Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-06
The sfamese---6Ome Particulars I'm
Regard 10 Them.

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The Siamese Twins have been lost
from the public view for The past few |
years. Ii was we'll knoMn to them that |
they had married two sisters and settled |
down near Salisbury, North Carolina,
On a welLstocked plantation j In add
ton TO this, they have ample funds invest
ed through their agent in New York
Through North Carolina medical gem
tleman now within our lines, we bad an
opportunity the other day of gaining
minute aud full particulars in regard to
them. Ever since the war began they
have continued 10 reside on their planta-
: ton, and lived in the same qniet and
harmony as ever, until within two
years OF course no one ever thought
OF drafting them, and their negroes pros.
pered EXCEPTION when out of temper for
any cause, il was apt to work itself off
in striking the first one that came TO
hand, which the best escape was TO keep
!, out of the way, The brothers probably
never would have had any difficulty, but
that their wives, though sisters, turned
away their hearts, and children we're the
cause of this arrangement.
Up to the period that each had five
fphildren all prospered well enough, but
one Of them bad sixth, and this awokea
aeavy and jealousy to such a.degree that
The twin sisters, not being bound togeth-
Ter like the twin brothers, would no
longer live under the same roof, though
we believe, still in different houses on
the same plantation, The brothers are
NOW, II seems, about fifty years of age,
but one we believe, the smaller and fee
bier OF the two. looks, it is said, now full
lF- ten years older team the other. They
turn either back to back or face TO face,
but thht is as far as the remarkable bond
that unites them permits. IL is almost
certain that should either die the other
could not survive more than few min
utes, az there 10 an arter as large as the
fnmoral artery that connects them.
A. few years since they correspondent
with some Of the leading surgical opera
ton in London, as to the possibility of
the umbilicus which unites them being
cut so that in case OF the death Of one,
the life of the other might be saved. At
the request OF the London surgeon, they
visited that city, and many experiments
werestrisd TO determine the safety Of such
an operation. Among other things a
ligatnre was tied firmly for few min
ntes around the connection between
them, so asto prevent the circulation
of blood through the artery But il
seemed as If each would expire II this
were persisted ia
The smaller of the two tainted away
land lost all consciousness, and there were
symptoms that the same effect would
follow 10 the other, but the process could
not be continued long enough without en-
iangering tbs ifle OF him who wasthe Rrs
to faint Should hesnaller and feeblei
die, il might be worth while making The
experiment % operating, but the pros
poets Of prolonging the life of the eeher
would be very small. Should, however
the larger and more healthy of the twin
brothers die, there would seem absolute
" no hope Of saving the feebler one o
che two. 5 IH3
From all this il il evident that though
the connection between these two broth
ers Is very remarkable and perfectly un
ique, il ia yet not SO absolutely as hal
been usually supposed In the Ameri
can Cyclopedia, for instance, IL is said
that there respiration and circulation
are generally synchonus in the calm
sia,e, and their hours of sleeping anC
waking, their Joys and sorrows, angel
and pain, ideas and desires are the same
They realize the idea of perfect friend
ship, the two5being one, and each on
tive in thought and act As TO idea be
ingthe same, this Is by no means mor'
necessarily eo.then their similar education
and habits would occasion. Each on,
can hold conversation with differen
person at the same time. One does no
necessarily know, therefore, what ma,
be communicatedlto the other, although
their feelings and passions are general
ly similar, owing 10 the same causes op
Grating upon both Even this is not nee
essarily the Gaze, especially, we suppose
ss 10 the degrees of feeling. Since TIL
breaking out of the rebellion, they hav'
both dressed in the Confederate gray
and they are both members Of the sam,
ehurch, having united with q small Bap
tist church in their neighborhood, o
which they have been considered YER
worthy members, though born Siamese
Phfludnl,a Air Tedos,