The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-31
IAUR4 BRIDGMAN.
An Evening In her Homc-iier Wonderful
Tact aud ingenuity.

IRON me tNnpfeVdtphdft
The readers of the COhgJcDdtfOnO'ist are
OF course familiar with tho history Of Laura
BridgmaL.
Previous to the time when the disease came
upon her which was the { use OI her calamity,
she mad never been well only a very snort TINE,
and that Ji.t hcf IRE she was two wears Old.
At III age, DR.. Howe informs ne, tine scarlet
fever ravaVed her system with groat Jury. de
struVing utterly the urgdns & sight ana nearing.
bunting the sense 81 -iuc L. and Frustrating hcr
whole avs em 50 completely mat recovery
seemed impossible" OF her sui sequent recov-
cty ana wonderful prpgtcss unIer the care of
Dr. Howe, who took chnrre or her euucatlnn
when she was seven wears ola. need not spe X
On srrlVing at the house, We wore brought INTO
The presence Of a very goo~-Iouking ialy 81
forty-sevcn Ncars. Her cpuutenunce was spare.
and spectacles covered her c,e- from view. Her
re-ulA features and tidy appeardnee would con
vey any q her impress -iou than that size WIS the
person whose misfortune, mas been tod In both
heuis spheres. She arose from TIER chair ana
took US ich WARMLY 10y the nand a. we entered,
aud at once commence "a couNersl ION vain the
remark that she mad not cxpcrttl to see us that
evening, our call being later than waB intended.
Let II be borne tu mind that she cDnVefsed ny
means of the deaf and dumb alphabet, and that
she was addressed 10y these same characters
being made in the ualm Of the hand aud com
municated to her thrOdgh the sense OF feeling.
Knowing that | " = "A minister, she Inquired
N was "a BAPTIST ON my answering that was
a Congresatonan-t. sue remarked ana repeated.
I'VE cannot commune here, nut We eau III
heaven" This rvinurk was prob bly suggested
hy the fact that she had Just attended the cove
nant meeting OF the Baptist church. Of when
she i member. IL neihE susteslru 10 ner that
the tent eratIre OF the room was warm, she
~ mt to open the door ~ rchullf rs any one
could have done, extending the nand Just 1T tne
proper time u take the litch. she asked my
residence. AMI whether II was near Boston, She
also inquired II mad read Of ner IN book.
Alter few minutes conversation she asked VI
we would ike To- see her fancy work. an
swered In the Affirmative; upon which she went
to "A urAWeI--shU could not have gone more
directly lfste hau had her -igni aud brought
number II articles of excellent Knit and
crochet work-idci-s collars, mp mats. Ac.,
ali of winch bore ner name and the price uf Cacn
article N her own haulwitIur. / selected "a
al he r..
once knew thc amount ! paid hrr i'om the s'S-
OF the s.rit-remhking IN II was new. aud
IN king graceful gesture ot ~ INKS. L. VIII ne
intere-tiug to raY that she makes ANY garment
NitnOu- assist nee alter u /, cut threading her
own neeule with her tongue.
asked Tor her UutOgripH. and she proceeded
NJ STAIRS m the dui kue-,--dHrkness to her ia
any case-- nd Drought her writihg implements.
among them suiaii tutrI with grOnNcu llucS.
These grooves determine tur breadth oi tue let
tiers sh- IL To MAKE. aud tneis distance apart
t-rnnues the distance OF the iile~. Sac WOE
fairtd ones oi htr honNs .. e. i.ulu q, -
NV shepherd. SHAN ~ 4 want t.r mother
than she could herself. When We arose 10 20
she took her watch from her belt ami told us
tue time-"thrre minutes pas, seven by
means Of the r,ised ngures on the face: and sue
took us ny the hand, wnicn was her Wv vi say
ins good evening.
aud blind, whose mind mas To DO reached main
~ through the sense of feeling should be- aole
- comprehend readily, ana exurcss herself
easily. she recognizes those whodt she mas
met before, ~ reddtlN a. any one. A. might be
expected, ter emotions all SHOW themselves IN
her couutenance, whether Of 10y or sadness.
Inc death vi h.r Kind fnens, DIR. Howe was a
severe blow to her.
Sh3 has No tecOiectiOn ot sight OF sound, - she
tens us, vet Il aOie 10 do suCn tUiugs d. have
r-la ed, and finds mucn more To enjoy IN life
IN Al many wno have al their cuI.ies. II IS
I'd tu.t she ulays ,kilully ON tue p tno, though
this wo did not see. Sue -pend- much OF her
time at the Institution for tne hhnd, S"1th Bls-
ton. Rev. NEWION j. JONLS,