St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-06-11
HAD A NEW-FoUND SENSE.
Remarkable Experience Of Mar
Who Had Never Seen Until
He Was Thirty.

| II the eyes of one who had never seer
were suddenly opened the world would
be strange sight. We see not only by
means of the physical powers of the
eye, but by experience. A blind mar
whose sight is restored cannot recog.
nize his own wife until he touches bel
face or hears her voice. A man who
had never seen until he was 30 years
| old has sent to the Problem, maya.
zine for the blind, a remarkable account
| of his experience when the bandage was
drawn from his eyes in the hospital, and
he was, as it were, born again into the
world.
What I saw frightened me, 1t was
80 big and made such strange emotions.
I called out in terror and put out my
hand. My fingers touched my nurses
face. I knew she was there, for she
had just taken the bandage from my
eyes, and l knew what I was touching,
but did not know what it was saw.
For mercy's sake, what is it?' l
asked.
"The nurse answered me soothingly
taking my fingers in her hand and NOV
ing them from her mouth to her eyes,
to her nose, chin and forehead.
at is my face that you see. Look!
You know this is my mouth-my chin
and these are my eyes,
"Soon l knew that I was seeing what
was familiar to the touch of my fingers
"a human face But the sensation was
still one of terror. l seemed SO small
beside that expanse of human features
which was so familiar to my fingers,
so unnatural to my new sense.
when the nurse moved away from
my cot | felt new sensation, which
was so agreeable that I laughed aloud.
The nurse came back, but not SO close
as before.
"'What is that?' asked.
"'You are looking at the blanket
which lies across your feet she said.
Blankets must be very beautiful
things said.
1T is red blanket she explained.
'Then l thought knew why people
spoke of the beauty of the red rose.
This was my first knowledge OF colors.
81 saw, and yet did not know that
I saw. How could know at first that
those new and wonderful sensations
meant the birth of sense OF which l
knew nothing except in theory? OF
course was expecting to see, but was
this sight-this tumble of extraordinary
sensations?
"The dazzling light first convinced
me, for had always been able to dis
tinguish beween night and day. But
could not recognize objects with my
new-found sense until had translated
into its speech the language OF the other
senses.
"The one lesson of the blanket was
sufficient to teach me the color, red.
Yellow was different matter. The
nurse brought me cool drink. could
recognize her by sight now. The thing
l saw in her hands I knew to be tray
after had felt of it. Suddenly l felt
q thrill of disgust.
What is that thing on the tray? I
asked. 1t makes me sick
at is lemon. You said you liked
lemonade
"'Then it is yellow 1t is the color
that nauseates me-
ANY object close to me looked ire
mendously large l had often romped
with children, yet when first set eyes
on baby it looked gigantic.
THE first day sat by the window
put my hand out to feel the pavement.
That must be the pavement said.
I'm going to feel of it to make sure
MY goodness laughed the nurse.
The pavement is two stories below
1.-THE first meal ate was an odd ex-
perience When saw that great hand
with a huge fork approaching my
mouth, the inclination to dodge was al
most irresistible"