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Show Ueimrkable Faculty of a Mute. Little more than three years ago a man named Axel Amuuson came to Ephraim from the old country bringing a deaf and dumb son with him, who had euoyeJ the advantage advant-age of a good school for such unfortunates un-fortunates in the old country. He attended this chooI until he was able to talk in tho unemphatic in-flectiouless in-flectiouless way of thosw Who acquire ac-quire the kuowleiTgo of articulation through the medium of other faculties facul-ties besides the cars. His father has recently been making application to have his son admitted to the deaf mute school at Salt Lake, and the application has been approved, ap-proved, and the boy is In attendance. at-tendance. The singular part nf this Is that duringthe three years of his residence In Ephraim, lie "picked up," as hii father expressed it, the Lnglbh. If asked a question when strangera were present, he Would enquire whether tho answer should be given in Swedish or English,and never make a mistake by mixing the words of the two languages or sub-diluting sub-diluting one for the other. How, without tho power to hear, an J without instruction, he has been able to "pick up" a part of a language lan-guage Is a marvel. Vtonian. |