Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
HAD A NEW-FoUND SENSE.
Remarkable Experience of a Man Who Had Never Seen Until
 He Was Thirty.

If the eyes of one who had never seen 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 man whose sight is restored cannot recog- nize his own wife until he touches her face or hears her voice. A man who had never seen until he was 30 years old has sent to the Problem, maga- 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 saw frightened me, it was so big and made such strange emotions } called out in terror and s,St 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 I knew what was touching, but did not know what it was saw.
 !" For mercy's sake what Is it?' 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.
 It Is my face that you see. Look! You know this is my mouth-my chin and these are my eyes.
 Soon I knew that was seeing what was familiar to the touch of my fingers
 "a human face. But the sensation was still one of terror I 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 a new sensation, which was so agreeable that laughed aloud. The nurse came back, but not so close as before.
 "'What Is that?' asked i You are looking at the blanket which lies across your feet she said.
 Blankets must be very beautiful things said
 < :" Tt is a red blanket she explained. taThen thought knew why people spoke of the beauty of the red rose. This was my first knowledge Of colors.
 T saw. and yet did not know that saw. How could know at first that those new and wonderful sensations meant the birth of sense of which 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 ltinguish beween night and day. But could not recognize objects with my new-found sense until had translated into it's speech the language of the other senses.
 "The one lesson of the blanket was sufficient to teach me the color, red. Yellow was a different matter. The nurse brought me cool drink could recognize her by sight now. The thing | saw in her hands knew to be tray after ' had felt of it. Suddenly felt "a thrill of disgust.
 r What is that thing on the tray7, asked. Tt makes me sick
 "Tt Is lemon. You said you liked lemonade.'
 "'Then 1t is yellow. It is the color that naugeates me
 Any object close to me looked tre- mendously large. had often romped with children, yet when I first set eyes on baby it looked gigantic.
 "The first day sat by the window put my hand out to feel the pavement.
 't That must be the pavement said. sIlm going to feel of 1t to make sure.
 "sMy goodness!' laughed the nurse. "The pavement is two stories below
 ssrThe first meal ate was an. odd ex- perience When saw that great hand with huge fork approaching my mouth. the inclination to dodge was al- most irresistible"