The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-11-11
The SIamese Twins OutdOne-Extra0r.
l.'~- dinary treak Of Nature.

Of the Cincinnati Commercial
DELAWARE, Ohio, Oct. 17.-Our COM
munity is much excited over freak OF ma
ture in the production of double BABY.
The Siamese Twins are completely over
shadoved by this infant wonder. Ihere
is living in Peru township, Morrow coun-
ty. a family named Finley. Up to last
Wednesday morning it consisted OF Mr..
Joseph Finley, his wife Mary, and two
children, little girls, aged and . years:
On that morning Mrs. Finley was confined
and gave birth to twins, joined togetner
in q manner unknown to the books When
the gossips brought the news OF the event
to our city, and gave descriptions OF the
child, or rather children, it was laughed
at by the professional and pronounced
good hoax. A gentleman living
in the vicinity of the Finley home called
on one of our physicians and assured MIN
that there was no exaggeratlon IN the oe-
scription, as he had seen the wonder. Con
vinced that there was something IN the
case, q party of gentlemen, consistleg OF
Drs J. A. Little and I. B. Williams, w. U;
Seanens, Professor of Natural History snd
Chemistry in the Ohio Wesleyan University,
and S. K. Donayan, on tae 10th inst, VS.
tied the family. Before reaching the I'm
ley farm the party called on DE- a. u,
Westbrook, of Ashley, who had been called
to attend the mother, ana learned from MIN
that half had not been told DR.. west
brook accompanied the party An hour
drive brought them to the place.
On going to the gate leading to the yard,
a written notice was discovered announc-
ing that visitors would not be admitted.
This did not deter the party. They I'M
~ 4 nr1 h
ing the front door of the dwelling, they
we're met by Mr.. Finley (the fatherl and
gentleman who appeared to be acting as
his aide-de camp, who informed the party
that they could be admitted to see the
show on the payment of twent-ive cents
each. The Professor promptly forked over,
and the party stepped in In. few MIN
utes the nurse made her appearance with
the wonder. A double child was exhibit
ed. Two perfectly formed heads, one on
either side of the spinal column.
To give clear idea of it, Just suppose
that you sever the bodies of two men at
the lower part of the abdomen and then
put the two upper parts together, and you
have the trunk of this child. At the in
stance of Drs. Williams and Little, the
clothing was taken from it, and crlhcal
|
without doing injury. From the occ1put
of one child to the occiput of the other,
there is Q continuous spine, in dIrectl line.
Upon one side, and directly in the center
of the trunk, were perfectly developed
bips, thighs. legs and feet. They are IN
nice proportion to the body of either child.
On the opposite side there is one large,
imrerfectly formed leg, presenting the ap-
pearance of the consolidation OF two legs.
There are eight toes on this limb, two OF
which have the appearance of great toes,
being much larger than the others. Each
has a well-formed head, good features,
good chest, good arms and hands, lung,
heart, liver and stomach. Between the
perfectly formed limbs, and properly SIT
uateG, are the anus and sexual organ IL
common. The lower portion OF the bow
els, the bladder, and perhaps the kidneys
are in common. All the other organs arr
separate.
There was but one umbilical cord ant
one placenta. The length of the body Il
twenty inches, and the umbilicus Is cen
tral in the abdomen, and equi-distant from
each head. 1t nurses well at both ends
and, when first exhibited to the party, ON
child was asleep aud the other crying
while the physicians were making theI
examination, both cried, but, few mo
I ments after, the one which was crying mrs
went to sleep, while the other remaine'
awake. When either head would cry, tn
: perfect leg which was nearest the hea'
J kicked and drew up, while the leg neares
the other head remained quiet. Whei
either cried, the toes on the imperfect foo
: would move, but the limb remained sta
} tionary. Both heads nurse well, and tn
. child, or rather children, are in excellen
, health. The physicians could see no res
) sou why it, or they, should not live. III
Z mother is doing well.
i MIR. Finley is alive to the Importance an
? value of this addition to his family. he
: now charging gate money, and he IL
, formed the writer that he had already eI
: tered into an article of agreement with
8 gentleman for the sale of the body, if
: should die. Price fixed is $4,000 Neg
. tiations are in progress for the exhibitio
|, if it lives. He is convinced that there
!, money in it, dead or alive, but thinks the
v is most in the latter condition. he So,
e that he is conscious Of the fact that he %
!. an unarmed man, but has sense enoue
: not to be fooled out of it.