The Litchfield County post., 1828-07-17

T corded by the Directors ID the summer o
 1895. Shortly after her reception int,
 that peaceful refuge, some attempts were
 made by benevolent instructor 10 teacl her the alphabet by means of letters bot
 raised above, and indented beneath a. Ieve 1 surface. But it was in vain that she pune, tually repaired to the school room, anc daily devoted hour after hour to copyins ] their forms with pins on cushion. How l ever accurate her delineations sometimes might be, they conveyed no idea to a mind sitting in darkness. It was therefore deem ed wiser to confne her attentio to the few ] attachments lying within her sphere, than 1 to open warfare with nature in those av- enues which she had scaled
 It has been observed ofpersons who are deprived of a particular sense. that addi- tional quickness or vigsr seems bestowed on those which remain. Thus, blind per- sons are distinguished by peculiar exquis- itness of touch, ,and the deaf and dumb, who gain all their knowledge through the eye, concentrate, as itswere, their whole souls into that channel of observation. With her whose eye, ear, and tongue are alike dead, the capabilities both of touch and smell are exceedingly frightened. Especially the latter seems almost to have acquired the properties ofa new sense, ,and to transcend even the sagacity ofa spaniel. Yet keep ing in view all the aid which these limited faculties have the power of imparting, some of the discoveries and exercises of her intellect are still, in a measure, unaccount- able. v.
 As the abodes which, from her earliest remembrance she had inhabited, were cir cumscribed and humble, she would express her surprise at the comparative spacious ness of the mansion. But she immediate ly busied herself in exploring the size of the apartments, ,and the height of the stair case she even knelt, and smeleds to the thresholds: and now, as if by the union of mysterious geometry with a powerful memory,she never makes false step upon a flight of stairs.o or enters wrong door, or mistakes her seat at the table. 2&
 Among. hervarious ezcellencies neatness and love'of order are conspicuous Her simple wardrobe is systematically arranged and it is Impossible tc displace single ar- ticle in her drawers without her perceiving and restoring i.. When the large baskets ofclean linen are weekly brought from the laundress, she selects her own garments without hesitation, however widely they maybe dispersed among the mass. Ifany part of her dress requires mending, she is prompt and skilful in repairing it 2 and her perseverance in this branch of economy, greatly diminishes the cost of her cloth- ing.
 Since her residence at the Asylum, the donations of charitable visitants have been considerable in their amount. These are deposited in box with an inscription; dE she has been made to understand that the contents are devoted to her benefit. This box she frequently poises in her hand, and expresses pleasure when it testifes an in- crease of weight; forshe has long since as- certained that money was the medium for the supply of her wants, and attaches to it a proportionable value.
 Though her habits are peculiarly regu- lar and consistent, yet occasionally some action occurs which it is difficult to explain -One morning, during the past summer, while employed with her needle, she found herself fincommoded by the sun. She a. rose, opened the window, closed the blind, and resumed her work. This movement, though perfectly simple in young. child, who had seen it performed byothers, must, in her case, have required more complex train of reasoning. How did she know the heat she felt was caused by the sun, or that by interposing an opaqise body, she might exclude his rays?
 At the tea-table with the whole family, on sending her cup to be replenished, one was accidentally returned her which had been used by another person. This she perceived at the moment of taking it into her hand, and pushed it from her with slight appearance of disgust, as finer sense of propriety had been disregarded. There aOas not the least di6srenee 6etwsen the cups -and in this instance she seems endowed with dregree of penetration not possess ed by those in the full enjoyment of sight.
 Persons most intimately acquainted with her habits, assert that she constantly regards the recurrence ofthe Sabbath, and compo- ses herself to unusual quietness, as if in meditation. Her needle-work, from which she will not suffer herself to be debarred on other days, she never attempts to resort
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