Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-03-21

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feet again, Mrs Caudle; you've no sym.
pa.hy or you'd know what mean
directly. Liberty for dogs is one thing;
| liberty for cats is another. There's what
| call moral distinction! Entirely
THE Dumb SHALL sPEAK.'-Dr. Bart.
lett, writing from Vienna to the Lowell
Courier. gives an interesting account Of
the progress made at the Berlin institute,
under Dr.. Muller. in teaching the dumb
to speak, and in elevating imbecile chill
dren and youth to rational and intelligent
men and women. A girl, born deaf and
dumb, was asked how many brothersaE=
sisters she had, which she readily ans
wered and gave their names. She then
told the color of the table. its shape-say-
ing 1t is not round, it is not square'-.he
kind Of wood Of which it was made, and
so on. The plan Of instruction is very
simple. The pupils. by placing the hands
or fingers on the throat Of the teacher, so
as to feel the voice, and then by placing
them on their own, for the same purpose,
by Initiating the motions Of the teachers
lips and tongue and jaws, and by similar
means, come at last TO utter the elementa.
ry sounds. They are then carried along
from easier and simple elements Of
speech 10 the more difficult The idiots
are educated with the same wonderful
simplicity. Dr.. Bartlett says-'One little
fellow with now thoughtful aud lntelli-
gent face. interested US exceedingly. He
was very in.ently and earnestly at work,
writing upon his slate; and for three
months after his entrance. he was unable
to fix either his attention or eyes upon
anything. Another boy, considerably ad-
vanced-we cannot say in the recovery.
bu. in the creation or Development Of his
reason-was endeavoring to instruct a
third, on whose face still rests the blank
and void expression of idiocy. The di.
rector inquired particularly after Mr.. Hor.
ace Mann, and Or. Howe; of whom, ant
his interesting child. Laura Brdgman,
we hear a, all these places my Sun.
GoFFE THE REGIc1DE.-W WIN. COTE,
one of the Judges of King Charles I, after
serving under the Protector as a Major
General, in 1860, came 10 America, and
was graciously received by Governor En-
his companion, WhalIey, brought letters.
After the Restoration, when it was found
that their names were in the List of Elk.
ceptions to the Ac, of Oblivion. their Bos-
ton friends became alarmed, and the Reg
icldes, in 1861, went to New Haven,
near which city, through the aid of Dep
my Governor Lee and Mr.. Davenport.
they were several months concealed in a
cavern. They passed three or four years
in various places, and toward the close Of
| 1864, entered the house of the Rev. Mr..
Russell, of HadIey, Massachusetts, where
they lived in perfect secrecy more than
fifteen years.
During this period, while the good peo-
pie Of HaGley were nearly all assembled
in their meeting house, they were attack
ed by band Of Indians, and thrown into
an alarm and confusion which forbade all
hope Of successful defence. l. was near
the sunset of summer day, and as the
terror-etricken congregation were flying
in all directions, venerable looking man,
in strange costume. and with his white,
long hair streaming uncon6ned over his
shoulders, suddenly appeared in their
midst. revived their courage, at their head
attacked and repulsed the enemy. and i'm
mediately, as the darkness increased,
Withdrew. The as,onished villagers for
long time supposed that God had sent
an angel for their deliverance. II was
COTE, who died there about the year
| 1879.
PlcTuaE OF A MEAN MAN.-We cut
the following curious piece from Dow, Jr.
My friends-too many of you Getty
folks especially are over inclined TO
meanness. know some who are so vast
ly mean-if may be allowed the term
that, when they are brushed from earth
into the devils dust pan, the old chap
will have to put on double magnifying
speclacles, and poke Cor long while a.
mong the rubbish of mortality. before he
can find them. There's neighbor Tight
fist. in some respects worthy member
of my congregation; and yet ! regret 10
say, he is mear enough to chase fal
musqui,o through a FIVE mile swamp fol
the sake ofth sue.. To his credit, how
ever. he once made sacrifice for the
good cause by putting an unfortunate
looking penny in the box and going sup
j PEERLESS 10 bed. And neighbor - toe
I-if he had the power. and could enrich
himself thereby. would brush the silver
..... from Tho armament. snatch the gold