The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-05
AIwo.HeAded Girl.

York Tribune from Boston:
| Did you ever see a two-headed girl
before breakfast7 1t is astonishing
what an effect a two-headed girl has on
the appetite. l visited one this morn
ing, feeling the necessity OF some
stimulant to bear me up under the last
day of the Jubilee. 1t cost me h1y
cents, the press being treated with
contumely. "No free list-do not ask
it." said the poster; "YOu'n get your
moneys WORTH" said the ticket seller.
''Ii we let in all the Peace Jubilee folks,
we'd have 70 take to organ grinding for
living" A mellttluOus harp, such as
"onCe thro' Tara's Halls" mayhap,
discoursed sweet music at the door, a
gentleman much given to chewing gum
presided at the piano, while another
gentleman, with shock head, intrOduc-
ed Miss Milly to the audience.
"None like me since the days Of Eve,
None such perhaps will ever live,
A wonder TO my4elf am l.
AS well to all vino pass me by"
is the touching criticism Miss Milly,
who is sweet seventeen, makes upon
| herself. 1t has often been intimated
that Eve was longheaded; but does 1t
follow that she was two-headed, as the
quatrain would have US believe! Miss
Milly Is colored. She appears in two
calico gowns, four pairs of shoes, and
is twice crowned like the apparition in
Macbeth. Indeed, she is an apparitton
in herself; and might we'll sing with
the witches
"Double. Doable.
Toll and trouble"
And she has curls of raven hue, two
sets OF arms, two sets of leSs-what an
embarrassment of riches-and one
body, being joined together half way
down the back. After her, the Siamese
Twins are a mere bagRtelle. Miss Milly
/ o1 oil and drinks with both
mouths, both craving for the same
thing at the same time, which is some
what expensive to say the least. Still,
she can live by feeding from one mouth
alone. She can walk upon two feet or
four, and heard her sing a duet about
the "Sweetest rose OF COLOR" in two
agreeable voices. Miss Milly has no
need of partner in dancing. She is
Sufficient unto herself, and T. B. Aid
rich, who, being poet, is tndisputable
authority, declares that Miss Milly 1s
twice as interesting as any woman ne
ever saw-indeed, doubly attractive.
He will reduce his enthusiasm to "a
poem In the Atlantic Monthly for July.
! Miss Milly is never at loss for society,
! inasmuch as she can converse with two
people at once: and when alone she In
dulges in playful dialogue. Like the
gu alitY of mercy, Miss Milly is twice
blessed, for, from the beginning. has 1t
| - -
better than one?
Prince Rnperrs Land..Far TO the
North.
Away up beyond st. Paul, beyond
Pembina, lies Prince Ruperrs Land,
the territory of the HudsOn's Bay Com
pany, a region of . 600 900 square miles,
OF which sixth is prairie. and wheat
growing land at that. This region is
vet to be inhabited and brought under
development. Then 1t will be a marvel
of productiveness, and its products
will all How Southwark to the Mtssls-
sippi river, and Eastward by Lake Su-
perior. The climate Is singularly sa-
| iubrious. Winter prevails from the
first OF December to the first of April.
Vegetation grows rapidly in the hot
Summer, and the wheat harvest Is in
August. Part of this region Is under
the Summer isothermal line which cuts
Long Island, and which passes through
Southern France. The soil is rich.
Twenty bushels OF wheat to ono soWn
have been harvested. OF potatoes the
return is often thirty bushels to one
bushel planted. One instance Is re-
corded Ofseventy-flve bushels OF barley
being reaped from one and half bush
els sowing.
The population OF the Canadian set
tlemenk on the Red River and the AS
eienboine is some $4,000. Winnepeg,
the leading town, is $50 miles from 81.
Cloud, in Minnesota, the nearest rail-
road station.-N. Y: Com. 4dv.
ALL ABOUT THE RATrLEsNAKE.-On
Tuesday morning the friends OF the Re-
publican Office were surprised by the re-
ceipt of a small square wooden box
containing q large live rattlesnake,
which arrived by the steamer Active.
The snake was caught on the farm OF
James Montgomery, opposite Camel.
ton. where il was boxed and marked
| n r. q. Charleston. His snakeship p ar
rived all right, and was safely deposit
al in the editorial saDctum. But OF
course such q distinguished arrival was
duly announced through the press ana
among many who desired to be made
acouainted with the snake was young
man bv the name of 10. Wagner, q
Pennsylyanian, we understand, appear
ed to 90 snake crazy, for he went to the
office. and though warned not to do SO,
took it out and played with It, patttng
its ugly head, and putting its he9d on
his cheek, and finally he put It's mead
In his mouth, when the snake appearS
ed to resent this last familiarity, ana
bit him on the tongue. he then said II
had bit him, and put it back In the po1,
and Mr.. QQigley ran down to the dru8
store to get a bottle of whisky, and com :
ing back met Wagner at the foot OF the
stairs. he was then taken at once GO
the drug store, where two physicians
did all that was in their power to save
him, but their efforts were vain. He
died in an hour and a quarter after be-
ling bitten.-chGrsestoH journal.