Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-08-12

had won the girls affections; and
from that day forth, he had to bear
with the agony of being witness to
all their dainty billing and cooing.
But, with magnsnimity that did
him infinite credit, he succumbed to
his fate, and gave countenance and
encouragement to state of things
that bade him fair to sunder his gen
erous heart strings. He sat from
seven every evening until two in the
morning listening to the fond fool
ishness of tire two lovers, and to
the concussion of hundreds ofsquan
dered kisses-for the privilege of
sharing only one he would have
given his right hand. But he sat
patiently, and waited, and gaped,
and yawned, and stretched, and
longed for two o'clock and come
And he took long walks with the
lovers on moonlight evenings
sometimes traversing ten miles,
Notwithstanding he was usually suf-
fering from rheumatism. He is an
inveterate smoker; but he could not
smoke on these occasions, because
the young lady was painfully sensi
tive to the smell of tobacco. Eng
cordially wanted them married, and
done with it; but, although Chang
often asked the momentous ques
ton, the young lady could not
gather sufficient courage to answer
it while Eng was by. However, on
one occasian, after having walked
some sixteen miles, and sat up till
nearly daylight, Eng dropped asleep,
from sheer exhaustion, and then the
question was asked and answered
The lovers were married All ac-
quainted with the circumstances ap-
plauded the noble brother in law.
His uEwavering faithfulness was the
theme Of every tongue. He had staid
by them, all through their long and
arduous courtship; and when at
last they were married, he lifted his
hands above tlleir heads, and said
with impressive unttion, "Bless ye
my children, I will never desert
YEP and he kept his word. Magma
nitnity like this is all too rare in
this cold world
By-and bye Eng fell in love with
his sister-in laws sister, and married
her, and since that day they have
all lived together, night and day, in
an exceeding sociability which is
touching and beautiful to behold,
and is a scathjng rebuke to our
boasted civilization.
The sympathy existing between
these two brothers is so close and
SO refined that the feelings, the
impulses, the emotions OF the one
are instantly experienced by the
other. When one is sick. the other
is sick; when one feels pain, the
other feels it; when one is angered.
the others temper takes fire. We
have already seen with what happy
facility they both fell in love with
the same girl Now, Chang is bit
terlv opposed to all forms Of intem
perance, on principle; but Eng is
the reverse-for, while these men S
feeling and emotions are so closely
welded, theil reasoning faculties
are untettered; their thoughts are
free. Chang belongs to the Good
femplars. and is a hard working
and enthusiastic supporter of all
temperance reforms. But, to his
bitter distress, every now and then
Eng gets drunk, and, of course that
l3akes Chang drunk too. This
unfortunate thing has been a great
sorrow to Chang, for it almost des
troys his usefulness in his favorite
field Of effort. AS sure as he is to
head great temperance procession
Eng ranges up along side of him
prompt to the minute and drunk as
lors: but yet no more dismally
, and hopelessly drunk than his
, brother who has not tasted a drop
!; And SO the two begin to hoot and
yell, and throw mud and bricks al
the Good Templars and, Of course
they break up the procession. I
! would be manifestly wrong to pun
) lsh Chang for what Eng does, and
therefore, the Good I 1emplars accep
) the untoward situation, and suffer
in silence and sorrow. They have
officially and deliberately examined
into the matter, and find Chang
; blameless. They have taken the
two brothers and filed Chang full o
/ warm water ard sugar and Eng full
; Of whiskey, and in twenty-five min
utes it was not possible to tell which
was the drunkest. Both were a.
: drunk as loons-and on hot whiskey
I punches, by the smell of thei
l breath. Yet all the while Chang.
moral principles were unsullied, hi:
5 conscience clear; and so all jus
: men were forced co confess that hi
, was not morally, but only physi
: cally drunk. By every right and b,
] every moral evidence the man wa
l strictly sober; and, therefore,
: caused his friends all the NOR
anguish to see him shake hands will
{, the pump and try to wind his walcl
2 with his night-key.
There is a moral in these solemn
warnings-or, at least, a warning il
3 these solemn morals; one or tn
; other. No matter, it is somehow
+ Let us heed it; let us profit by il
e [ could say more of an instruc
] tive nature about these interesting
beings, but let what 1 have write
S suffice.
Having forgotten to mention
d sooner, will remark, in conclusion
b that the ages of the Siamese Twin