Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-25
BLUND Frs OF VISION.

1t lie estimsted by those who have taken special
pains to Investigate the matter, that two persous
cut ut every hundred are decidedly color. Dlud.-
Many cumlcal mistakes have been made ON account.
oi Tue inability oi parties to Distinguish cvivrs.-
Inc toxic wing cases are reported in The Pnlivsophl-
cal TRANSACTIONS
A gentleman relates how be was shocked Just
oeiore the marriage vi his daughter by the ap-
pearance Ut the bridegroom in IL SUIT vf bluck; tor
III CARRIER times il seens that cJiur was Indispsu-
sable to matrlmouy. Papa Insisted that sue poor
fellow should 10 home aud assume some less mel.
~ancholy attire, Lut the BRIDE, who would have
pruDaoly married MIN III sacKclotn, Ike u noble
wun.an = at least 81 we s~uspec,-Iushed tv tho
rescue, and declared that her lover Was correctly
clothed IN u rich scarlet cvlored dress. SUCH was
the Tact. OAe day alter service az church, u gen.
tienan went up to IA lady aud enquireJ, with great
conccrn, Tor wnum was sue III mourning. For no
one, was tue reply, why should nc Imagine ,ha;
such was the case? The querlst ex plaIueu-was
act her bunn,t IL deep Glack! Certainly not; IL
Was crimson velve.! A person who had lost u
relative, greatly scandllizei MS friends ~ sealing
nis BLACK edged ietters w,tn red wax, Just as many
~ ~ - wv sst
,ns his regard tor tue memJry vi the departed by
using u snust with the deepest and dan xest Dor
Gers, he was at liberty to symUJiIze his genuine
sehiiincnts when lie come " tbs seal. But Tho
was nothing tO the blunder ot an uphulster .
apprentice who was sent to purchase
Ulack cloth 70 cover a cJiin, aud returned with u
quanlit, Of scarlet, under HE lmpresol.n that !,
Was as mourE!ul u sable as the occasion required.
Next let US mentiol II series VI cases III wuicn
one color Is simply cuunlounded with another
! red, iur example, may w hiUltla!iy III IttaKcu tvr
green, or CRIMSON idcuused wan blue. Taxs tn>
,ormer species Ut detect; tor the clashlug Vt green
odoxy III regard To the hues. A gentleman wax
J asked II he saw any object stretched upvu u .edse
I lie deciared there MAS uoue. the tact wus lual 4
l red cloak happened IL De thrown over lt, auu
+ though tue exact position was pointed out ~ him
us could Lot perceive any ulheIenue in culvl
< Uetween the garment and me green Vi Nature -
Boys have moro thau once become acquainted
WIN Iaelr parachromatsm nut certainly under
That lite-by hnding that their rumpauiuus cvu:o
make easy havoc among the cherries, when they
u from Iheir inaUiiity " discriminate between Ia,
uues oil The iruiI and The leaves, were c,mpeIle,
" explore The tree IaUoriuusly, aud commit theI
depreda1ions on u very unsatisfactory scale. III,
same difficulty has attended their operations willis
u ioraging III thu strawberry beds. Other mus
amusing instances are ID record. A rsullemaI
war requested 10 pi;x out all The green's from
number Of pieces OF statue glass; ne selected to-
+" red, brown, ciaret, yellow Lud pink; aud wh.I
} asked " say which Was tie must en- phatic greer
Vi The group, he unnesitatingiy fixed upon I'll,
} ciaret. A surgeon called upon his tailor iuteudiu,
= W order u PAIR Of Brown pantulvvns; he seieete.
u The cioIh Llulseli; but when tho garment cam,
y hume, the color proved to be as sauguiuary as l
ne were On the ONT OF starting tor tM
wars. lie went On another occasion. determine,
" secure has tavvrlte brown, bus cot being proper
] aware ot his detect, the result was Just as uutvr
" tunate as before: this time the color adopted was
) violent green; aud the poor fellow was comuellss
~ get tie articles dyed IN o.der that he might NJ
- be mistaken tor u soldier or u huntsman. A no
: bleman, whose vision was similarly affe,,ed
d began to banter his lady one day for wearing
e scarlet dress. Her ladyship was al loss Z,
y understand tae joke, for her dress was as ysrdau
b as the garb Of spring. A gentleman who va,
. foHd Of drawing used to psrpstrats labdssap issr