The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
FAMOUS BLIND MEN.
-, "a. s~vl,sor. chaplain Hilburn Aad
Fnrenfor Herreshod.

Inventor AEAAE@t-@@-
VIDAL the blind sculptor, is one o. the .
wonders Of the French capital lie h-a .
hen blind since his tWentY-hrst year .
Ne eau quite easily understand bow /
blind farmer would cultivate the grolnd
With the ploE, spade and hoe. How ns
would feel around the tender plants ana
GENTLY loosen the dirt from their roots,
or how the blind Birmingham ala
miner tells, with the sense OF toueh
alone. the direction and TO what deplA
TO drill his holes before putting IN =
blast. but the work Of Vidal stands out
in bold relief unique. wonderful anu
incomparable. To De a sculptor II i
generally supposed that one must nave
the mechanics eye and the artist :
taste AMI perspicuity. The latter taeul'
ties Vidal has to an exceptional degree
even more acute. he believes, than II
the former we're not lost to him forever.
Ilv slowly passing his hands over an OBJ
iect be notes its external proportions
AMI initiates them in clay in manner
which strikes the beholder dumb with
surprise. 4 dog, horse, human face Of
any thing alive or dead, he models with
as much ease as any OF the dozens oi
Parisian sculptors who still retain the
faculty Of sight
Prom 1855 To 1873 Vidal received more
medals than any other exhibitor ol
works in the Paris art exhibitions
Many of his works, made in the solitude
Of his perpetual midnight were on
the shelves at the great Exposition
where the blind wonder eontended 4
friendly rivalry with his less unfortu
nate brother artists. He never com
plains, is always genial and festive
when among his friends, who Away
speak Of and to him as though he eoul'
see, and well may they do so, for he
one Of the best art critics in all Paris.
Rev. w. II. Milburn. known through
out the civilized world as 'the blin
preacher" and who is actively in tn
field at the present time, is one OF Tn
most remarkable men OF the age. ii
was born in Philadelphia in 1928. II
totally lost the sight of one eye whe
quite young, the other becoming rapid
ly impaired from sympathy, so much
that it soon darkened forever. Wit
spirit undaunted he studied and W;
; ordained as minister at the age {
twenty, and, 1t is claimed, travelled oy'
two hundred thousand miles filling a
: pointments in the Southern State
Within the last thirty years he HI
> preached in nearly every State in Il
L Union and some European countriC
> lie has been chaplain of the House
g Representatives at Washington, besid
. filing many other important position
u AS writer he is known as the author
u Ten Years of Preachers Life
q "Riflc, Axe and Saddlebags' and "pi
's nccr Preachers Of the Mississippi VI
q lcy.'
IT Mr.. lIerreshoif, the blind president
u the IIerreshof Manufacturing Compal
u Of Bristol, X. L., seems rs much out
y his element in his present capacity
= the blind sculptor. Aside from Edis'
' the Government has recognized him
y being one of the greatest inventors
n the times. Many of the torpedo-bo
7 and steam launches now used by t
10 and all the civilized governments on
q globe, are the inventions of this sig
y less genius. His steam launches HI
10 made the highest speed with but
- exceptions, and his torpedo-boats
W ranked among the most efficient in /
y lie works on his models in the quie
10 the night shut up in the darkness of
room, but this is all the same TO lie
" shoII-the brightest midday would
" to him as black as the darkest midnig
ST. Louis Republic.