Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-16
The siamese Twins 0utdonei
Ittrhofdinafi tfrst ~ Nsiure.
correspondence Clne.tiah rammuaa
DELAWARE Ohio, Oct N.

over n freak oi nature IN the produc.
lion Of douhle baby. The Siamese
twins are completely ovcl~hadowed
by this iniaut wonder There is liv.
ing in Peru township, Morrow county,
a family named Finley Up to la-t
Wednesday morning Il consisted Of
Mr. Joseph Finley. his wife Maryland
two children, little girls, aged three
and five years. On that morning Mrs.
Finley was coniIpcdand gave birth u
twins, joined together IN manner
unknown 10 hooks When tho gos.
sips brought tie news Of the event Is
our city and awe descriptions Of tic
child, or rather children, il was
laughtd at by professional men
aud pronounced good hoaX. \ gen.
tleman living in tho vicinity of tho
Finley home called on one of our
physicians and assured him that there
was no cxnggcralion IN tie descrip.
ton. rs be had seen Tire wonder. Con.
tinred that there was something, In
the case, a party Of gentlemen. con.
I si-liug Of Drs. J, a. Lizzie and + b.
Williams. W o. Scamcns, professor
Of natural history and chemistry in
the Ohio Wesleyan university, and
I 5. X. Donayin, on the 10Th instant,
visited The family Before reaching
the Finley farm the party called on
Dr. q. A. WestbrVoh. Of Ashley, who
had been calied'to attend the mother.
and harmed from him that tho half
/ i...d .,,,U 49, III V-...a...-i-
accompanied the party. An hourg
drive brought them 10 the place On
I going to the gale leading to the yard,
written notice WAS discovered ans
nouncing that visitors would not be
admitted. This did not deter the
party. They Immediately entered The
yard, aud on reaching the front door
of the dwelling, they were met by
Mr. Finley Cihc father and a genIlo-
man n~who appeared lobe acting ~ aid
de-camp, who Informed the party
that they could be admitted to zee
the show on the payment of twenty
FIVE cents each. The Prof promptly
forkcd and the party stepped in. In
few minutes The nurse made her ap-
pcaranre with the wonder. A double
child WAS exhibited Two perfectly
formed heads. one on either end of
the spinal column.
To give clear idea Of it, inst sup
pose you sever the bodies of two nieii
at the lower pau OF the abdomen and
then pnt the two upper parts togeth-
er, aud you have trunk OF this child,
At the instance of Drs Williams and
Little the clolhing was taken from il,
ard a critical examination was made,
50 far as could be. without injhfy.-
From the occiput of one child 10 the
Occiput of the other there was cor.
tinuous spine, ia 4 direct line. Upon
one side, and directly in the centre Of
the trunk. were perfectly developed
hips, Thighs, legs aud feet They are
in nice proportion TO the body Of
either child. On the opposite side
there is one large, imperiectly formed
lex, presenting the appearance OF the
consolidation of two legs. There are
Toes on this limb, two Of which have
the appearance Of great toes, being
much larger than the others. Each
has u well formed head, good features,
good chest, good arms and hands,
lung, heart, liver and Stomach Be.
tween the perfectly formed limbs, aud
properly situated, are the anus and
sexual organ, in common. The lOstef
r~r'ion ~ tho hpwcls ilia l.i,.hi'~.
4 and perhaps the kidneys, arc in com.
mon All the other organs are scra.
rate.
There was bat one umbilieal cord
aud one placcnta. The length of the
body is twenty inches, aud The unibil.
Gus is central to The abdomen, aud
eQui distant from each head IL nnrss
es well at both ends, and, when first
exhibited to the party, one child was
asleep aud The other was crying -
While the physicians were making
their examinations, both cried, but, q
few miniucs after the ono that was
cryiRg first went to sleep, while the
other remained awake. When either
head would cry, the perfect leg which
was nearest to that head remained
quiet When either crird. the toes OF
the Imperfect foot woull move, but
the limb remained stationary. Both
heads nurse well, aud The child, or
rather children, were in exccllent
health The physicians could see no
reason why It, or they, should mos
live. The mother Is doing well-=-
There were no physicians present at
the birth, aud the pains lasted only
fifteen minutes
Mr. Finley is alive TO the impor-
tarce and value OF this addition to his
family. He is NOW charging gate
money, and he informed the writer
that he had already entered into ar
ticlcs OF agreement with gentleman
for the sale of the body, If it should
die. Price fixed is $4,000 Negoti-
ations are in progress for it's cxhibi-
ton lit lives He is convinced that
thorc is money ia il, dead or alive,
but thinks there is the must in the
latter condition He says that
he is conscious of the fact that he sis
an unlcarncd man, hut has sense
enough not To- be fooled out Of IT,"
1t is certainly one Of the most exs
traordinary freaks, If not the most so,
which has ever occurred, and will
certainly attract great attention FROM
the medical profession at least. Drs.
Williams and Little are well known
to the brothers, Dr Davis, aud many
other physicians of your city.
! CLOSE by asking where is the
[ Cardiff Giant now p
"DAsu."
Oh Tho divine majesty Of bepovo.