Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-12
Blind MAN
Who "SEES"
i see. said the blind man.

HOW OIlen we nave uedTu Ine
above spoken in jest And yet it is
a fact that the blind-some of them
do see. They do not see
according to the first definition OF
the word in the dictionary. viz:
ITO perceive by the eye" but other
definitions-'to perceive by mental
vision" to note with the mind
fit their cases exactly
Yerington has a blind man, in the
person of Billy Brooks, who has not
only had his remaining senses alb
normally developed since he lost the
sight of his eyes. but who has de-
veloped a sixth, or substitute sense,
which enables him to count the
trees along the sidewalk as he
walks down the street and to tell
whether yard has or has not a
fence around it, and. if so, whether
it is of wood or of iron.
This substitute sense nearly all
blind have, but few have developed
it to the extent that Billy Brooks
has. He is not able to explain it
thoroughly-he only knows that in
upright objects, and as he walks
along the street. without guidance,
hn calAn1, irt II IN a
the ground. Frequently, however
he has fallen into trap doors or de-
pressions of any kind.
Billy not only makes his way
about town without any particular
trouble. going into different doors
and negotiating safely the different
height sidewalks and lack of side
walks on Yeringtons main street
but. further than that, he rides
| horseback about town and has nj
difficulty in going to any store OIL
| house in town if he is on a horse
| which will keep the road. He will
ride his horse up to the front o
Judson Smiths store, jump off, e
| IN through the door, walk the full
| ength of the store, and sit down tt
the piano in the rear room ant
Hay tune. Billy is good plan
st and vocalist
The writer met Billy Tuesday ant
While Walking with him down thu
street remarked. 1T has turned GU
lice and warm"
Yes, but it has clouded III
. again."
you can distinguish light an,
darkness. then, can your" asked tn
writer.
Not with my eyes-oply fror
he suns heat or absence of it." an
iwered Billy.
Billy frequently skates at tn
rink but goes in the afternoo
when the sun is shining. He start
at the upper end and knows fror
the suns heat through them tha
there ore four windows at the side
When he passes the fourth one h
knows it is time to make the turf
One of Brooks principal divel
iions is playing cards. He has tn
ards marked according to the ne
York point alphabet. The letter
If this alphabet are made from tn
Use of one or more of six dot
placed in horizontal lines-the nun
Der of dots placed In certain pc
sition making the letter. In mari
ing the cards certain letters al
: used for the numbers and the il
itial letter of the suit is marked bt
low-as C for clubs, etc He
also fond of reading, and constant
receives books for the blind frol
the California state library at Sacrf
: mento.
The other day Billy asked an az
quaintance to allow him to use hi
: typewriter. Receiving permission
he sat down and, Immediately o
feeling it, said, "By George! TIL
is the Underwood, isn't it? | use
one of them five years ago." TIL
: Underwood has the universal Ike.
board, the same as the Remington
: (Which Billy uses) and yet he kne
almost instantly that it was an III