Litchfield enquirer., 1834-04-10

| wher he afterwsrds Awpke, he found that he had clean shirt on, and that his nails had been cut. He never saw the face of the man who brought him his yictuals and drink. 10 his hole he had two wooden horses, and several ribbons. With these horses he had always amused himuelf as long as he was a- wake; and his only occupation was tO make them run by his side. and to ix 0r tie the rib bOns ab0ut them in different positions. Thus, one day had passed as the other; but he nev- CT felt the want of any thing. had never been sick. and once 0Riy excepted--had never felt the sensation of pain. Upnn the whole he had been much happier there than in the world. where he wws obliged to suffer so much. How long he had continued tO live i0 this slt- uatiOn he knew not; for he had no knowledgc of time. He knew nat when, or how he came there. Nnr. had h. any recollection Of ever having been in different situation. 0r tn any other than that place. Tiae uaan with whom he had alMays beeD never did him any harm. Yet one day. shortly before he WIS taken away--when he had heen running his horse too hard, and had made too much noise. the man came and struck him upon llse arnl with Stick Or piece of wood this caused tise wound which he brought wAh him to . Nuremberg.
 Pretty nearly ab0ua the same time. the man vnce came into his pris0n. placed a small table over his feet, and spread something
 " hitc upon it, which he n0w knNws tO have been paper; he then came behind him. so as not io be seen by hisD, took hold Of his hand and moved it backwards and forwards 0n the paper. with thing. (a lead pencil which As' had stuck between his fingers. He ttiausrrl was then ignorant of what t was: but he was nightly pleased when he saw the black fig- ures which began ta appear upon the white paper. When he felt that his hand was Tree, and the man was gone from him, he was sO much pleased with this nex discovery. that he could never grow tired of drawing these figures repeatedly upon the paper. This oc- c1patiOn almost made him naglect his horses, although he did not know what those charac- ters signifed. The man repeatse hts visits in the same manneF several times.
 'Another lime, tho man came again, tfeed him from the place where he lay, placed him on his feet, and endeavored to teach him to stand.' m
 At his sinal appearance the man took him Oyar his shoulders, carried him, as he express ed it, up hill .apd brought him to Nuren- berg. His recollections Of his journey are a tIeati1.like sleep when he rides in . wagon.
 
 was conveyed. Affer many .ineaertual ex- aminations, offen leading to errof. nothing remained but to provide the hest means for alleyiatiOg his mislcrtunes. and supplying. in some degree, the loss Of his years n childhood and youth, with the faint hope, tlsat time might enable him to furnish clue to his UEi- gin.
 The state of nervons excitement and dis ease, produced by the multitude of new obs iscta and ideas that crowded upon him.. emerging thus sMddenly from daFkness and
 solitude. led the police to exclude all visitors. and place Gaspar in the family of Professor DaHuaer of fthe Nuremberg gymnaslufris to re- ceiye such an edncAtiOn as he needed.
 In the course Of year he was so far adl- va0eeA in iiie knowledge of language as f0 commence a memoir of himself. An attempt by sone uDkn0wn person to take his lfey ex- cited. perhaps, by the apprehension of dis covery, appears to have been the only inter- rnption t., the course of training by which we. are told he came 10 l,e .reckened among civ course, many of the aFtIIiclaT saairs va hni Jasls. ions which added neither tO his happiness or worth. The narrative before us presents u variety of interesting details and anecdotes, concerning the childlike simplicity and amia- hie character of fhis youth, his singular views of Hie. and his peculiar propensities and hab- sts. which well deserves pertisal, Our limits only allow us to glance a4 a few of the most prominent points of the description, and the principles which they illustrate.
 The darkness and seclusion in which Cas- par had been kept, produced extreme sensi- Oi''iy to every external impression. Alter he recovered from that tOrpor caused by his en- tering the world, his senses were acute to degree which was painful. Every object con z veyed odcrs to him. which were, |, a great
 measure, imperceptible 10 Qtheps, aud some
 would produce shi:cring, and nausea, and ie- Yer. The touch of animals, or of metals. thrilled through his fra,ne. and often produ- ced unequivocal symptoms of pain and dis ease. His hearing and sight were also nn- cOmmoniy acute and several remarkable in. stances are given, in which he proved that he eonla discover objects and eolprs. as readily " aisht as hy day. Heobssryed with hattsn- tso0 and accuracy and his recollection of persons and names, at an early period,, was surprising. CUIOrs wore pleasing 10 him in [rrOporliOn tO their brilIiancy and 'hs thought amaprle treasWoUid have Seen nsosA sBnautiful u lts leaves had been red. is well as its fruit The great psinviple was established in his case, as with nfsnts, that forms and distan- ees ara not distinguished until the touch has corrected the'erroFs of vision. He stated af- Ter ne had aeqpired the zee Of lauguage. that ln the beglnniRg, the men and horses repre-
 ssnted in sheets of pictures, ar;peared to him tprss,seiy Ike the men and h0rses that were
 sarssd in wood! He did not perceive the dif. H n n HN %