Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1885 — A Phenomenal Memory. [ARTICLE]

A Phenomenal Memory.

“You’d better put them down on a piece of paper,” said Mrs. S , when about to give her first order. 1 “Ob, no,” said Mr. S ; “my memory is good.” “Well, then,” began Mrs. S , “a spool of 60 Coates’ black thread.” “Yes,” said Mr. S“A yard of not too light and not too dark calico.” “Yes.” “A small hammer, a can of peaches of the Pasadena brand, dozen small pearl buttons, two yards of cardinal ribbon, silk on pne side and satin on the other.” “Yes,” said Mr. S , thoughtfully “A pair of Rippers for the baby, a dozen lemons, a good tooth-brush, a pineapple, two ounces of sky-blue Germantown yarn, an ounce phial of homoeopothic nux vomica pellets, a—“Wait a second," said Mr. S., counting on his fingers and looking perplexed. “And a bottle of vanilla extract, and a yard of triple box-pleated crepe lisse ruching, and three yards of smallchecked nainsook, and—” But Mr. S. had seized his hat and was running for the station. What the poor man brought home was a yard of bed-ticking, three yards of black crape, a bottle of vinegar, eight yards of nankeen, a scrub-brush, a* pound of green yarn, sixty spools of “coat thread,” a yard of very ligji£ and a yard of very black calico, and a pint bottle of homoeopath io pi 11s. “There, my dear,” he said, triumphantly, throwing down his numerous packages. “I don’t think you’ll find a thing missing. Who says a man can’t do shopping? My memory never played me false vet.” >