Show A year there is a remarkable specimen of a boy in the new jersey reform school at jamesburg Jam esburg he has been made a ward of the state because it is not considered afe for him to be at large he is only six years old but has the manners and acha maturity of a young man of twenty and thal mustache of a manouch man much older he ia called by the medical men who have examined him a precocious baby and a wonder in more ways than one his bejna is herman hoffer he is more than four feet in height has a nicely curled mustache and can strike from the shoulder with the force of a sledgehammer he can move a barrel of flour and lift easily a pound weight his parents have found it im possible to control him the boy is not only the admiration of hia companions but the terror of the neighborhood he can whip any boy in trenton and he occasionally amused himself by playing david to the town philistines the parents were forced to appeal to judge robert S woodruff of the mercer circuit court to put him in subjection he was examined by dr horace Q wetherill who pronounced him a phenomenon and a remarkable case the boy is now at jamesburg Jam esburg ana the wonder of the institution he ha not yet made any trouble he is too deeply interested in hia new surround ings he is attending the but the teachers have not yet reached a conclusion as to the trend of his mind Ei exchange change |