Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
NO. 81
FAMOUS BLIND MEN.
Vidal. the sculptor. Chaplain Miibarn an
Inventor Herreshoff.


Inventor Herreshoa.
Vidal. the blind sculptor, is one OF tts
wonders Of the French capital. lie hss
been blind since his twenty-frst year.
We can quite easily understand how
blind farmer would cultivate the ground
with the pillow. spade and hoe. How he
would feel around the tender plants and
gently loosen the dirt from their rootA
Oh how the blind birmingham lAlal
miner tells, with the sense of touch
alone, the direction and 10 what dept1
10 drill his holes before putting In n
blast, but the work OF Vidal stands out
in bold relief, unique, wonderful and
incompatible. To be n sculptor IL Ia
generally supposed that one must have
the mechanics eye" and the artists
taste and pcrspicuity. The latter facuf
ties Vidal has 20 an exceptional degree
even more acute, he believes, than II
the former we're not lost 10 him forever.
by slowly passing his hands over an OBJ
ject he notes it's external proportions,
and initiates them in clay In manner
which strikes the beholder dumb with
surprise, A dog, horse, human face or
any thing alive or dead, he models with
a. nANfH tt~t ~ vi Atf1 0DNFhS w
Partisan sculptors who still retain ths
faculty of sight.
From ls55 10 1875 Vidal received more
medals than any other exhibitor OF
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 in
friendly rivalry with his less unfortu-
nate brother artists. He never COM
plains, is always genial and festive
when among his friends, who always
speak Of and 20 him as though he could
see. and well may they do so, for he Ia
one Of the best art critics in all Paris.
Rev. W. II. Milburn, known through
out the civilized world as 1.-THE blind
preacher" and who Is actively in the
field at the present time, Is one of the
most remarkable men OF the age. He
was born in Philadelphia in 1928. He
totally lost the sight OF one eye when
quite young, the other becoming rapid
~ impaired from sympathy, 80 much 80
that it soon darkened forever. With
spirit undaunted he studied and was
ordained as minister at the age Of
twenty, and. IL IL claimed, travelled over
two hundred thousand miles filling APP
pointments in the Southern States.
Within the last thirty years he has
preached In nearly every State in the
Union and some European countries.
lie has been chaplain OF the House OF
Representatives at Washington, besides
filling many other important positions
As writer he Is known as the author ol
'Ten Years Of Preachers Life,
"Rifie, Axe and Saddlebags" and ''Pio.
neer Preachers of the Mississippi Val
ley"
Mr.. IIerreshoff, the blind president OF
the Herreshoh Manufacturing Company
OF Bristol. X. l., seems as much out o
his element in his present capacity Al
the blind sculptor. Aside from Edison
y the Government has recognized him a
being one of the greatest inventors o
the times. Many of the torpedo-boati
and steam launches now used by thi
and all the civilized governments on th'
globe, are the inventions of this sight
y less genius. His steam launches hav
;. made the highest speed with but feS
d exceptions, and his torpedo-boats ar
/; ranked among the most efficient in use
K He works on his models In the quiet O
y the night shut up in the darkness of hi
a room. but this Is all the same 10 Herre
i shoif the brightest midday would b
i o. him as black a. the darkest midnight
i st. Louis Republic.