Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-17

VI. Geoafcy 81. EBHldES EfcsTBtSN 70
the Academy Of Sciences of PARIS, e.
the 18th May, 1923. a drawing Of al
monster, which wss4iviug at Turin in
the beginning Of last May, aud wss
two msnihs and q bali old. This
drawing, and the news Of the event,
were communicated to him by ProfcS !
sor RoIando, and II Jules Arthaul, a
French physician. The individual re |
presested is a girl with two beads
The lower parts alons are common TO
the Two individuals: the rest is separR
ted and presents conformation common
to the norma! state The priest, see
ing in this creature two distinct indivi
duals baptized each Of them separately
one received the name of Rita, the
other that of Christina. They we're
born at Sassari in Sardina, in the be~|
ginning of March. Their common
size is that ola child at the full term.
Rita appeared 10 be suffering. The
father has the intention of carrying
them to Malsn, whence he is 10 go to
Geneva. There have been examples
OF such monsters living to q pretty adj
vanced age.
10 the reign Of james vi of Scot
Iaad, and at his court there lived a man
who was double fron his navel up
wards. The king had him carefully
bronght up He made rapid progress
IN music. The two heads acquired Sc.
veral languages: they disputed together;
and the Two upper halves sometimes
even beat each other. In general,
hewever they lived on good terms.
When the lower part Of The body was
tickled or pricked, the two individuals
felt at the same time. When on the
contrsry, one Of the upper individuals
was ,rrilated, il alone experienced the
effects. This monster lived to the age
OF twenty eight One Of the bodies
died several days before the other.
Rerum .Scsf. Haat atct G Buchanan,
In 1928. Nj Martinez observed. At
Madrid, a bicephaloas man, who was
shcw here for money. Sigebert also
says that he saw a child double above
and single below The ooe ste the
other did not. They often fought 10
gethcr. One of them dying, the other
scarcely survivsd four hours,
As q proof of the s,agnation Of trade
IN New York. the Courier cites the
fact that there is now less doing there
IN the ship yards than there has been
Tor twenty years past. There are on
ly foor vessels OF any magnitude al
present on the stocks, the Isrgest OF
which is not ever two hundred and IF
ty tens.
Cancer Doctor "A very respecta
BILE ma from New Canaan. Conn 4,
appeared yesterday nj the Police Office
10 make hi affidavi; to an agreement
between himself and a Cancer Doctor
in this City by which he promised TO
pay the Doctor fifty dollars, on condi
ton that he should cure his wife Of a
Cancer,-otherwise nothing In pur
uance of the agreement, he paid him
S25, on the positive assurance Of the
Doctor that there wonld be no difficult
ty in affecting a complete curc. His
wife. however, died under the Doctors
treatment, and the deporent bad TIC
doubt, from the optimism of two respec
table physicians, that there were des
perate remedies made use Of This
object was to compel the Doctor to re
fund .hs twenty five dollars His af
Rdavis to lhe agreement was taken.
N.YPap
Secret Of Being Horry.-Let ev-
cry n who is inclined 4, 0 think that
this is a miserable wcrld, and there
fore draws bis head into his shell. and
sleeps away bis time, 10 a gloomy,
misanihropical state, wake up from his
dreams Of indebtedness, and resolve.
that for The space Of one fortnight. he
will do all in his power, BY his words,
looks, and actions, to make all around
him happy. -
an American Turk-Tbe ct
John IN. b Courier says that this
imposlor is still in e~xistance. lie had
bsen e~ndeavorirg to practice his de
ception on the people of Wcstfeld,
Kings county. A paper was offer
ed him containing a description of his
person, when he appeared to be much