A FEAT OF PENMANSHIP.
A feab of penmanship that surpasses all previous records in fineness and smallness of writing has been performed by Mr E. Wi Ikie Watson, a Civil servant in the Wellington Land and Income Tax Department. This is writing no less than 8,753 longhand words on an ordinary post-card. Mr Watson saw an article in the •Australasian' stating that Mr Walter D. Wellman, a bookkeeper in ban Francisco, had written 7,068 words on an ordinary post-card, beating a previous record of 5 454 words written by a Frenchman named 0 F. Grincourt. Mr Wellman asserted that he could easily have crowded 8,500 words into his post-card, but it will be seen that even that limit has been passed by Mr Watson. This is the latter gentleman's first trial at such orthography, though previously he had written the Lord's Prayer four times within the space of a threepenny bit. The writing on the post-card and the Lord's Prayer are quite clear, and can be deciphered by any one of good sight. Mr Watson did not choose for transcription any articles containing especially short words. He states his ability to put as many as 10,000 words into the same space. Examples of Mr Watson's penmanship will probably be seen in the Exhibition.—'Post,'
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1802, 18 December 1896, Page 6
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