The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-12-07
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FROM the Greensboro Patriot.
The Sisanlcse Twins.
SURRY COUNTY, N. G..

FROM the Greensboro Patriot.
! The Siamcsc Twins.
SURRY COUNTY, N. G. ]
Oct, 1852.
Many persons who in days gone
by have taken lively interest in the
welfare of Messrs. Eng and Chang
Bunkcrs, the celebrated Siamese
Twins, may be glad to learn that
those gentlemen are we'll and live at
Mount Airy in this county surround
ed by their wives and children.
Mr.. Eng has six, and Mr.. Chang
FIVE children, all of whom are apt
scholars and remarkably we'll be-
Eavcd.- manifesting the strongest
possible desire to learn their lessons
and to secure the. good will of their
teacher. They all partake strongly
of the most refined Siamese cast Of
countenance, form and manner Of de.
porting themselves-in truth they
are a credit to their parents, and
the community in which they live.
Messrs. Eng. and Chang are alike
remarkable for their industry and
belligerent dispositions. They are
strict and thorough going business
men, and woe to the unfortunate
wight who dares to insult them.
Formerly they resided In Wilkes
county, but in consequence of the
numerous actions for assault and
battery brought against them in the
county they removed Into the adioin.
ing county shortly after which they
were fined fifteen dollars and costs at
Rockford, the county scat, for split
ting board into splinters over the
head of a man who had insulted
them.
AS regards tho supposed sympathy
existing between them, it may stated
that their most intimate acquaintan.
ces deem them 10 be entirely indie
pendent of every thing of the kind,
and give US instances to sustain their
opinion that not long since they at.
tended an auction sale of hogs and
bid agains. each other till they ran
up the prices altogether above the
market rates -also, that on one occa.
sion Mr.. Eng or Chang was taken
i'll and took to his bed where he lay
complaining for somc time, although
his brother scolded him severely all
the while for OBTAINING him in bed
when he ought to have been attend.
ing to the business of their plantation.
On another occasion, as they were
passing up the road, gentleman en-.
quired Of them where they were 20.
ing,-whereupon Mr.. Chang replied,
i am going over the Blue Ridge in
the STAGE and at the same instant
looking over his shoulder, replied,
with an arch smile, i am going back
home to look after our wives and
children When questioned about
their mother some time since by an
acquaintance, they stated that they
had formerly received letters from
her, but latterly they heard no
tidings of her and even if they were
to receive letters from her written in
the Siamese language, they would
not be able to read them, as they had
forgotten their mother tongue.
They are excellent hands to carry
up corner Of log house exceed
ing all their neighbors in cutting sad.
dies and notches in corner logs-both
Of them welding the axe with a pow.
er 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 horse or chastising
their negroes, both Of them uso the
lash without mercy.
a gentleman who purchased a
black man short time ago from
them, informed the writer that he
was the worst whipped negro he
ever saw.'-.-They are invetcrate
smokers and chewers of tobacco
each chewing his own qnid and smok
ing his own pipc--it has been remark