Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-04-09

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oy peie'hs 'heif haha upon ~
cehehaliy she hniSacs Ter IteiesVhcs ior suSh Ns
i'ofs as arc oosi dressed
sue seems 10 nave ferccPtch oil eha'nccr and 70
nave no esteem Tor those Who nave niue i"iolioci-
~" 'o"""hg anet uo'e Sgnitant on hcf perez picn
"i eharaeer and shows That from her frleids she
CURES something more 'han good-naurod Indulgence
now scholar entered schooi-a hitle gil nl or,
LauTas age. She was very he'll lees aud Laura tcos
great PRIDE and great pains m slowing her the WY
ahout The mouse assisting her 10 dress and nndrcss
dong ior hef many things WHICH she could MOI DO ICE
herself
In n lew weeks Began 10 DC apparent even 70
Laura. that the child was not only helpless but mai
rally very stupid being almost mn idiot Then Lau NJ
gave her up H despair AMI aNoicei her. and hos .,
SINCE had an aversion 10 being with her. passrg a,
by as II IN contempt by natural association OF ideas
she attributes tn this child all those countless deeds
which Nj No1ouy does IN every house-if chair i.
broken ar any Thing Is misplaced AMI no one knows
VINO did ~ Laura attributes II at once io this child.
IL has been Observed befre that she Is familiar in
inc process oil addition ami subiracion IN small nun
oers subf1e'mg enc number from another puzzltL
her Tor ue' hui 10y help OF objects she accomplished
~ Shc can count and perceive objects to alOui one
hundred ia nurbcr-io express an indefinitely grca,
nnmhcr' or more hnn she can count, says. hHsdrci-
she thoueht irietd was to be absent many ycars
she would say--wi eos'e hundred SrnHoys-mean.
ing weeks she IS pretty accurate IN measuring tine
anu seems 10 sa'e m ih'uitNe tendency to do it,
Unaided by me chanees oil nightani day by the Light
OF The sound oil any tneleee she NeTiheless divides
time accurately
With regard TO the seaso of torch IL ~ very acute
even Tor bind person. Ii is shown remarkably in
the readiness with winch she distinguishes persons .
ihere are iory inmates IN The female wing, with all Of
"hoin OF course Laura Is acquainted whenever she i,
walking through inc passage Nays she pcrcerves by
TIC jar oil 'he oor or e agitation oil Tue air. that
one u near her' aha " eteeedingy dihcult To pass
her without oeihs recognised Her lille arms are
sHeoheu on'' anu ae sahisle grasps hand. sleeve
OF eNeh part OF Tue dress sac Knows the person aid
'e's mem pass oii WIN some sign oi recognition.
The innao desire OF knowledge. and The insiincty.
e"or's "hieh the human iaed'ties make TO erercise
u'eir iuncu0'S' is sns"h mos remnFkab, IN Laura
he, u"y nge'S are 10 her eyes anu cars, and nose
iu mus EeiIy "' necessarily docs she Keep them IN
notion IKE 'he ieelcrs OF some insects which ola
.huay aSi'ated ana wa'eh touch every gram o. sand
1T me pam :" L'uf" arms and hands arc continually
!" P"y anu "heL Ahe is Walking win pc son sLs
'o' '''H cc"s"ises every 'hihs sue passes within
'oueh'ng distance. hut by continually touching he,
,"hP""'o'iSs nahus she nsccr'ans what ne Is dong
person walking across me room While she had hold
" ms 'e'. a'h "ouu H'd u harh 10 lake pencil
VI "'S ""!s'o0'' Fooae' WIZ MS Tyht hand, without
"o, pofe',S"s IT,
HV' Ju"e."' o, Instances ana "i relations OF place
Ne'y "c'u'e' sac WI" rise rom her 'eai. go s'rsigh
IOWA u"of' PM out her hand just AT The right tIr
: and grasp The handle with precision.