The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-04-13

Frsn III. Philsdsiphis Lsasss
The Siamess Twins@-@Their Life
Since the War Began.-Jealousy
and Quarrels through the InAul
enoc Of their Wives.
The Siamese Twins have been
! 1T from public view for toe last
{ " years. 1t was we'll known Of
them that they had married two
listers, and settled down near Sal.
Isnury, in North Carolina, on q
we'll stocked plantation. In adj
,ion to this, they have ample funds
invested, through their agent, in
New York. Through q North Car.
olina medical gentleman now W III.
in our lines, we had the other day
an opportunity OF minute and full
particulars in regard to them. Ev.
or since the war began, they have
contirned to reside on their plan.
tation, and lived in the came quiet
and harmony ss ever until within
two years. OF course no one over
thought OF drafting them; aud their
negroes proposed, except that
when ont OF tempcr from auy
cause, it was apt to work itself OF
in striking the first one that came
to hand, from which the best es-
cape was to keep out Of the way.
Tue brothers probably never
would have had any difficulty, but
tnat their wives, though sisters
turning away their hearts. and
children were the cause oil this Is
rangement: Up to the period
tnat each had five children, all
proposed well enough, but ono OF
them had " sixth, anu this Rwoke
vnvy and Jealousy to such a do.
gree, that the two sisters, not be-
m; bound together like the twin
brothers, would no longer live un-
lcr tho same roof, on the same
plantation The brothers are now,
It seems, about fifty years OF age,
but one, We believe, the smaller
aud teebler ofthu two, looks, it is
said, now fully ten years older than
the other. They can turn back TO
buck, or lace to fac,, but that 10 as
ar as the remarkable band that
antics them permits. IL is almost
certain chat should either die the
other could not survive even for
lure than n few minutes, "a there
s an artery as large as there the
lGmoral artery that connects them.
y few yea since they cores.
,lond,d with some OF the lead n {
surgical operators in London. ~ TO
tho possibility Of tho umbiiicus
which unites them being cut, 90
II It i'll Case of the death VI Que, the
ie OF the other might be saveJ.-
At the request OF the London SURF
geons, they visited tnat city, aud
many experiments were tried ~
determine the safety cl such AN op.
erutlun. Among other things, n
hgature was tied firmly Tor u icw
! n.inutrs round round the connec
uon between them, 80 as 10
prev, nj the, circulation Ot blood
through tho artery. But it seens
as il each would cxpir, it rhis were
longer presst, d in, The mi est
vi Ihe two Al It'd away, and lost
D AL Consciousness, and there were
/, SYMPTOM taat tho same effect
would iUlluw To the other, but bar
tho process could not be continued
long enough, without eudangering
/ the liio OF hun who was the tirs,
|. to iaint. Should the smaller aud
icebler die, it might be worth while
|, making the experiment OF operat
/ ing, but the prospects ofprolonging
, tho life of the other would be very
small. Should, however, the lar.
ger apd more healthy Of the twin
brother die, there would seem alb.
solutely no hope OF saving the ieeb
Ter OF the two. From all this, it ID
evident that though the connection
between these two brothers wat
very remarkable and perfectly uni
y que, il IL yet not 80 absolute as has