The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-11

their commencement-day they told
story and illustrated it in clay. 1t was
the history of early Boston.
"a great many years ago." said a
| sightless little girl, "a man came from
England and settled on the land now
called Boston. HIS name was William
Blackstone He built house and lived
in it all alone. And | have made the
house." Here she held up a model in
clay of a small HIT. Afterwards, "
said boy, "other people came here.
and they built ships to sail in the har-
Dor. have made the first ship built in
Boston" and he held up rude craft,
which very likely was quite as graceful
as the ship it meant to represent.
''Then, said a little girl, 1.-THE people
began to be afraid of Indians. They
built tower and kept a light on it,
calling it the Beacon. | have made
the Beacon" and she held up clay
tower with small lantern swinging
from it. Then boy took up the story.
1.-The town of Boston was built on three
hills, and was called Trmountain.
There were Bunker Hill, Breeds Hill
and Beacon Hill. The last was where
the Beacon light hung" and he held up
his m del, showing the formation of
early Boston. Others followed W tn
representations OF the StatR House
and Perkins Institution and Bunker
Hill Monument, and at last the new
X ndergarten for the Blind.
The school has become so large
that they have TO turn away every year
bl nd appl cants. The Institution is
village IN itself, in the heart of the great
city. Besides its main buildings, so
large and conspicuous that they can be
seen fol- miles, it has cottages, work
shops gallery, printing house and
school-hOuses. So a new house has
been built at Jamaica Plain, VIII oh will
be used for the first time next year, as
a kindergarten. This will o We room
for nearly as many more pupils in the
whole school. The Perk rs school can
accommodate some three hundred
scholars, and the kindergarten will take
a hundred or two more. 1t Will take
them when they are little, from out of
their wretchedneSs, and often from
squalor and misery, and fit them for
learning 10 study and to work; so that
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ness no longer, but have a chance to
become good, useful and active citizens.
May God bless the work and its helpers.
But you must not tn nix the work is
all confined to kindergarten ng. You
have heard of the famous Laura Bridg-
man, that sweet pat ent old lady, who
has but one sense out of iive-the sense
of touch? Here she was taught the
marvellous requirements which have
made her so distinguished. Here many
others were taught long before kinder
gartens came INTO fashion, but much
more slowly and laboriously. Hundreds
of blind people owe their ability to take
care of themselves and their enjoyment
of life to this school. Some of them
graduate and 90 forth to teach in other
schools for the blind. Many of them
learn to tune pianos, and their musical
instinct is so quick and true that our
blind p;ano-tuners are the best we have.
They learn muse, instrumental and
vocal. They learn carpentering, broom
making, char-seatng, basket weaving
and many other things, and their work
is always conscient GUS
Boys, if You ever have a chance, visit
Chs or a sim lar school for the blind,
and you will come away with a new re-
spect for Gods unfortunates,l full of
wonder at their marvellous achievements
and full of gratitude for your own gift
of sight Helen N. HGpSl0aU, iss In er-
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