Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17
EoUAL 70 Blind LOW
little Negro Boy Who Pos.esse. . ~.
yeious sfeuarv

~D'7NH@EN a
Nei"us Memory.
a couple Of dozen gentle,,,ar o..,,
No.. - III ~ - OF the Astor house tn vii.
lt,tio V ~ lehiarkable performances If a
hss To- .. s..lii negro boy from Texas. who
~ ateiacled 2 great deal of attention II,
Salo spuliiefii states by reason of his mar
fba aGaS q''lekness in learning words and
s si,Ilr uses ana performing many rernar I-
3 sDie mental feats. lie Is a Iitfle CO.
$50, 9sais u age ana has, it il said. a corn
'''1 T " over I'VE thousand words.
800 " an Nour or more the little fellow
a., ;taa ms visitors, answering without
III r;- Instant hesitation and apparently de-
.isnlg the keenest enjoyment from lie
tai winch his replies aroused. Ue
~ -, RANK With and even s,rnaesas
I'm siililu ioil as an untaugIt wonder and
ma. I we African race should have nroN
~ Two such prodigies was a subject
boy. '''''e VINO heard the
=. ne name Of this wonder IA oscar
1ioore' called Professor Moore bv thSsa
having him IN charge. He ia = iittIe
laiier tiian the seat of an ordinary chair
anu can walk under table witbo,t
hgoOping. save that his head Il remark
aDiy large and he has no nose he docs
not ailier ~ appearance from hundreds
~ pickaninnies" to be met throu0ho,t
the south. He dresses in short sLirts
makes mud pies for amusement and can
MAKE as much noise as an able bo,dicd
man. o'iaeu
TT IN order to bring this midget into sight
II r. y. Hammel, Of Austin. Tex- Who
mas iiiin IN charge, yesterday placed him
" ciialr In the middle Of a (aroe table
LFery body present was handed a little
pooA containing some thousand or more
uliicuIt questions, pieces Of poetry and
aIitnmetical tests, which Oscar could
Iatsle ON, together with speeches on the
lailii, chapters out Of the Bible and other
things at will. '-''-'
or hainmei explained that Oscar was
Dofh On a farm seven miles from Waco
Tex, Aug. 10, 1883; that both of his
parents are uneducated negroes who had
oeen slaves before the war. and that
When hardly year Of age he learned
Whoie sentences which we're spoken in
MS presence, and first manifested a de-
sire to talk by doing a sum in mental
arithmetic which one Of his sisters was
unable to perform correctly. The bow il
SAID to be perfectly healthy. One of the
gentlemen present asked the question:
d, low many languages are spoken in
the world"
Two thousand seven hundred and
nifty, came the answer promptly. and
then the little fellow clapped Ills hands
and laughed to himself to think how
smart he was.
" v here is the largest bell in the world
ana how much does it weighE asked
another
50 Moscow. Russia. How much does it
weigh; Az, 500 pounds
Which Is the highest mountain in the
United Sta-es:"
Mount St. Elias. in the Rocky mount
aims.
How high is it,
Seventeen thousand eight hundred
and fifty feet
Now, Oscar. sing a song said Mr.
Halarnel Then the ittlc fellow asked
what kind Of d song and 3lr Hammel
said the gentleman wanted a song about
himself. ThereupOn he climbed down
from his seat and sang a Ltlle song de-
scriptiye OF himself. Oscar Joined In the
applause which greeted this performance
and then made his great speech upon the
tariff. which consisted Of about FIVE
hundred words. and was fully as good as
many Of those delivered in congress over
the Hills OiL-New York World.