Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-07-19
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"On days when ;he cloths from INC week
" wash are ironed, she goes early TO the
ironing room, puts her flatlrcns to the flre,
unless II has been done by another, Sc:ec's
her own cloths from the mass, belonging
perhaps to one hundred and thirty or tory
pcrsoas, and never fails to get every ar.
tick. Her manner is, to examine each
article by feeling, but 10 decide upon 1t
by the senses Of smell; and i'll regard 10 her
own things sic never crrs. Ash; respects
those of oilers, her power OF d'scri'n-
ination is very remarkable: for instance
she will, if desired, select and separate the
stockings Of the boys from those OF the
g;rls; she will get every article belonging
20 a particular individual; and 1t is ihe
ma.ron's opinion, that she could IN his way
,,istincYish the respective articloS OF every
female pupil Of the institution. 1t s:ouid
be recoilcctci that these articles are clean
from the wash; and yet, such is the acu:e-
ness of her smell, that she can discriminate
with almost unerring accuracy. SAc irons
slowly, but very well, and sometimes for
the family as we'll as for herself AT one
time she chose to wash the smaller articles
Of her apparel, such as capes, handkcr.
chiefs, and white stockings, and never
failed to get them clean, changing the wa
ter often, and using soap IN abundance;
a. present she allows this 70 be done ior
her.
"Julia performs the entire work OF
tinsADesocking without assistance;
shapes it properly, narrowing, widcnng'
etc. She is apt, however, to err N max
inc her own 100 small; whether from
desire to exhibit very trim foot and anclc,
~ for other reasons, does not appear. She
has been known, on examining the knit
,nr work ola little girl, 10 discover is
defects with surprising readiness and after
co.demnng them in str 'ng terms, to pull
on, the needles, unravcl the work till she
had removed all its imperfect par;s' end
then taking up the Stitches, retarn the TAB.
ric 20 is owner to be finished.
"She is slow and careful in all her move
ments, and especially about her sewing;
still she has often made sheet in day,
and one instance is reco!lected IN which
she made half dozen Of towels III the
s,me time. She threads her needle by
means of her fingers and tongue, but the
nrecise manner of doing it cannot be seen.
We sec her put The needle and thread TO her
lins, and soon remove them prepared tor
use.
at has been minated that our means
Of intercourse with Julia are limited TO
such objects and actions as are coSnzaoIe
by the senses OF feeling, tasie, and smell,
Icr destitu'ion Of the superior senses OF
sight and hearing being apparently com.
plete. 1t evca doubtful whether through
anv sensation produced BY light upon her
organs. she can distinguish day from night,
but there is 10 doubt OF her being pHftocilS;
deaf. We have also excepted abstract
IDEAS from the number of those about which
We can satisfactorily communicate with
her. So far however, as certain very
general distractions are concerned, we
have reason TO suppose tina: she does un-
ders.and us: for instance, the general ideas
conveyed to her mind by the Signs ex.
pressive OF appreciation or disapproba'on'
health or sickness, pleasure or sorrow are
IN all probability such as we deslgn to com
nunicate: the evidence that it is so beng
often quiet satisfactory. This, howcuer,
;s rs vet the extent Of our intercourse on
such subjects. We cannot speak to her
Of the mind, or of spiritual existence IN any
form: and if we should attcmp: it success
faly, she might not have the ability to make
rs aware of our success. The following
experiment has lately been tried. Her al
ten,ion was called to Il great variety oi
artificial objects, and she was told that
Miss C. made this, Mr.. S. that, and man
one. a woman ano her, and so on. Ihe
;lca of making is familiar, for she makes
some things herself. Then, q number OF
natural objects were presented to her. such
rs minerals, fruits, flowers, plants. veSeta.
bIes; and she was told that neither this
friend nor that acquaintance made any OF
them; that neither men nor women made
them. The hope was euterta!ded that her
curiosity would be excited, and that a way
might be discovered to coaveyio her mind
the great idea Of the Almighty Creator.
The attempt was not successful; ana though
several time repeated, has not as yet result
cd in exciting her mind, fixing her atten-
ton, or giving US any encouraging ndlca-
:;ons."
The report also contains notices Of two
other cases of a similar description, though
neither of those persons vas connect
ed with the asylum. One WAS L boy Of
New Hamshire, who lost his sight and
hearing by violent inflammation Of the
head at the age Of two years, and ceased
to speak Il few weeks afterwards. His
senses of smell and feeling became very
acu.e- and enabled him 70 identity and re.