Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-12-08
THE SIAMESE TWINS.

Ely anu NnatiS DuHkers, tnc ccicoiaeeu cisui-
csc twins may be glad to learn that those gen.
tleman are well and live at Mount Airy in N.
Carolina surrounded by their wives and chill
dren,
Mr. Eng has six, and Mr. Chang five children,
all of whom are apt scholars and remarkably
we'll behaved--manifesting the strongest posi-
bic desire to learn their lessons and to secure
the good will of their teacher. They all par
take strongly of the most refined Siamese cast
of countenance, form and manner Of deporting
themselves--in truth they are a credit to their
parents and the community in which they live.
Formerly they lived in Wilkes county, but in
consequence of the numerous actions for as
sault and battery brought against them in the
county they removed into the adjoining coun-
ty, shortly after which they were fined fifteen
dollars and costs at Rockford, the county seat,
for splitting board into splinters over the
head of a man who had nsuted them.
AS regards the supposed sympathy existing
between them, it may be stated that their most
intimate acquantances deem them to be entire
ly independent of every thing Of the kind, and
give us instances to sustain their opinion, that
not long since they attended an auction sale of
hogs and bid against each other Till they ran up
the prices altogether above the market rates
also, that on one occasion Mr.. Eng or Chang
was taken i'll and took to his bed where he lay
complaining for some time, although his broth
er scoded him severely all the while for detain-
ing him in bed when he ought to have been at
tending to the business on the plantation.
On another occasion, us they were passing
up the road, gentleman enquired of them
where they were going,--whereupo Mr.. Chang
replied 81 am going over the Blue Ridge in
the stage" and at the same time Mr. Eng, look
ing over his shoulder, replied, with an arch smile
/" / am going home to look after our wives and
children" When questioned about their moth
er some time since by an acquaintance they sta
ted that they had formerly received letters from
her, but atterly they had heard no tdings of
her and even if they were to receive letters
from her written in the Samese language, they
would not be able to read them, as they had for
gotten their mother tongue
They are excellent hands to carry up cor
ner of log house--exceedng all their neigh
bors in cutting saddles and notches in corner
logs--both of them welding the axe with a
power and dexterity superior to any of the most
expert woodcutters in this wooden county,
When they chop or fight, they do so double
handed, and, in driving a horse or chostlsing
their negroes, both of them use the lash with
out mercy.
A gentleman who purchased black man a
short time ago from them, informed the writer
that he was really the worst whipped negro
he ever saw" They are inveterate smokers and
chewers of tobacco--each chewing his own quid
and smoking his own pipe, 1T has been remarked,
however, in support of the sympathy supposed
to prevail throughout their systems, that, as a
general rule, when one takes fresh quid the
other does the same, notwithstanding they do
not always expectorate the same quantity of
saliva or spit at the same instant 1t is also
generally admitted that there is marked differ
ence in the systems and temperaments of the
gentlemen, and still they almost invariably draw
the same inference from topics submitted to
their consideration, and arrive at similar con-
illusions. Mr. Eng not unfrequently gives Sc
rious offence to Mr.. Chang, by testing him about
his having one more child than he has, whereby
he claims to be the better man of the two
When shooting, "a sport of which they are very
fond) one sights or takes aim, and the other Git
is said) pulls the trigger-now if this is true it
would go far to prove the doctrine of supposed
sympathy existing between the brothers, but it
is questioned by most of their neighbors.
They readily admit and acknowledge them
selves TO entertain strong Christian faith or
belief, and are regular attendant at Church and
their religious meetings, where they deport them
selves as becomes good citizens of the land of
their adoption, They are strong politicians, and
take lively interest in all the elections that
occur in their district. AS the writer was in
formed by lady Of Mount Airy, "they are
mighty stay at home people"-rarely ever GO
ing from home unless called away by business.
A LONG LINE OF RAnRoAD.-The report of
John Brough, Esq, upon the great Railroad en-
terprise in which he is engaged, shows that at
this time there only needs the completion of
ITO miles, between Terre Haute and st. Louis,
to connect the Eastern cities with st. Louis
thus making a connected line of railroad of l.
200 miles between ST. Louis and New York by
the Central, and / ,O39 by the Erie road Add
to this that about 200 miles of the Pacific road
westward is now under contract, with grant of
100000 acres of land by the Government, and
it presents the longest and most direct connec-
ted railroad line in the world.
A LARGE AND SMALL WHEEL.-We expect
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