The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-18


traffic her person for value received, that
IS received, that is revolving in the highest
degree.
NO one, not even parent, can tell what
character will render any lady happy, but
herseli-on herself, on herself alone then.
must and ought to rest the responsibility OF
her choice. have seen so MANY marriage
es commenced with all the glitter ofwealth
ana pomp terminate in misery and broken
hearts; and so many that were begun
with no very promising auspices, which
have proved as happy as human life admits.
that am convinced that the parent who
ofhclaliy interposes, stands answerable to
Tod, his child, and his conscience, in de-
gree of responsiveness most fearful and
tremendous.
Ladies too often attempt to gain hus-
bands, as anglers catch fsh-bv DRAWING
the bait as he approaches 1t, UIiI he Is nIf=
PEELED to grasp at every hazard but she
who angles for husband may find, too
late, that she has gained the man at the
expense of the husbands confidence in her
principles and heart.
COUGHING FOR CATARACT. From the
Report of the Ophthalmic Institution, in
the Calcutta Gazette. y" In the number of
blind people restored to sight in this town,
there were three boys born blind with cat
aract, one five years of age, another eight,
and another thirteen. So little pain did the
operation appear to give them, while they
were seated on the floor, during its per-
tormance, that they required no person to
hold them; my assistant only supported
their heads. The patients being so young,
| was induced not to disturb the eye much,
but merely to open the vortex of the catar-
act freely, which soon cleared up and let in
the light, when they saw well. The ac-
QUESTION of sight appeared exceedingly to
raise the happiness of the Oldest boy. The
first time he began to perceive objects, and
was able to walk without guide, he pro-
ceeded up two pair of stairs to me, and re-
quested me to observe how well he could
walk alone. held bunch of keys before
him, but he could not conceive what they
were until | shook them, when he immedi-
ately ascertained what they were by the
jinglIng sound. laid small square ma
hogany box before him, but neither did he
know what it was, until he felt it, when the
sense of touch immediately informed him.
then showed him an infant born of Euro
pean parents, the sight of which very con-
siderably engaged his attention, and raised
in him the curiosity of inspecting it very
narrowly. He seemed afraid, however, to
touch it, and affirmed that he had not the
least idea of what it was. laid his hand
on the child's arm, at which he started
back, and expressed a wish to retire.
then drew his hand over the child's face,
which he imn1ediatnlv rncnmni2ad To no tho
and appeared very much pleased at his
own discovery. He was longer in learning
to distinguish colors, than in learning the
names OF things. White and red he soon
distinguished, but yellow, green, and blue,
he COMPOUNDED with black; yet he said
these colors contained more white than
black. When from the roof of high
building he viewed the river Taptee, he
pointed with his hand towards it, and show
ed by his manner of expression, that he
felt great pleasure in viewing it he re-
quested my assistant to look in that direc-
ton, apparently for the purpose of enjoying
the sight with him, but he had not the least
idea Of its being body of water. | show
ed him many other things, with nearly the
same result, and a short time after these
experiments were performed, laid all the
same things again before him when he
readily recognized them by the eye. lie
now follows the occupation of a shepherd