Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1891 — QUICK AS LIGHTNING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

QUICK AS LIGHTNING.

Isaac Dement I» the Vastest Shorthand Writer in the Country. Without a doubt Isaac S. Dement Is the fastest shorthand writer on this continent—in the world, his ad-

mir er s asse vera te. Two hundred words a minute is relaxing exercise for him, 250 warms him up, 300 puts a glow of excitement in his cheeks, . and 350 finds him at his maximum speed. He is President of the Chicago Stenog-

raphers’ Association. Mr. Dement is in his prime. He is J 6 years old, is a Missourian by birth, and since he was 15 has been writing shorthand according to a system of his own, which is equally made up of Ben Pitman’s and Graham’s in the

most abbreviated form. With the exception of four years, when he was official court reporter in the Eighth Judicial district in Michigan, he has lived in Chicago, and to-day is the most admired man in his profession. He is a court reporter whom no lawyer, no matter how passionately quick he may speak, no matter how irregular or unusual the language he utters, can disconcert, for his hand is facile enough to cope with any tongue and his mind runs parallel with the brightest.

ISAAC DEMENT.

FAC-SIMILE OF MR. DEMENT’S WRITING. [334 words in one minute. Reproduced from the lightning stenographer’s note book.]