. Blind Deaf . She had learned the manualalphabet in an imperfect way, but got it correctlyand learned the Moon print in three lessons givenher by Mr. J. W. Moore, one of the visiting teach-ers of the Moon Book Society, of Philadelphia. Sheis now in the Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf,Doylestown, Pa. Nellie C. Small, Farmington, N. H.— Fortyyears old. Lost hearing at twenty-two and sightat thirty-three, having only one-tenth vision in oneeye and one-fourteenth in the other. Has learnedthe manual alphabet and American Braille. William Sprague, Gallaudet Home for the Deaf,Wappingers Falls, N. Y.—
. Blind Deaf . She had learned the manualalphabet in an imperfect way, but got it correctlyand learned the Moon print in three lessons givenher by Mr. J. W. Moore, one of the visiting teach-ers of the Moon Book Society, of Philadelphia. Sheis now in the Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf,Doylestown, Pa. Nellie C. Small, Farmington, N. H.— Fortyyears old. Lost hearing at twenty-two and sightat thirty-three, having only one-tenth vision in oneeye and one-fourteenth in the other. Has learnedthe manual alphabet and American Braille. William Sprague, Gallaudet Home for the Deaf,Wappingers Falls, N. Y.— Educated at the NewYork Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf andDumb, Washington Heights. Graduated with sight;has since lost it. Henry G. Stephens, Stratford, Conn.— Born inNew York February, 1837. Lost hearing at twenty-seven and sight at forty-nine. After losing hear-ing he used the manual alphabet for communica-tion, and since the loss of sight has used the glovealphabet. Reads Line letter. 30. MADELINE WALLACE. Mary Elizabeth Stetler, Pottstown, Pa.— TheBorn, 1852 ; admitted to School for the Deaf, Phil- Blind-Deafadelphia, 1863 ; left 1869, with sig-ht; lost sight1880. Has one brother and one sister deaf andblind, and one sister deaf. Parents heard andsaw perfectly. Has learned to read Braille andMoon types. Now in Home for Aged and InfirmDeaf, Doylestown, Pa. [John H. and Sarah Stetler, brother and sister, arenow blind as well as deaf. Mary, Sarah and RosaStetler are now in the Home for Aged and InfirmDeaf, Doylestown, Pa., and John H. is in the poor-house of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.] Dr. William Terry, Ansonia, Conn.— Now sev-enty-eight years old. Hearing was never acute,and slowly diminished up to reaching about eight years, both sight and hearingfailed entirely. Converses by the glove alphabet,and reads Moon, New York Point and AmericanBraille. A very intelligent, educated gentleman. Sallie Thornton.— Born 1868. Lost sig-ht an
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