The Litchfield County post., 1828-07-17

l to tears, by this VolceIeSS communion O young hearts with their maker.
 Among the inmates of this mansion i. one who particularly excites the attention of strangers. She is entirely deaf, dumb
 and blind. Her Rame is Julia Brace; and she is native of,the immediate neghbor. hood of the Asylum. She is the only in- stance of so great misfortune, of which nc record is exlant, except one Europeanba boy by the name of James Mitchell, concern- ing whom the celebrated Philosopher, Du- gaid Stewart published an interesting me- moir, many years since, in the Edinburgh Review. He was SO irritable that few ex- periments could be tried for his bencfit;- but Julia Brace has been mild fiom her childhood.
 She was the daughter of poor parents, who had several younger children, to whom she was in the habit of showing such offices as her own afflicted state admitted. Not withstanding her blindness, she early evin- ced close observation with regard to ar- ticies of ess,preferring among those giv- en her, suc., as were of the finest texture. When the weather became cole, ,she would l occasionally kneel on the floor of the hum ble dwelling,to feel whether tue other chil- dren of the family were furnished with shoes and stockings of which she was des- titute. and would express uneasiness at the contrast.
 Seated upon her little block, weaving thin strips ofbark with pieces of leather & thread, which her fatherin his process of making shoes rejected, she amused herself by constructing for her cat bonnets & van- dykes not wholly discordant with the rules ot taste. JulA evinced, in her mothers absence, not only maternal solcitude, but a skill in domestic legislation which could not have been rationally expected. On one occasion'she discovered that her sister had broken piece of fcrockery, ,& initiating what she supposed would be the discipline of her mother, gave the offender blow But placing her hand upon the eyes of the little girl, and, ascertaining that she wept, she immediately took her in her arms, and with the most perseyering tenderness sooth- ed her into good humor and con6dence.- Her parents were at length relieved from the burthen of her maintainance, by some charitable individuals, who paid the ex- pense of her board with an elderly matron who kept school for small children. Here her sagacity was continually on the stretch to comprehend the nature of their employ ments, and. as far as possible, to initiate them. Observing that great part of their time was occupied with books, she often held one before her sightless eyes with im- patience. She would also spread a news paper for her favorite kitten, and putting her finger on his mouth and perceiving that it did not move like those of the scholars. would shake the little animal, to express displeasure at it's indolence and obstinacy.l These circumstances, though trihing inl themselves, reveal mind active amid all the obstacles which nature had interposed. But her principal solace was in the employ ment of needle-work and knitting, which she had learned at an early age to practice. She would thns sit absorbed for hours, un- til it became necessary to urge her to that exercise which is requisite to health. Coun- terpanes beautifully made by her, of small pieces of calico, were repeatedly disposed of to aid in the purchase of her wardrobe. And small portions of her work were sent by her benefactors as presents into various parts of the union, to show of what neat ness of execution the blind girl was capa-i ble. NY
 It was occasionally the practice of gen. tlemen, who from pity or curiosity occa- sionally visited her. to make trih of her sa- gacity,by giving her their watches, ,and em- ploying her to restore them to the right owner. ,.
 They would change their position with regard to her, and each strive to take the watch which did not belong to him,--but though she might at the same time hold two or three, neither stratagem or persuasion would induce her to yield either of them, except from the person from whom she had received it. There seems e be princi- pie in the tenacity with which she adhered of giving every one his own, which may probably be resolved into that moral hon. esty, which has ever formed conspicuous part of her character. Though nurtured in extreme poverty, and after her. removal from the parental roof, in the constant ha- bit of being in contact with articles of dress or food, which strongly tempted her de- sires, she has never been known to appro- priate to herself, without permission, the T.