The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

MONTPELIER, Oct. 81, 1854.
On Thursday afternoon, the two
Houses, and crowd of other spectators,
met in the Representatives. Hall, to wit
ness nm exhibition. Of the attainmcuts of
four Deaf Mutes, under tho direction of
Mr.. w. W. Turner, from the American
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Hart
ford.
Mr.. Turner stated that the frst school
Of the kind ever established 10 this coun-
try was that at Hartford, founded in
1917. 1t commenced with seven schol.
mrs, and now has two hundred and four.
Fourteen or fifteen other schools have
since been established in this country
that at Hartford being the only one in
New England. In 1919, a grant in its
MD was asked from Congress and q town.
ship in Alabama was given for that pur.
pose, which has since been sold, and the
income from the proceeds pays one tLrd
of the expenses of the institution. The
charge to pupils--includins everything
but clothing-is thus reduced to 500
Part or all of this is paid by the State
to its benefciarics, under the direction
Of tho Governor. The object of MIR.
Turner's visit was to interest people in
the institution, so as to secure the send
ing Of pupils from this State, who have
not yet derived any benefit frcm the
State appropriation.
There are now eighteen pupils from
this State at the Asylum. The whole
number from this Statc as yet educated
there is one hundred and ifty.six
Tho pupils who accompanied Mr.Tur-
ncr we're Master Lille of Randolph. Miss
Sally Wright of Middlcbury, Master
Kiusman of Royaltor, and Miss Stew.
art of Massachusetts. Each of them
went through series of exercises at the
black board, in very successful manner,
and greatly to the satisfaction If the au
dinnco : The little girl from Middlebury
was highly complimcnicd by Mr.. Turner
as one of the sprigh,liost and most prom
Using of his pupils.
One interesting part Of the exercises
was that Of cxtemporc compositions
word being given rs the subject by some
one of the audience, and communicated
by Mr. Turner to the pupil, who immc-
diately proceeded to writc on tho black.
board his ideas in relation thereto. Miss
Stewart showed great readiness and wit,
in this exercise, as well as fine matbe.
matical talent, in her examination in AL
zebra. Ono of the sentences written BY
Master kinsman excited much applause
A gentleman having proposed Stephen
Il. Douglas as subject, the lad quickly
wrote " Stephen a. Douglas was a ma
tive of this State but VIC need not be
ashamed Of him. for he has lived many
years at tie West. lie has tried very
hard to secure the favor of shareholders,
but he must fail, and be humbled."
The immense blessing the Asylum has
conferred upon this class Of persons is
manifest to every one, though not fully
apprcciable. We earnestly urge all who
have friends or neighbors to be thus ben.
Gifted, to spare no pains to secure them
the privileges ofthp Asylum. To those
unable to pay, this blessing is offered
without money and without price.
The proper age for admission is ten,
None arc received under eight.
PERSONAL.
Tho st. Adams Messenger tolcrates
correspondent 81" whose contempt +"
for truth is evidently not based upon ia.
miliarity," lie furnishes for that pa
per several gross uiisstatcmcnts. two or
three of which require brief notice.
81" falsely states that, in the cleo
ton Of Secretary of State, Harris took
the lead in joint assembly, at the start.
lie was Mird instead of first on the list.
~" falsely states that " bargain ="
was made between Mr.. Pangborn and us,
on the night of the caucus, by virtue of
which he was to be Secretary of the Sen.
ate, in case of our promotion. This
statement is false in every particular
false in spirit and in letter, in substance
md in detail.
81" falsely represents the manner of
our nomination-prctcnding that votes
from another caucus settled the result.
In point of fact, one OF the chief mana.
gers for Harris was ono of the alleged
intrudcrs, and most active in securing
him their votes. The first to cry stop
thief" it has before been discovered, are
not always tho most innocent Harris
came out eight votes behind the success
full candidate, and of course nothing like
that number Of votes were thus gained
against him. 1881.
Whether AZ" is hired falsificr, or a
volunteer in trying to relieve the odium
of a dishonorable transaction in which he
was implicated matters little Where
the facts are known, it matters as little