The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-11-22
INTERESTING EXHIBITION.

appeared before both houses Thursday, in joint as
sembly, and after delivering able and appropriate
address, introduced four of his pupils: one young
man, and three of them young misses. The exhibi.
ton was of surprising interest, and did not fail to
carry conviction to the minds of the great number
sembled that the trining sums appropriated by the
State of Vermont for the benefit of the mute and the
encouragement of the Asylum, have been and will
continue to be returned with ten fold interest," in rich
and abundant good fruits Eighty-one benefciaries
from Vermont have been educated at the Asylum.--
The present number at the Asylum, from this State,
is sixteen. The pupils were examined in spelling,
reading. writing, geography, history, and grammar;
and the result alike creditable to the pupils and
to the institution We cannot, with the pen and the
press, and blessed we are with the use of the
tongue and the ear, carry our readers the interest
which thrilled through the audience when the mutes
spoke by signs through their teacher and the black
board. Duly to appreciate the exhibition our read
ers must have witnessed it, The pupils were requr-
ed, by signs, to commune he.. views fthe seem
cry their journey to Vermont; one of them wrote,
the Green Mountains, which we saw on our Jour-
ney here have fine appearance, adding afterwards,
'but think they look more pleasant in summer
Each wrote similar sentiment, with variations of
expression. The pupiIs then each spet by signs,
the words contained in the sentences they had writ
ten, The signs expressive of book, house, tree and
cow, gven,-that Of cow, a position Of the
hands denotng the horns growing out of the animals
head, and imitation of the act of milking. Words
were given, and sentences embracing them required
such virtuous, faithful, loue, sc. The following
the results Some OF the pupils said Mrs White
is a 0irtuons woman and true christian Il know
a who is fruitful to his word he is not careless
about his promise, but goes strait lent him mon
ey and he paid it "A mother loues her little infant
variety of other words were given, with similar re-
suits Upon the word conquer, wrote, I'VE must
learn 10 conquer our bad passions;' another, 1--WE
must learn to conquer habits meaning bad hab
its; think all the people of England will conquer
the United States CHANGING at this, Of the pu-
pills Immediately wrote, Il think not The sentence
then corrected thus: Il think the people Of Eng
land aoish to conquer the United States.
The story Of lad who fell from cart and was
killed, was given them by signs, and each
qaired TO write it out The task performed with
great fidelity to fact and narrative, though with
variation Of expression Two Of the pupils in mar
rating the story, killed the boy, and two of them skill
ed him dead mode of expression, the teacher
remarked which prevailed among the mutes in the
early stages of instruction. The attention of the pu-
pill was then directed, by of the audience, to the
portrait of Washington over the Speakers chair.
They Immediately wrote the name of the father of
his country, some of them giving his title and 9TH
emitting 1.-THE lad required to give the
audience, by signs interpreted by his teacher, what
knowledge he possessed of the character and servi
of Washington. He commenced with the child
hood IF and rood man. recitinu the anee-
dote Of the and the Ratchet, connected with the
history of little George Washington, who would not
tell lie, and followed that noble boy the head of
the American army, and to the Presidency Of the
United States. Few lads of his age who have ears
to hear, and the power of speech to communicate,
could have done good justice to their subject as
did this deaf and speechess ad;-no, we will not
say spoechless, his very gestures, and the bright
sparkling eyes, spoke of genius and of cultivated in
telect; and they spoke volumes, too, in commenda-
ton of the Asyum, and Of those states and indiyd-
uas who paronize it.
One of the pupils, about 2 years of age, daugh-
ter of the late Calvin Edison, of Randolph, in this
state, formerly extensively known the Giving skel-
eton was asked to favor the audience with story,
She replied that she could tell little story, and pro-
ceedcd, by signs, to say, Once there was man
who was sick; he sent for physician; when the ply
stefan arrived the 81 k man looked him in the face,
and sad Doctor, must have some wine, and 6arh,'
yes said the physician, you may;' and the SICK
man drank the asfe and said to his dog, you may
barh' OF another of the young female pupils the
teacher inquired, Are you not afraid to stand up be-
fore SO large an audience of strangers She replied,
q was some afraid but it is almost gone Are they
not all friendly? sYes, think they are-they. look
| So Will it do any good to come here and make
signs? Answer-'Ihose who are ignorant OF the sem
mary will know about it, and will send all the
poor deaf and dumb children to Hartford, and it will
do them good and enlarge their minds May such
be the happy result of the welcome visit of Mr. Weld
and his interesting pupils to the Legislature OF Yer
mont-[Walton' Daily Journal.
| BR1LLIANT.-The following paragraph from the
N. o. Advertiser (Loco) will astonish our vernon
friends: -, 81. .es,t.. ri. -,.'a. -1'
eG1onY TO VERA1oNr!-The Legislature con-