The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-08-31

9eenes Beheid n Childhood snd edth
Recalled btti Events ~ nfies r.ffs

TT MI|IMs
Dreaming i|Ee happy hours amay,
Is the refrain q once popular song.
There are few people, nevertheless,
who do. not profess 10, prefer tie
pleasures Of the waking hours to those
Of sluinber. however bright may. be
their visions. But ~ 9fhe bird vim
have in other days looked oui upon
the beauties of MIXTURE and nietfheiI
fellows IN the fullness Of sight the hap
piest hours are these which bring "a
4 them the oblivion Of sleep and the
sweet consolation Of drealnland. SUI
pes1nfendent Hall. III the Working
:. Home fer Blind Men ii West piaila-
delpliia: mid In d conversation upon
tins subject 4. haNeno greater pleas
uEe n life now tiiat ! have icst 1ns
sigilt, fblan 81 dreaming. f0i Hill aid
! flleil oiily eat0h Gimp u le skorId
al,olst llle aln no longer 5iind The
\ scales fall from lny es1es and see iiilke
! Other lnrfl spc aa did iii yeA4A gone
III eefofe thc feiialle fiiiicfiol aalt iii
me and shut out lie Light IF day. I
newer dtpan that / am bind Iii
ireanflauti- never seem To have been
blsnd I am at the Home Is be
sure. bun instead II having only my
fingers and my ears to guide me can
see tle inmates, and what Is stranger
yet, although IN reality | have never
seen one ot them, III my dreams they
all aPpe5F familiar 70 me BY sight and
not 81 their voices.
This curious experience of Mr.. Hall
seems % be that Of all persons who
have become blind afterthe early years
of life have passed. The blind who
have been 50 afflicted from birth never
dtegn Of seeing anything. The I'M
pfeSsions ~ their dreams are regulated
b them Impressions made and ideas
obtained By the sense>of touch. of
hearing, VI taste and sH<al.A One Of
thc most Intelligent inmates 81 the
West Philadelphia & Home who came
Elnt9 the world blind, says that although
! he ha@read much ,he never dreams of HE
things he has read about, and never
dreams OF amy thing ol. person with
which lie has not iii some way come iii
personal contact Hedreams OF music.
q tie voices Of persons he knows.
81 sneh incidents as might happen at
the Home. on some place IN which
he has actually been, but never Of IN
cidents ia other places or in. other
lands OF landscape, 4 picture. a
tree ora human being Ire never dieams.
Even although lie had read elescrip-
lonS Of localities, ut natural beauties,
81 tle appearance of street ora city
no idea of what they look like Is form
ed il his mind, and comes to him in
the fancies of his Sleep
4 blind man has been known to
dream Of ghost. and he thus tells the
story heard voice at the door.
and | said Bless me, If that amt
John, and took him by the sleeve j;
| il was his shirt-sIeeve felt, and was
afraid of him. Then ] dreamed thar
he continued to flighten me. as / knew
that he was dead | thought that
was being pushed by his ghost Then
IA woke up, and felt no more Our
Blind friend III the Home often dreams
Of being ont on the street or the seem
cry in the country. but he felt the open
air Of the country and recognized the
street because he was dreaming of one,
along which he had frequently walked.
Curious and full of interest as are
the dreams Of the blind of every con
dition, there is a PASS Of blind people
whose sleeping impressions are of spe-
cial interest-that class of unfortunate
people who become Blind when quite
syoung, at period when external OBJ
ieets. and the outward world generally.
had just begun to make an impression
upon them. Such blind people some
times, but not always. dream that they
can see; but in their vision they see
things with the eyes Of childhood and
they never dream Of any scene or OBJ
jet except those which Ikea dim rec
olleetion have remained IN the memory
from what they actually saw before
/ they became blind. A blind man who
was stricken at the age offiye years
altd never visited the country dreams
1of seeing city streets, city houses or
1 city parks, but never Of country seen
cry, 81 a railroad. o. d river and 50
lylee-Yersa. As often as not this class
/ u blind persons dream as if they had
I never been blind af all. and at other
times as ii all memory Of blindness had
IpaSsea from them. Boston GloJe.
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