The Republican journal., 1869-06-24
THE DOUBLE NEGRO GIRL.

L ne SlameSc TWINS are falrlV ecllpScd by
q new novelty that has been introduced to
the public. This immense curiosity attended
the great Jubilee at Boston, or rather was u
side attraction to that great event, and is thus
described by the Boston Post
CHRISTINE MILE.
If the crowds that hustled and trod on toes,
and punched ribe and smashed bonnets, and
distorted crinoline and rent silk to catch
glimpse of President Grant over the heads of
those tall people who somehow always get in
the front row and perch on the curbstone, had
known the ''most remarkable human being
ever born to livc'' was quietly displaying her
self Il few steps distant, perhaps they would
have taken their homage where il was due
and made a view of the lesser celebrity more
comfortable. This most remarkable human
being. as above quoted from the handbill, is
Miss Christine Millie a young lady Of African
color and lineament who holds levees at the
Meionaon. We say she, for brevity for there
are two Of her in most respects-two heads,
necks, busts, two pairs of arms, shoulders and
legs, and but one waist. As the exhibitor
says in the brief address which he delivers
thrice hourly, you may call her she or they,
but he has always called her the wonderful
two-headed girl, and thinks he shall always
do so. Miss Christine NIllie is evidently of
pure negro blood, her skin black, her lips full
and protruding, her noses broad and her fore
heads low. Yet there is an intelligent cast to
her countenance which would have led to her
classification as a smart nigger' on the auction
block Of her North Carolina home ten years
ago. Indeed, it is said that in the palmy days
Of her childhood and slavery, $4,000 was
her price but this was her valuation as a rare
specimen of defornity, rather than her in
trnsic worth She is of short stature, one Of
her being somewhat shorter than the other,
though the difference is hardly noticeable.
Her arms are long. as also are her hands, the
fingers possessing that slender formation and
those 1.-the movements which seem to indicate
an aptitude for manipulating currency. Her
hair is glossy, suggestively so, and though
comparatively straight where it escapes from
the gorgeous coronets of black velvet and
Jewels which encircle her heads, falls about
her shoulders in close ringlets. Which head
answers to Christine and which TO Millin is
not ascertainable, although there is a differ
ence in the faces One is bright, laughing,
and always wearing q pleasant expression ;
the other settles, when at rest into a look of
morosc or sullen discomfort. The happy face
sells her photographs, the other dispenses
biographies. Both sets Of nimble fingers take
the money, and the long arms make change
foreach other acrosst the common waist, Miles
sue giving CnflSTlneS s nFe HalI-Qll1lcS 1Or II
scrip quarter, and Christine half returning the
five without grumbling the next minute.
Christine Miles two selves are joined to-
gether at the lower part Of the spine, back to
back, one set Of organs supplying the lower
part Of the body, upon which two perfect
chest organizations rest. They chat, lively
enough, with two different persons at one
time; they evidently think of different mat
ters, and only in STOPPING, sitting down or
walking, when one proceeds backwards or
sideways, does their uncomfortable unity ap
pear They sing Duet, the lively head tax
ing the soprano, and the othera very tolerable
alto; and they sing very nicely to those who
are not disposed to criticisc. They certainly
have the rich sympathetic negro voice, and
with it the deficiencies Of the same. As the
lecturer above referred to remarks, thereisn
humbug about this girl. She has certainly
got double supply of those external organs
which go to make up the colored girl of
the period and is as certainly joined together
w. most substantial manner near the point
where the Grecian bend begins IN better favor
ed females. This girl is but II years old
though as there are two Of her she might be
called 81. without violating figures, and is Il
curiity which seems as attractive as it is rare,