The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-12

tate, and gave counteaance ana en-
couragementito to state of things that
bade fair to sunder his generous heart
strings He sat from tseYeno every
evening until two in the morning. lis
tening to the fond, foolishness of the
two lovers, and to the coneussion Of
hundreds of sauandered kissesT77for
the privilege of sharing only one Of
which he weuld have given his right
hand. But he sat patiently, and wait
ed and gapeds and yawned, and
stretched, and longed for two O'Clock
to come. And he took long walks
with the lovers on moonlight evenings
sometimes traversing ten miles, mot
withstanding, he,iwas, usually suffering
from rheumatism. He is an. inyeterr
ate smoker; butFhe could not smoke
on these occasions as the young lady
was painfully sensitive 3 to the smell
of tohaceeoIg Eng cordially wanted
them married, and dene with it; but
although Chang often asked the mo-
notenQAss question, the young lady
could not gather sufficient courage to-
answer it while Eng was. by.ld How
ever, on one occasion, after having
walked some sixteen. miles, and sat
uphill nearly9daylight, Eng dropped
asleep, from sheer exhaustion, and
then the question was asked and an
swered.ee The lovers were married,
all acquainted with the circumstances
applapded the noble brether-in-laWs
His unWaVering ,faithfnlness was the
theme of every tongue. He 1staid by
them all through their long and az
duous courtship:9 and when at last
they were married, he lifted his hands
above their heads, and said with inn
pIessive junction., ii e Bless. ye, my ehii-
dren, will never desert ye!" aud he:
kept his word. .Magnanimity like
this is all too rare in this cold world.
ii By-andzbge Eng fell in love with
his sister=;n-lawis sister, and married
herr and since that day they have all
lived together, night and day. in an
exceeding sociabilityawhichi is touch
ing and beautiful to behold, and is a
scathing rebake toe our boasted ociyili-
zation. .g2Hj a. IL; GHgl jsl3t- -. !
The sympathy existing between
these two brothers isiso close and so
refined that the feelings, the impulse,
the emotions ofthe aene are instantly
experienced by the other. When one
is sick the other is slck when one
feels pain, the, other feels it when one
is angered, the others temper takes
fire. We have already seem with
what happy facility they both fell in
love, with the same girl. Now, Chang
is bitterly opposed to all forms of in
temperance, on principle ;1but Eng is
the reverse--for, while these mems
feelings and emotions are SO closely
welded, itheirrreasoning faculties are
unfettered 3 their thoughts are free.
Chang belongs to- the Good Templars,
ahd9is a hard working and L enthusias-
tic supporter of all temperance re-
forms. But, to his bitter, distress,
every now and then Eng gets drunk,
and, of course, that makes Chang
drunk too. This unfortunate thing
has been great sorrow to Chang, fol
it almost destroys his usefulness IN
his favofite field of effort. AS sure as
he is to head a great temperance pro.
cession Eng ranges up along side o1
him, prompt to the minute and drunk
as alofds: but yet no more dismally
and hopelessly drunk that his brother
who has not tasted a drop. II And So
the5wo begin to -iioot and yen, and
throw mud and bricks at the Good
FeIhplarsi; and, Of course they break
UP the profession. It would be man!
ifestIy wrong To punish Chang " fol
what Eng did, and, therefore, the
Good TeinpIars accept the untoward
situation, and suffer in, silence and
sorrow. They have officially and de.
liberately examined into the matter
and find Chang blameless.. They have
taken the two brothers and filed
Chang full Of warm water and sugar
and Eng full of whiskey, and in TWEEN:
ty4fve minutes it was not possible, tc
teip which was the drunkest. Both
wei e as drunk as ,loons-and on hot
wliiskey punches BY the smell Of their
breath. - Y ct ali the while Chang's
moral principles were unsl1lied, his
conscience clear and SO all just mer
are7fofced to confess that lie was moi
morally, but only physically drunk
By every right iaid BY every mora
evidence the man was strictly sober
and, therefore, it CAUSED his friend,
all the more anguish to see him shake
hands with the pump and try to wine
his watch with his .night-keyy:. g,' '
There is "a moral in these solemn
waTnings-or at least, a warning il
: these solemn morals one or the othel
No matter, il. is somehow Let u
: heed It let us profit by it. ID % / '.'' 81
L could SAY more OF. an Instructive
nature about these interesting beings
butlet what i have written suffice j
; Having forgotten to mention i
) sooner, will remark. in conclusion
+ that the ages Of the 'sianiese Twin
are respectfully tfffty-one and, fifty
three years. Pdckard's, Monthly. +
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