Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-03-29

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the War began-JealouSy and Quar-
relS through the influence Of their
Wives ?-Can they erist separately p
Interesting Questions
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Siamese Twins have been lost
from public view for the last few years.
1t was well known Of them that they
had married two sisters, and settled
down near Salisbury, in North Caro-
lima, on well-stocked plantation. In
addition to this, they have ample
funds invested through their agent in
New York city. Through q North
Carolina medical gentleman now with
in our lines, we had the other day an
opportunity Of minute and full parti-
culars in regard to them. Ever since
the war began they have continued to
reside on their plantation, and lived in
the same quiet and hormony as ever
until within two years. OF course no
one ever thought of drafting them, and
their negroes prospered, except that
when out Of temper from any cause,
it was apt to work itself off in striking
the first one that came to hand, from
which the best escape was to keep
out of the way. Tho brothers proba-
bly, never would have had any difficult
ty, but that their wives, though sis
ters, turned away their hearts, and
children wero the cause of this es-
arrangement. Up to the period that
each had FIVE children, all prospered
well enough, but one of them had u
sixth, and this awoke envy and jcal-
ousy to such 4 degree that the two sis
ters, not being bound together like the
twiE brothers, would no longer live
under tho same roof though, wo be-
lieve, still in different houses on the
same plantation. The brothers are
now, it seems, about fifty years Of age
but one, we believe, the smaller and
feebler of the two, looks, it is said,
now full ten years older then the
other. They can turn back to back
or face to face, but it is as far as the
remarkable bond that unites them
permits.
1t is almost certain that should eli
d ther die the other could not survive
even for more then few minutes, as
there is an artery as large as the foe
moral artery that connects them. A
, few years since they corresponded
, with some ofthe leading surgical oper
= ators in London, as to the possibility
, ofthe umbilcus which unites them be
ing out, so that in the case of the death
Of the one, the life of the other might
be saved. At the request of the Lon.
don surgeon they visited that city,
and many experiments were tried to
, determine the safety ofsuch an opera
ton. Among other things, a ligature
was tied firmly for a few minutes
round the connection between them,
: so as to prevent the circulation OF
|, blood through the artery. But it
seemed as if each would expire if this
were longer persisted in. The small
lar of the two tainted away and lost
. all consciousness, and there were
symptoms that the same effect would
follow to the other, but that the pro.
cess could not be continued long
without endangering the life of him
who was first to faint Should the
, smaller and feeblcr die, it might be
worth whilo making tho experiment
= of operation, but the prospects OF
prolonging the life of the other would
be very small. Should, however
the larger and moro bealthyl Of
the twin brothers die, thore would
| seem absolutely no hope of saving tho
feebler of the two. From all this it is
, evident that though the connection
4 between these two brothers is very
remarkable and perfectly unique, ii
is yet not so absolute as has been US
ually supposed.