The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

enable the blind, educaied q VI1IGSGf &
tuition, to communicate with each other.
The appropriation for the present year was
81, 900, which was not enough. Despite the
mos, rigid economy, there is deficit Of $50
in the paw Of teachers. not counting the seven
per cent discount ON scrip. There are u re
teachers employed at Il salary of $40 per
month, each. 4 work shop will soon be re-
quired Additional building isneeded in the
sleeping rooms, as we'll as maps in the school
rooms. There are two pianos belonging to
the Institution, hut an organ il needed very
much. Appropriations asked sar the next
year:
! Provisions, lights, fuel, medical attend
anee, medicine, postage, stationery, &c, So
600. Salaries OF teachers, officers, &c, 49,
S3S.36. Furniture, and other Indispensable,
! Sl,245. The broom department is being car
rieti ON at pre>en; merely Tor the purpose OF
/ instruction, ond not from any prof, that can
| now lie made to accrue from the manufac-
ture o. broons. There is no demand IN this
! line, and consequently, a fair price cannot be
! realized.
/, Thus is given a. full an outline OF matters
concerningthe blind a. We can present here.
| IL ia subject, however, upon which We
! should all be well informed, aside from the
melancholy interest with which We are prone
To regard il. BY acquain;ing ourselves with
the efiec, occ;.sioned by the loss Of light, We
are better able to appreciate the efforts neces-
sary TO alleviate the unfortunate condition in
which those are placed, who, by that loss,
must dwell in perpetual darkness.
i A great many anecdotes could he related OF
the blind, showing - he wonderful develop
ment of the other seiiseS-their development
in fact, which in many cases, almost amounts
to living, correct preSentiment of the mind,
independent of all the senses. i viii close
this letter by relatingsone, which has never
been in print, and whether true or not land
have every reason to believe it to be trne)
goes to illustrate what has just been asserted
\ party of gentlemen had occasion once Ia
perform q journey, on horseback, during a
very dark night. and in the party was blind
man who Was unaoluainted with the road.
About midway between the point from which
they started and that To which they Were
bound, tree had been blown down, and
il Law across the road; but still the body
: clung to the stump and was thus held at an
, elevation that permitted the horsemen to pass
under IL bv stopping. On the way out, ont
who WAS acquainted with its locality, kept
, watch for it, and when il was reached, gave
= the signal to the rest who were thereby Ell
abled To avoid the serious consequences which
their ignorance concerning it might ha.,
! brought upon them. The GRAND performed
I all set out on their return home, and sOoI
E became engaged in conversation with al
5 earnestness which rendered them oblivious I,
: everything else about them. Thus they wer
: approaching the log, and a few more pace
D only, would, in all probability have fount
. each one living in the mud a, his horse
, heels, but Tor the blind man, who, though
a not so near it as the others, cried out at tn
opporiune- moment, ''Look out, boys, here ]
the log.' w. +. u.