Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-17
A Blind Man
With Sixth Sense

~ cHe oNt ~ DlhtiA AthAs
of New London, Mo, seems to have .
sixth sense, which more than compena
safes him for his loss of sight.
AS a proof Of this assertion. Flowerrea
is an expert and enthusiastic fox hunter.
and rides a fast horse after his hounds
across all kinds of country, by either day
or night. He has been president OF the
FOX hunters association. of Rails cOun-
" the last four years, and attends all it's
meetings.
he can go into a pack OF hounds. exam
me the dogs with his hands and tell
whether they are swift or slow. stupid or
alert and spotted or solid in color. Flow
erree says the hair of the spots Is coarser
than that of the solid patches of color.
A hunting party of which Flowerree
was a member got lost one night after
chasing a fox over the hills and through
the valley OF Salt river. Th riders halt
ed and discussed plans OF getting out of
the woods.
Follow me. boys" said F!owerree. IT
can lead you home
The others rode after him and he led
them out OF the woods and back to the
roads without hesitation.
While attending a meeting of the Fox
Hunters association at Sedalia, Flowerree
was approached by Il man who had a dog
TO sell. After listening to "A recital OF
the dogs good points. Flowerree stopped
aid examined the animal.
II should say this Is a good one," he
said, calling the dog by name. II raised
him myself"
Old Rant" is considered one of the An.
est fox hounds in the country.
One of Flowerree's chief delights is fish
ing in Salt river, and his success in this
branch of sport arouses the envy of many
anglers who have perfect eyes. He can
Follow every move In a baseball game by
the sense of hearing. and can tell the ex-
act order of finish In a horserace by the
same means.
Ee is an expert domino player. A blind
friend recently paid him a visit and the
Two sat under a tree in Flowerree's yard
playing dominoes for hours. F'loWerrea
then took his friend for a walk about town
and showed him all the spots OF UNI
usual beauty or interest.
Flowerree knows the step as we'll as the
voice of every friend. His sense of hear
Ing tells him instantly what Is taking
place around him. and he comments cor
rectly on affairs of the town as he walks
down the street.
II see you are putting down a new side
walk. he says jov.ally when he hears
the concrete workers moving about the
street.
A man was driving q beautiful horse
through the streets or New London one
day. Flowerree called to him. II want
to see that horse" he said. The driver
stopped and the blind man ran his hand
over the horse.
That's a fine horse" said Flowerree
when his examination was finished. "He
belongs to the Carlisle family, Is Z years
old and a dark bay"
Right you are" said the driver.
Flowerree's marvellous ability seems al
most weird at times. He walks about the
town as rapidly and confidently as one
who can see. and rarely fails to guess
Vvh0f tho NUM- vyn vl~ ~..-l- - ~
dustry mean.
Flowerree served two terms as treas
urer OF Rails county and several terms
as school director and. alderman in New
London. 1t is said that he knew every
tract Of LAND in Rails county while he was
treasurer and could give the names OF all
owners and occupants. HIS is q director
of the Bank of New London and has con-
siderable property.
Flowerree's love of sports and outdoor
life was developed when he was a young
man and had AS good a pair of eyes as
could be desired. In those days he was
an amateur athlete of considerable Prov
ess. He was especially fond of baseball
and his ability as a pitcher caused many
to look upon him as a coming "phenom."
How Thackeray Created His Characters
William S. Walsh. in Columbian
Thackeray rarely drew an out and
out portrait, though he sometimes en-
tured on Il recognizable caricature Of
people he detested. In Il roundabout
paper called DE Finibus he asserts that
he creates his ~pcrgsonages out of
scraps, h%eel-taps. odds and ends of
characters" Lady Anne Thackeray
I2itchie corroborates this. Ms father"
she writes in AN answer to Il private
request for Information scarcely ever
put real characters into his books.
though he. of course. oun suggestions
among the people with whom he was
thrown. ] have always thought there
was something of himself in Warning
ton. Perhaps the serious part of his
nature was vaguely drawn in that
character. There was also a little like
ness to his friend. Edward Fitzgerald.
who always lived a very solitary life
Warrington, indeed may be taken as
a typical instance of how T~hackeray
made up his own personages out Of
odds and ends of characters" In the
was the closest of all the prototypes
that have been suggested. Like War
rinston. he had married beneath him,
though not so far beneath as Warning
ton; he had found his wife utterly UNI
congenial and had left her in comfort
able circumstances to make her own
way in London in poverty and obscur-
ity. To add the final touch of pathos.
Thaclseray painted Warrington's
wife as a bad woman, which
Mrs. Fitzgerald was not. but only a
very foolish and snobbish one.
Besides the originals already sug-
gested. James r. Field hints at a fourth
in Barry Cornwall. and General James
Grant Wilson says Thackeray told a
Philadelphia that Warrington was an
English professor of Latin.
Signals Of the Big Leaauer..
The Chicago Cubs tip on batters
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