, 1875-06-27

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We have received the following readable sketch
pf thAt musical phenomenon, Blind Tom, which
xiu b. read With additional interest from the
tact Of Its having been contributed By blind
man:
n ~ Editor ~ 1se c1isneo 7ft1u%s:
CHICAGO, June .5-soe t1cao in the Year 1850 + to-
hacc1-plxutar IN Southern Georgia Perry II. Oliver
vas his nzme) bought likely negro wom1n, along
with soune othex fail hAnds. 6hs was stout. tough
ruuselsd Wiling, and promised to be remunsratve
ssevant. Her b~ty, however. boy few tnonfta old
~ss only thrown IN - ase- @ 70 the bargain,
separate 1nothar and child Cns1ty only In fact could
have induced him to .ake The Ftck4ulany for he Was
b. lump q bsss hesh Ioxn nina mo IN aaa ~ ~ sns
n purchased fro1o trader and It wxa therefore
Impossible to ASCERTAIN whnTs or when the child wss
born GeorgA alAvss not accurate In preserving
nsar Renealogy. whitc nan uueonaciousiy had
thst vaSue, lE.ent hope in hin, that he is Or
y 70 oeeoee , tas .noes:9f o. . pns d;sagqsh a.
b. TO this coming Napoleon, Washington PANE,
nr Shakespeare, to tell aim wheuoe he c.cse. Not 90
xa ths h'a m y THIS aops = sn1eh naturally
ao~ed ~isa rs,s nd wonderful ssnias xas and Is,
Toni mother, vino 1t the outbreat Of tho Var We
it voss On the Oliver plantations could never co1upre
hend wig her BOY wsa famous. Thfa gift of God to
him vaR nothing 70 her nothing to him. either, which
3 saddest at n. He wears bis crown sla,ost = IN
dios night
EE. OuY1{ did MS uuty VIGIL 10 kQh D&tDx IN OBJ
etvrut and kiud n1xEter The plantation w1s htge
.ea,taotna k,,a11ned with h.a black urchina. with
clarity 10 eat Ind nothing To do. AL that ltue blind
Tom required, ~ he f&ttensd Ont Of bAbShood into
2oyhood xsa room ip which TO be warm, ths graRs
mich OF ty ths kitchen dre to be ssupid t2bby and
aaepv Eckad aud petted alternately BY tbs other
aeofpea he had = habit Of creeping up On tho
oorrhns md yerxudas Ct the mansion, and
hquatt,us thsre IN the sun, waiting for
! Hnd word or touch from thoss who passed
and ont The boy, craving about day after day ia
he hot light w1s ~ repuRuaat an objacs ~ the hz-
rds In the nai8hboring s~ampss and promised to be
Il Il Ettle use 10 his master. He OF the lowest
1eerp type~ from with only deid-hands could be
asde Coal b.ck with ptotruding heeis the ape jaw,
Aubber up4, constantly opeu, the Eishtless eyes
:lossd and the head thrown far buck On the shoua-
3er1 ly.ng On the back II fact Iris IS hab which
10 s retains aud which adds to his fnbeciis Arrsar-
&nce Unhl ne was yea1s Of age Tom Waa regarded
On tbs fIkutxou IL idio not uDjGsty. Tor at toe
present titne lis reason apl Judgment rank but ~
that Of = cttld. He ehowed dog~hka Affection for
sosne nenlers uf the household, and kesn, ne1roaa
benaidyeness the kbghtest praise or blame from
thesn. He possessed, too low, animal ttr1sao:l.
passion when provoked His1 ecord ~as the szeoe -
hat Of thoussadl of l,ube1s negro ehildrep Geper-
st,cns Of heaanendnm md A1uset3 had dredged the
nhetated b11ins and temperanaeuts Of such ch1dren
to1srabtt clesf u{ Ill 1efs of power and pur1tJ-pa-
b farod no better than his fellows.
II vxs net Until 1851 TINT the phenomena powsta
h>sA II ~ no9 Kess s1ddaaly deT&opadt md uaeas