The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1890, Page 7

i » Statistical Reuben THE KING PIN. Rube Field the Mathematical Freak cf of Missouri and the Joy of / Warrensburg. Ho Extract the 1000th Root in a Flash —His Marvelous Powers —Snakes. Rube Field is the king pin of Missouri freaks. The claims to pub- lic regard put forward by the well grown girl of Rainbow, based as they are upon seven feet six inches of altitude and forty-six inches breadth of beam, dwindle and pale as the natural phenomenon from which her birth place takes its name when stacked along side of Field's recomendations to consideration He is a scientific natural curiosity with mathematics as a special- ty. As long as he retains his resi- dence in that town, Warrensburg will be entitled to a place on the map. In a general way Field is not burdened with intelligence inherent oracquired. He is absolutely de- void of information and possesses fewer social degrees than a Digger Indian. Were it not for his peculiar faculty or “gift,” as he calls it, he would be catalogued among the idots, und no more said. In arithme- tic he is a lightning striker. There isno problem so difficult that he cannot solve it the instant he com- prehends the terms. If aseries of numbers, nv matter how great or how smal), are called to him he gives the amount as soon as the last num- ber is called by the experimenter. Physicians have counseled over him and the wise men of the neighbor- hood have caucussed over his case _ for the past twenty-five years or more, but no conclusion has been ‘reached in‘the premises. He isa human enigms and would paralyze Dayboll or Ray, the successive eni- mies to childhood. peace and quiet, . could they return tv earth. Field first burst on Kansas City ten years ago. A large dry goods store had changed hands ana the pur- chaser desired to take possession at once, but with ordinary methods of invoicing the stock could not have been valued in ten days time. An envoy was sent to Warrensburg and after much persuasion induved the to come to this city. ‘The different clerks stood in their departments and called to Field the merchandise and prices in their respective stocks aud Field gave the * amount toa rapid accountant who had difficulty in keeping the pace set by the calculator. When all the itema had been made they were read off to Field as rapidly as the account- ant could articulate andthe sum to- tal given as fast as the arithmetician without turning arule. He had with the aid of six or eight men per- formed in three hours of a Sunday his powers and the hour asked. In- yariably have his responses been morning a task the men who assist- thousands of citizens of Johnson county and western Missouri. The man can neither write his own name or recognize it after someone else has produced it. He cannot in figures express the numbers he han- dles so easily with his mouth, for the Arabic numerals are as meaning- less to him as the inscriptions on the pyramids were to Spalding’s string of base ball tourists. “How do you do it?” is the natur- al interrogaiory. “J jist does it,” was Field’s brief remark. Upon being pressed for another and fuller explanation, he said: ‘Ye’ alls begin at the wrong end to figger. I begins at the tail end whar de answer is.” When F. C. Farr lived in Warrens- burg previous to going to Jefferson as Gov. Crittenden’s secretary, he took a lively interest in Rube’s men- tal and moral welfare and frequent- ly had the freak in his law office to attempt to instill a working knowl- edge of godliness into him,but with- out any result that is yet apparrent. Mr. Farr spent months in the ag- gregate endeavoring to explain the principles of rotation and point out the blessings of sobriety to the man but to no avail. Rube cannot make a figure or refuse a drink to this day. Where he obtained even a speak- ing knowledge of the numerals is unknown. He was queer from his birth, the result of parental in- fluences, his mother having been se- riously ill for some time prior to his advent. Heisnow about 35 years of age, and as regular as the month comes around, he does uot fail to have an eleptic attack. For this rea son and because of the fact that he has no contra] of his temper, he was aterror to school mistresses and scholars ou the fugitive occasions when he went to school. In justice to him it should be said that these occasions were remarkable in their rarity. Instead of repairing to the localtemple of learning he would wander off into the woods and here was another trait brought out. Birds and squirrels do not even avoid him as the do others, and the reptiles of the earth show strong affection for him. . In summer he usually has an assortment of reptiles concealed about him, and cannot be looked up- on as cheerful company for those of nervous temperament. Rube could make large money if he could be prevailed upon to leave home, but he does not care to go far from Warrensburg. Here and at neighe boring towns whenever an invoice of goods is received at a store or when the aynual accounts of stock are ta- ken he is employed. When in Kan- sas City on the occasion above refer- red to he earned $200 in three days, several firm employing him. His reg- ular epileptic visitations make him dubious about going among strang- ers. He will not permit himself to be treated for the malady as he has a superstition that his “gift” anJ his diseare are the compensating wheels of his engine and the one will be- come inactive when the other is re- moved. Another miraculous power with which Field is endowed is his abili- ty to telltime. He usually carries a watch, but as he doesn’t know the characters on the dial plate, and winds it only when the inspiration seizes him, the machine may be con- sidered rather in the light of fash- ionable vanity. He is his own chro- nometer. At any time of the day or night he can give the exact meridian time, not alone in hours and minutes —that’s too trivial for his liberal mind—but in seconds. He is abso- lutely correct. In common with all geniuses he has his frailty. Itis a fondness for the rosy for which Field is most to be reproached. He gets drunk wherever or whenever the opportunicy offers and is in nowise particular about his bottle compan- ions. Hundreds of times after he has been utterly oblivious to the fight of time he has been awakened from a drunken stupor by those who doubted the possession by him of ed him could not have accomplished | correct to the last tick of the watch. in ten days. Naturally strangers who have The foregoing and subsequent | come to this place and witnessed statements touching Field’s proper- ties may seem to partake somewhat of the properties of the spectrum, but they are true nevertheless, and ithe gentle pride and glory of War- rensburg when engaged in solving problems and especially amusement managers have sought to contract their correctness can be attested tc him for an exhibition tour. musicians being in about the same | Feb. 11, 1890: “I suffered with ee-| class of mental athletes, conceived a /zema for about two years. fondness for one another. pianist’s manager succeeded in sign-| to try your Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.) ing Rube for a brief period and pre-}and Iam happy to say that after pared give a mingled musical and | using six bottles I wasentirely cured Three or four years since Blind Eczema Cared By S. S. S. | Tor, the negro pianist, gave anen-| Mrs. S. Renault, Waldo, Fla, | tertainment here and Field and the|writes the following under date of | About | The | this time I was advised by friends || ——APPLY TO THE—— mathematical entertainment at Seda- lia, his next stand. Previous to! bringing out his new prodigy the} manager made the serious error of | going into along description of his star, informing the audiegce that in everything but his ability asx ci- peerer, in which branch he outclaass- ed the census man, Field was practi- cally idiotic. One of the man’s id- iosyncrasies is that he is the only wise man on earth and that all oth- ers are fools. Wherefore the re- marks of the manager pleased him ill. When the speaker was explain- ing for the twentieth time that his star was guiltless of any suspicion of sense Field materialized. Filled with indignation he strode from the wings to the border lights, where his employer was making his little statement, and seizing the horrified amusement caterer by the collar shouted with many a frightful John- | son county oath: “Jus’ look here will yer? I'm no! —— fool, you alls is the fools of this show.” with which he left the stage and could not be beguiled in- to appearing as per programme. One of Field’s most wonderful mental feats is the extraction of the roots. This branch of the science had been unknown to him until a comparatively recent date. One day a gentleman asked him to give the square root of a certain number. The question being totally blind to him he could not answer. Dr. Bourne of who, next to Mr. Farr, enjoys Field’s confidence, attempted to explain the meaning of the term. For three months the doctor, who had studied Field’s peculiar case more than any other person proba- bly, and has used him as a frequent subject for articles in medical jour- nals applied himself to his self im- posed task, devoting all his spare time tothat end. At last by the use of adiagram and a system of moveable blocks, he let some light into his pupil's mind. One ray was sufficient. The extraction of the roots was thenceforward a pastime, and Rube can extract all manner of reots from the square to the thou- eandth with as much ease and celer- ity as he can give the rum of two and two. What Druggists Say About It. Hutchison Bros., Druggists, At- lanta, Ga., voice the option of all the Atlanta Druggists by saying: “We have sold large quantities of your Hunnicutt’s Rheumatic Cure, and have never known any other preparation to give such universal satisfaction as a remedy fur rheuma- tism. We consider it the most reli able rheumatic cure on the market.” All Druggists seli it at $1 per bot- tle. Hunnicutt Medicine Co., Atlan- ta, Ga., proprietors; also manufac- turers of Hunnicutt’s Throat and Lung Cure for coughs, colds, asthma and consumption. 36-1m Chased Her Lover. San Francisco, Aug. 13.—Ida Bohn a pretty young girl of this city, yeeterday had an exciting and suc- cessful chase after the man who had wronged her. For long time time Captain Willey, of a coasting vessel, has been very attentive to Ida, and she claimed that she suc- cumbed to his honied words when they were accompanied by the promise of marriage. Last week she begged him to make his promise good, but he refused, and getting his ship under way sailed off. Ida, not to be thwarted, secur- ing a warrant for his arrest, charter- ed a swift small steamboat und gave chase, and finally overtook the run- away. Officers boarded her and placed Willey under arrest. 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