I've knowed him to hear back
$3.50 years an' listen to the song what
Miriam suug after Noses an the Israel
ltes wadei through the Red Seal
Mind you" he added suddenly. 'tha
does all This big h. arm, this hcarin'
o goat sounds back IA the
ages an over d.ttances of tlien.
sands o miles with ths big year on
the Oh side o his face, all tie time
keepin' the little ,eensy year on the nigh
side closed up, But when he goes In he
house lie opsns the little year an' shuts
the big one, an, cir, with that little year
he eau hear pin drop on a sofa cushin!
lie can hear NJ waikiki On a window
pane an cockroieh nrunnlug' a5soss
the door, au' bedbug crawlil' between
the sheets, ah'-well, there amt no
sound small enough 10 escape him. He
can SIT ten feet from me an' count my
heart beats He can almost hear q por-
son think"
"wooderfui, wonderful How old Is
tie boyf
'GOln' on twelve
''ls h strong aud hearty?"
I'm sorry to say lie amt He's
mighty siclly an has awful spells with
his head.
Your nephew, believe you said"
mo KIM lust my folks and his folks
10 ncighoors."
HAS lie good sense?"
Hes n long ways from being n idiot,
! can tel you, but his folks was ten yeare
findin' 1t out. They thought be was daft
TIL they learnt by a. accident that he
couldn't hear out OF both years at onet;
that 10, he could hear web enough, but
the sounds got go mixed up that he
couldn't Tell nothing about 'em; not a
thing"
1t seems to me Eve heard OF that boy
before"
"Its more'n likely. Hes boon con
siderably talked about"
"Barnum ought TO have him."
tn rs what tell hts folks, but they
Amt willin' to let him out o. their
sight"
.'Whcr is Ills lo.ne?"
"Ou farm a shoit ways from Shnr-
mar. II nance Hootor-Hector Bras
we'll -