Show one of about the time blind tom started out to show his wonderful gifts macon developed a musical prodigy though in a different line in the alley back of eads heel co s store was a blacksmith owned by a man named english a quiet sort of a man and very popular in his business ono day he bought his three year old boy a drum it might have been a gift from santa claus and great was his astonishment when the baby rattled away on the anun with the skill of a professional of course such a precocious boy soon became known to macon and a mention of it fell under the eye of P T badum who was then in his prime the great showman sent an agent to macon as fast as steam and coach could bring him after a good deal of parleying parl eying the agent succeeded in securing young english it being understood that hig mother would accompany him then the new york papers were filled with mention of the infant drummer and for ears he waa one of the features of bangma museum lauon ga telegraph |