Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-09
A Remarkable Human Eye.

San Francisco Call.
Just north of Battle creek, in the town
of Hope, Michigan, lives an Englishman,
by the name of f. Guelph, but who is
Familiarity known among his neighbor
farmers as English Ed" and some
times as the Eye Man." which appella-
ton he derived from a most peculiar
optic which he possesses. Hearing
many wonderful stories of this person.
observing powers, a reporter took occa-
sion to invite him into his office few
DAYS ago, and from him CLEANED the
following narrative, which is given, as
near as possible, in his own language,
barring the accent
Il am thirty-two years DID," began
he, after he had been asked for his his
tory, land have always been in good
health. To look at me you would see
no difference from other cOmmOn men. "
And, indeed, upon surveying his build
and personal appearance. nothing eX-
traordinarv was observed in this small,
red-faced English farmer more than
could be seen in the cOuntenance or
beef-eating, ale-drinking Englishmen.
But he resumed, my eyes are a
wonder to myself and to scientific men.
There was nothing ext aordinarY no
ticeable about them till my sixteenth
year, when, while walking on the farm a
bent saplng suddenly became loosened
and struck me with considerable force
across my nose and right eye For sew
cral days that eye was blinded, and
feared that | had lost its sight entirely.
! could distinguish light from darkness.
but cOEld see no object.
Zone day, while in the field, the band
AGE became lOOsened which was worn
over the eve, and on looking up | be-
held things strangely mixed. The
house, which was a considerable dis
lance away, appeared much nearer. |
shut one eve, and found that while OBJ
jects and distances appeared the same
us before to the left eve, when viewed
through my right eye alone they seemed
much nearer and could be seen with
greater distinctnesS than before when
near to them.
sin fact, as we have since found out,
the lens of the right eye was so com
pressed by the accident as to make il
far-seeing and sort of telescope eye,
as | will show YOU and taking up a
sheet of paper, he rolled it up into q
small cylinder, then going to the win
dow he placed it to his right eye, to eX-
clude the side rays of light, and point
ing to a house in process of erection
over mile from where we were, he de-
scribed the man who was working or
the roof, and told the motions he was
making.
Anxious TO verify his wonderful Wis
ionary powers, | borrowed a field-glaSs
from ieweller, and upon getting it TO
cused | found that he could see better
with his natural eye-telescOpe than
could with a glass. expressed my sur
prise to him, and congratulated him on
possessing such strong sight, but he in
terrupted me by saying, Don't praise
that eve, for would much rather have
it as it was before the accident as | can
see nothing near to me with it, all is
blurred and it is a great deal of bother
to me, and nearly all the use it is put to
IS making experiments with opticians,
who having heard of me, come to see
about the truth of it and satisfy tkeir
curiosity. | had much rather have my
former good sight, but fear | never
shall, although I've been doctoring ii
for years And now, if you've seen all
you want said he, I'm be jogging
toward home" and before | could thank
him, the man with the ''h'eye like a
beagle was gone.