Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1914 — A Prodigy. [ARTICLE]

A Prodigy.

“So you think your boy is a prodigy? But every man thinks his own son is the most wonderful being that ever breathed.” “I tell you this youngster is remark' able, no matter how you may sneer. I’ve seen him do a thing that I don’t suppose any other boy of Ms age could possibly do.” “What’s Ms specialty? Mathematics?” "Mathematics? I should say not. He 'hasn’t any more of a head for figures than I have, and learning the multiplication table was the hardest work I ever did in my life." “In what branch of science does he seem to be particularly interested?" "He isn’t interested in science at all; but the Other day a friend of mine who has a big automobile left the machine standing in front of my house for more than half an hour, and, although the boy was playing around : outside all the time he did not once climb into the automobile or even toot the horn."