Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
THE EYE OF AN EAGLE.

an English Resident of Michigan Nth q
Most Peculiar Optical VtsJon Like an
Eagles.
Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.I
Just north of Battle Creek, in the town Of
Hope, Barr county, Mich.,. lives
an EngIfshman by the name of E.
Guelph, bat who is familiarly known
among his neighbor farmers as "English
Ed" and sometimes as the "Eye Man,
which appeIlation he derived from q most
peculiar optic which he possesses. Hearing
many wonderful stories of this PERSONS OBJ
serving powers, O reporter took occasion to
invite him into his Office few days ago,
and from him cleaned the following nara
tive, which is given as near as possible in
his own language, ''barring the accent"
81 am 80 yerrs DID," began he, after he
had been asked for his history, land have al
ways been in good health. To look at me
you would see no difference from other COM
mon men," And, indeed, upon surveying
his build ana personal appearance nothing
extraordinary was observable in this small,
red-faced English farmer, more than could
be seen in the countenance of any beef-eat-
ing, ale drinking Englishman.
But" he resumed, "my eyes are won
der to myself and to scientific men. There
was nothing extraordinary noticeable about
them till in my sixteenth year, when, while
walking on the farm bent sapling suddenly
became loosened and struck me with con-
siderable force across my nose and right eye.
For several days that eye was blinded, and
feared that bad lost its sight entirely.
could distinguish light from darkness, but
could see no object.
"One day, while in the field, the bandage
became loosened which was worn over the
eye, and on looking up I beheld things
strangely mixed. The house, which was q
considerable distance away, appeared much
nearer. l shut one eye, and found that
while objects and distances appeared the
same as before to the left eye, when viewed
through my right eye alone they seemed much
nearer. and could be seen with greater dis
tinctness than before when near to them.
"In fact. as we have since found out, the
lens of the right eye was SO compressed by
the accident as to make it far-seeing, and a
sort of telescope eye, as will show you,'
and, taking up sheet of paper, he rolled it
window he placed is to his right eye, to ex-
clude the side rays of light, and pointing to
a house in process of erection, over a mile
11-i
who was working on the roof, and tol6 the
motions he was making.
Anxious to verify his wonderful visionary
powers, borrowed field glass from jew
eller, and, upon getting it focused, found
that he could see better with his natural eye
telescope than could with glass. 1 ex-
press my surprise to him, and congratulated
him on possessing such strong sight, but he
interrupted me by saying, Don't praise
that eye, for l would much rather have it as
it was before the accident, as / can see moth
ing near to me with it all is blurred and il
is great deal of bother to me, and
nearly all the use it is put to is making ex,
periments with opticians, who, having heard
of me, come to see about the truth of IL an6
satisfy their curiosity. had much rather
had my former good sight, but I fear never
shall, although I've been doctoring it fol
years. And now, if you've seen what yor
want" said he, an be jogging towart
home,'' and before I could thank him, til,
man with the "h'eye like an beagle
was gone.