The sun., 1890-11-23
EEMAHK lBIE BLIAD PEOPLE.
They Tell Color by Touch. ana Easily De-
ecrIhe the Appcnranec of strnngers.

They Tell Color by Touch. ana Easily De-
scribe the Appearance at Strangers.
PITTSBURGH. Nov. 22.-A remarkable story OF
"blind knowledge" was told to your eOrre-
spondent to-day by an oil man who is operat-
ing in the West Virginia petroleum fields.
"Detween Pone Town which is the toughest
settlement iu tho world. and Statlers Run
Post OlIlce. in Monongalia county. live four
blind rersons-Georgc, Malinda Elizabeth
and Beulah Tennant-who can do some OF the
most wonderful things ever heard Of George
can tell the color and breed OF n horse or COW
iieXion Of a man after he has talked to him u
rseS sw ana s hs Ths Hse Se
blind, but he works on his iarm much the same
h s gra in, Il distance OF about a mile.
The girls are no less remarkable. They are
known Si!her Eersonally Or Ely by n, r.putation; to
ties as the blind girls. They live IN a modest
two-story brick farm house. where their par
household duties much as other women do.
sowing. 60 kiuG, washing dishes spinning
1orlhe old fashioned wheel l has not rot YET alto Alto
baking. In TACT. they do everything neceSshr
ior their own comfort. and help some IN the
hlly fields of the homestead farm which WAS
willed to Them by their luther
"George is marrisd Lee An and lives with his vile
Veil as so ra on one end "f the farm One
sister. who is not blind, stays mos: Of the time
with the three blind girls Their father was |.
well do farmer and stock drover. considered
these nl blind d Children awav to school; They can
eyes ,es' can .t" 10. T Aogeiher Noah Ten"ans % and
s wH bnI nra te. Gd s h hn. If s wh1 The
one could see. Malinda the oldest of the blind
girls, wa, born next. and tho next was boy
was Was born blind, One blind boy, Edward. died
when he WIS Young man
stori"s Hoard OF o the blind siris and and thar @
brother G.9rse. and SO were NY fellow oil men
they nsns Were nor ny sn9 s Gst
jake,s Kim /" ,see them Ourselves. We knew
Fora. FOR, an and the leases were held by tho South
] enn OH Company. but we thought an effort TO
buy their royalty would 10 excuse enough 10
introduce us. and possibly vs. might get the
ROYALTY, 700; which. by renrnt deyelopment-
ao9n fE'rvi looks Iapabs hu2ss wa1 wa InE
though IL fine sad Ter. was kicker In har-
ness, ono Of my companions b,stro1e bay
IiambletuDian. The othors wero riding livery
HtIss nH crown SniS one 'ss @ Ssr s
& W. I%1 u t? or "s
a 'fn 9e sussst ycry o. hs
misfortune ~ he Was stll able 10 work aud
~ some me- one suggested he could not have the
he said he had II mental vision, and could tell
cnlors by touch iie first passed his hand over
tn Hank of my horse and q little way down
his log. then wort TO his hnnd and bed his
nose. This horse said lie. is Kentucky
sorrel, and il II little vicious, He kicks some
times. We were stuDeiled. He happened next
t. get hold Of the other sorrel, and al, once told
III il co"r, eut saii I! was no particular breed;
We all i"lt the two animals rs he did, and could
all detect d Inference in he breed but none OF
MS could detect any si imilariyto Indicate tho
color, He pronounced correctly on all of our
horses, and then turned his attention to our
selves, telling us how We looked lie was so
accurate that We 10 Iked all around Tor q con;
that his parents hal described people 10 him
anu his hllnI sisters aud III " came / detect
differences in tone. and breathing. and 80 on.
tne s,N wsnt mn 10 N" DrsF hInss; S. wne"
dinner time, We begged to stay Tor dinner. |
tell You II was astonishing to see those blind
women getting dinner. sstti ng the table, and
MI That They were a little slow in heir move.
meOls, and had Kind OF gliding me ton keep
ing their feet close 10 tho tiour and evidently
on the lookout for chance ohstfuctions. Tney
edihed and entertaipei while disposing OF it.
They said they, could easily recognize nc-
| Iuaintances by the sound OF their voices, eyen
though they had not me, them for several years
| hy touch. Ii Is the most remarkable iamiIy
ever heard Of ! lave heard OF The acutene-! +!
| 81 the senses Of touch, hearing and smell of
| hiind persons before, but never would have
| beiiesed they could tell the color OF an animal
ii hadn't SO It done:
We heard many other remarkable things
'Sll /, his his Ts Vas ssh!y Il BY hsf
! herself as e. make NJ plant, He could
hlS ard t sny same G nSss "i h s sister b M
! child an from the other. 10y merely touching
! a llnger to he rosy cheek, You can Verify these
,Nagnt nenetn,s oS rres eersnse to any resident Of
' tH.', r.ul. o. any plAge ia tLat sect on ~