Mr. Fletcher had a phenominal memory and could measure a carload of lumber without setting down a single tally on paper. His father-in-law, Moses Townsend, did not think anyone could remember every board foot that he loaded in a railroad car. As they were about to load a car, Mr. Townsend wrote down the number of feet in each board and then very carefully added up the amount, then he asked Mr. Fletcher how many feet he had tallied in his head, and it was exactly the same amount as Mr. Townsend had written and recorded so carefully.
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