Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-30 | Page 2 | Does Not Need a Watch

DOES NOT NEED A WATCH Maine Main Inn Ablo AlIo to Tell lell lel Time Looking ln at nt Ills II Palm Pohn Walter aler Nelson living In Newport rt Maine has the mysterious ability of being being- being able to tell tel the accurate time of da day b by simply looking In the palm of his hand as another would look at his luts watch No one has hns been able to learn his method and in fact tact he lie himself Ir can not explain the source of h hIs 3 power This uncanny knowledge is not of recent origin ho having use used It I for many years ears When hen he first be began nn to use this gift gir as he lie considers I it he lie purchased a watch then looking c cL ci l his humid hand to ascertain tho the time Ume he ho woud compare his fingers with wih those of oC the watch finding his own always correl correct Many of the tho people about th the village who doubted his power and who looked looked look look- ed cC upon It Il as ns a fairy story have hao l. l I by y their own observation and amid experiments become convinced of oC Its Is truth Walter Valer Nelson was born borum In the town to n of oC Palmyra fort forty years ago and came comae cameto rm to Newport when ho he was 15 Hi years ers of ot age He lie attended the district school ir in lr Gilman Giman after which he found employment em em- In different mills mm at ut one f C f I which he is working at the present time Thurston hurston Thurston Maine Journal