The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-26
MOST REMARKABLE EYES.

] MOST REMARKABLE EYES.
| Last Winter gentleman living
near Litchfeld took his daughter, 1e
years of age, on sleigh-ride. The
day was cold, but very sunny. On
their return the girl complained of
her eyes. The trouble grew worse,
and finally the girl was kept in a
dark room and there rem NAMED with
no ray of light until a few days ago.
| When she experienced peculiar SEN
sation which then she described as
follows: ut seemed as if my eyes
were running out, or part of them,
Pntting my hand up to my eyes I
could feel something coming out over
my lower eyelids which took hold
of and pulled out. It gave me some
pain to do SO, but almost immediate
ly my eyes felt better. Instead of a
smarting sensation when I winked
they felt cool and natural, and it was
a pleasure to wink them. Then
came the thought, why my eyes are
better, and ] believe could bear the
light, which thought was SO impress
ed upon my mind that / was DETER
mined to try. Hesitatingly / opened
the door, when to my great JOY I
found was able: to bear the light as
well as I ever could. The feeling,
that came over me at the monet
that found out that I could once
more leave the dark, dismal room
and see the gloriohs sunlight again
was SO overpowering that I gave one
scream for joy and then tainted
away"
Now comes the strangest part of
the story. Six monts ago the girls
eyes were straight and natural; now
the girl is cross-eyed, but she pays
no attention to that. She sees things
just the same as she always did, but
let her close her right eye and look
out of only her left eye, and she can
see distance Of eight or ten miles.
and distinguish things as well as an
ordinary person can only go rods
away. She is able to look clear to
the lake, distance OF three and a.
half miles, and identify any one de-
scribing their dress even. The dis
tant hills are bronht close 10 her
and she can see the farmers getting
IN their hay, even counting the num-
ber of heaps, which in an air line, are
seven miles from her. To test her,
a field-glass was used, and her sight
would far outreach' any object that
could be seen with the glass. IF she
closes her left eye and looks out of
the right, then she cannot see any
thing except close to her, but that
eye is a perfect microscope. She is
able to distinguish things that the
natural eye cannot see. The point of
a needle looks as blunt as crowbar,
and it is wonderful to hear her de-
scribe the beautiful colors of flies and
other insects. To her the hairs on a
persons head look as large as darn
ing-needles, and in the finest piece of
linen she can count the threads as
easily as any one can count beam
poles. The moment she opens both
eyes they assume the cross-eyed ex-
preston or shape and then she sees
again as any other person. It is the
intention Of her father to take her to
New York at no defiant day to let
some of the celebrated physicians see
this wonderful phenomenon. The
girl herself is a very bright pretty
girl but very timid.-Ex.
The New York Tribune, takes half
a column in which to describe the
bathing dresses worn by little girls
at Long Branch. The bathing dress
es worn by little boys in Oregon are
not SO much complicated. They con-
sist mainly of a sunburnt back pair
of untanned buckskin drawers worn
from infancy and stone brnise on
each heel.
A girl in Happy Valley placed
some nearly hatched ducks eggs in
her bosom, and thus helped brood
of young ducks into the world.
Young men in that vicinity were
careful to omit. in the interests of
the poultry crop, their usual Satur-
day evening embraces until after the