| Show A BLIND CHILD PRODIGY A youngster who has ajust remarkable memory A dispatch from chicago says about fifty physicians and a number of ladies listened today to day in wonderment to the blind child prodigy oscar moore a 3 year old lad who has a most remarkable memory the boy is about the color of copper and his features ara regular but his lips are quite thick the head is not remarkably mar kably shaped with the possible exception perhaps of a rather abnormal development at the back of the head on the whole the child has no outward remarkable feature about him his sightless are slightly crossed dr Cie vegar who has taken a great interest in this remarkable caso gave a brief history of the lad who was bom in waco texas aug at the age of 2 he began to show signs of his remarkably mental powers and in less than three months he was able to answer almost as many questions as he is now master of what wag the population of chicago in 1880 asked a physician the population of chicago in 1880 said the child then he hesitated for a moment but suddenly straightened up and clasping his hands together said in his still juvenile voice the population of chicago in 1880 was the boy gave the exact population of new york brooklyn philadelphia and other cities answering without the least hesitation he counted from one to ten in french german danish polish greek and chines then he switched off and answered many geographical questions and gave correct answers to some puzzling questions in history the audience which was new thoroughly amazed at the great mental power displayed were doubly aston dished when in answer to a request tora speech on the tariff the lad at once broke forth and made arery good speech in defense of protection after some more questions the boy recited several poems and sang a song or two after two hours of steady talk the boy said he was not fatigued in the least |
