The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-06-26
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Hartford As1 lum Tor drut mui1Hi o.A '"'t" o."
probably bat very few Who have yet hssrd cot S
still more p.iiu. case 81 depuysuu". Boo .Hr p7f-
son 81 I.atifs Brfgrmuu, O. ser, pretty H.ril<'ul
end spuRhtIy Eid 81 EIGHT yeafs q. age, pHpn
af.ap I@s4sarIau c.r i.a s5uuI iu Pearl street
,sf1 1s ~. frfv urud deaf dumb, and E'ffaEi .1-
t-tIy aVrfrTs Of fts ssuFf Of fH'rR an1 H1s been
.u soon, brr Infancy Au Hrrount 90 lnts inter.
.--.Hg rbi. is Vu1..shsd lu The ,iNt1 Annual Ne
.sT .i lHt lu-tITuon, Recently VUnir'' Hi' car
... .r.. fr excite Ih4. 1rUxI lively emotions.
Bio. 7sp#u informs us Ihai Jhs child IS rou-
..ar.', Hr1 .,r, sbr riu~ abpDI the hoUs" aud up
auI .r,u -lrif.; she frrirs with me other chii
.l-u. uT rlst- w,fs hgf toys she dresses sud
u.. reese. herself ~rl great guIrNns-ss and pc
..-.ru ,ud hshoyrs wtfa pruprrig ~ Ihe IaI'ir
and ever, where. $50, knuO- ever tUui1'r "i
ti.. bot,r by tno rourIt aud iF very Hiieri1uate
m them. She can -es, aud kuii, tuu a'tit, aud
BE- quite a. active am expert us any 90 fh~ rest 90
iFs children. But 90 lois. Interesting aH % .-, is
nothing compared to che mental uuvHu.urna
,.b..h .b. ur..eufs.l sire has V#lcA sru-r cd
i.ruprs-T. "a sense nf Hrr1FrfV. .HFU of apprana-
uar. "a desire Ia appear u.lf.y sfd smoothly
fr.s,I aua fa make ....fs notice inst Size i@ ~,
. .tr.r.r t.r,I.rrt 900 I.uI.FtIUu, Iuauu'.HtH IhHi
-ar ur' $50 rul hp.I IuuA siea1.If nftoT' h-f
f-re iu imitation ui persons reading. % b. .''h
ruit to srv aheia.fshe has any sense OF % ut &c
wrong disconnected With tH8 .-rin- 'iIHi ~H'h
rn action .g.i o. I.rr1rsi. Eat aIrh one ar-
,,--. o.. .... ..r ts i---' ---FtalR q o. ~lir
,.# r..nH nothing ns.HE.ne t' aHH.hff She
,,,.. r.s .st 7. aHuH &C i.-... uI g.A. ~h.th sHr
rnl, ind. g1 rts -Igfs ere rusas .iF' -He may 30
So. She has or evident pleasure 90 i"! l"'l
teasing ct pulling Others. ID" d'Hrrrnl STATES
oT her mimi ar. clearly marked upon her coun-
tenance. which wares with hope and fear pleas
IRE and pam. self appreciation and regret and
which when she - trying to study outsny thing,
assumes an expression Of intense attention H'id
thought.
1T was considered doubtful when she came
whether il would he possible to teach her any
regular system of signs by which she could eS-
press her thoughts or understand those OF o'h.
er- il was deemed highly desirable, however
% make the experiment, and thus far It has been
successful Common articles, such Us a knife,
spoon, a book &C., were at first laken ana Ia
belled with their names IN raised Iettersi she was
made to feel carefully OF the article WIN tue
name pasted upon it, then the name was
given her on another piece Of paper, aud she
quickly learned to associate it with the thing.
Then the name Of The thing beng gwen on sep |
arate label she was required to select tle t'i'ns
from number OF other articles, or TO hhu 'h"
article for instance, the word key was give" i'e',
on biz of paper in raised letters she wouu NJ
once feel for key the table and not hhui"g
H. would rise and grope her way 10 the door, an"
place the paper upon the kew with an expression
Of peculiar qualification. Thus tar no aueuuoh
was paid 10 the component letters OF 'he "ofu
the next step was to ascertain the correctness VI
the notion. hy giving her metal types with he
separate letters on their ends; these shs soon
learned 20 arrange and spell the word tor IN
stance the teacher would touch the ch'Ids ear,
or put her hand on q book, then to the letters,
and she wonld instantly begin TO selectthe types
and 10 Sc, them in order in little frame used
for the purpose and when she had spell the Word
correctly she would show her satisfaction ana
assure her teacher tina, she understood ny TAX
fu,v all tIa iptts Df he
10 her ear or book.
She then learned the arrangement of the let
ters in the alphabet, and is now engaged ia IN
cTeasing her vocabulary Of words Having learn
ed the alphabet and the arrangement OF letters
into words she was next taught the manual al
phabet as used by the deaf mutes and II Is "a
subject OF delight and wonder to see how rapid
". correctly, and eagerly she goes on WIN her
ahors. Her teacher gives her n new suHect,
for instance pencil, first lets her examine 1t ana
get an idea OF its use, then teaches her how To
spell il by making the signs for the letters. with
her own fingers the child grasps her hand, and
feels OF her fingers MS the different letters are
lormed-she turns her head little one side, Ike
person listening clOsely-heT lips are apart
she seems scarcely To breathe-nnd her ccunte-
nance, at first anxious, gradually changes to a
smile, she completes the lesson. She then
holds up her little fingers and spells the word III
the manual alphabet; next takes her types and
arranges her letters: and last, make sure that
she is right she takes the whole Of the types
composing the word. and places them upon or
in contact with the pencil, whatever the oh
Ject may be. The process of teaching her is of
course slow and tedious the different steps TO
il must be suggested by her successive attain
menls for there are no precedents to 60 by i but
thus Car the results have been most gratifying
For all the purposes of use che is without smell
aud take, no notice OF the odor Of a rose, or the
smell Of cologne water when held quite near her,
though acid and pungent OdOrs seem to sfisc, the
oliacIory.
Julia Brace did aot succsed in attaining knowl-
edge Of the written signs sgniicative Of objects
she possessed her until the age four years,
and Is aided by of small sharpensd BY Prac-
nes, TO the acuIeness OF the vuiture, while Laura
%. imPerfecty that she may be said TO be with
oul smell Il