Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-30

ence Of orders, and sentenced to ten days
in the guard house but Eng, in spite of all
arguments, felt obliged to share his i'm.
prisonment, Notwithstanding he himself
was entirely innocent; and so, to save the
blameless brother from suffering, they had
to discharge both from custody-the Just
reward Of faithfuluess
Upon one occasion the brothers fell out
about something, and Chang knocked
Eng down, and then tripped and fell on
him, whereupon both clinched and began
to beat and gouge each other without
mercy. The bystanders interfcred and tried
to separate them, but they could not do
1t, aud so allowed them to fight it out. In
the end both were disabled, and were car.
ried to the hospital ON one and the same
shutter.
Their ancient habit of going always to-
gether had its drawbacks when they
reached mans estate and entered upon the
luxury of counting. Both fell in love with
the same girl. Each tried ~ steal clandes
tine interviews with her, but at the critic.
al moment the other would always turn up.
BY and by Eng saw, with distraction, that
Chang had won the girls affections and,
from that day forth, he had to bear with
the agony of being q witness to all their
dainty bSlling and oouing. But, with q
Nuhb ulu nun illlullt CEtb-
it, he succumbed To his fate, and gave
couReenance and encouragement to a state
of things that babe fair to sunder his gen.
erous hesrt-strings. He sat from seven
every evening until two in the morning
listening to the fond ioolishness of the two
lovers, and To the conclusion of hundreds
of Squandcred kisses--tor the privilege Of
sharing only one of which he would have
given his right hand. But he sat patiently,
and waited, and gaped, and Yawned, and
stretched, and longcd for two o'clock
to come. And he took long walks
with the lovers on moonlight evenings
sometimes traversing ten miles, notwith-
standing he was usually suffering from
rheumatism. He was an invcterate
smoker; but he could not smoke ON these
occasions, because the young lady was
painfully sensitive to the smell of tobacco.
Eng cordially wanted them married, and
done with it but, although Chang often
asked the momentous question, the young
lady could not gather sufficient courage to
answer it while Eng WAS by. However,
ON one occasion after hnving walked some
sixteen miles, and sal up till nearly daylight,
Eng dropped asleep from sheer exhaustion,
aud then the question was asked and au-
wered. The lovers were married. All &C.
quainted with the circumstances applaudCd
the noble brother-in.lsw. HIsunwaverlng
faithfulness was the theme of every
tongue. He had staid by them all through
their long and arduous courtship; aud
when ut last they were married, he lifted
his hands above their heads, and said
with impressive JUNCTION, Bless ye, my
children, will never desert yel" aud he
kept his word Magnanimity like this is
| all too rare in this cold world.
| By.and-bye Eng fell in love with his sis,
ter laws sister, and married her. and
since that day they have all lived together,
night and day, in an exceeding sociabil-
ity which is touching and beautiful to be
hold, and isascathing rebuke to our boast
cd 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 tenn
per takes fire. We have already seer
with what happy facility they both fell il
love with the same girl. Now, Chang il
bitterly opposed to all forms of intemper
ance, on principle; but Eng is the revers
for, while these mems feelings and emo
tions are so closely welded, their reason
ing faculties are unfettered their thought
are free. Chang belongs to the GooC
Templsrs, and is hardworking and en-
thusisstic supporter of all temperance re
forms. But, to his bitter distress, every
now and then Eng gets drunk, and, o
course, that makes Chang drunk too. Thii
unfortunate thing has been a great sorrOW
TO Chang for it almost destroys his useful
ness in his fsvorite field of effort. A.
sure as he is to head great temperance
procession Eng ranges up alongside o.
him, prompt to the minute and drunk al
lord but yet no more dismally anC
hopelessly drunk than his brother who
has not tasted drop. And so the two be
gin to hoot and yell, and throw mud and
bricks at the Good Templars, and
of course, they break up the procession
1t would be manifestly wrong to punish
Chang for what Eng does, and, therefore
the Good Templars accept the unto
ward situation, and suffer in silence and
sorrow. They have officially and deliber.
ately examined into the matter, and find
Chang blameless. They have taken the
two brothers and filled Chang full OF
warm water and sugar and Eng full of whis
Ky, and in twenty-five minutes it was
not possible to tell which was the drunk,
est. Both were as drunk as loons-and
on hot whisky punches, by the smell OF
their breath. Yet all the while Chang's
moral principles were unsullied, his con
science clear; and so all just men were
forced to confess that he was not morally
but only physically drunk. By every
right and by every moral evidence the
man was strictly sober and, therefore, il
caused his friends sll the more anguish tC
see him shake hands with the pump ant
try to wind his watch with mis- night key
There is a moral in these solemn warn
ings-Or, at least, d warning in these sol
emu morals; one or the other. No mat
ter, it is somehow. Let us heed it let III
profit by it.
could say more of au instructive ma
ture about these interesting beings, bu
let what have written suffice.
Having forgotten to mention it sooner
| will remark, in conclusion, that the agei
Of the Siamese Twins are respectively
tifty.one and tiity-three years -I'dckaT|'
| MOuthlU for Au0uSt