Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
The Maryland Twins.

The Baltimore Sun gives the follow
ing in reference to female twins, born
at Tobaccostick, Dorchester county,
Nd, on the 18th inst, and who were
joined at the breast in manner regard
ed as more wonderful than the Siamese
twins: The Dorchester twins were of
colored parentage, the mother being
Mary Travers, who is now in excellent
health. One of the twins was alive at
birth, but died in few seconds there
after. The other, when born, was dead.
The one first ushered into this world
bore the impress upon it's face of q
genuine negro, while the complexion of
the other was like that of white per-
son, and the hair less kinky upon it's
head than that adjoining its sister. DIR.
La Count Smith, of Tobaccostick, be-
came possessed of the twins shortly az
ter their birth, and with them arrived
in this city yesterday afternoon, for the
purpose Of having the bodies properly
preserved, which will be done by plac-
ing them in an aquarium shaped vessel
filled with alcohol. Last night the
Dorchester monstrosities were exhibit
ed at the Office of DIR. j. H. Tall, in
the presence of several medical gentle
men. The bond of union connecting
the bodies of the twins extends from the
centre of the breast-bone to the naval.
thus placing the bodies face to face.
The bodies are well formed, and weigh
ten pounds and half, and measure
eighteen inches in length. The physi-
clans who were present gave as their
opinions that each of the twins possessed
separate stomachs, hearts, livers. &c.
and that wall separated the stomachs
along that portion where the bond of
union exists. The only case on record
where similar bond Of union ever ex-
listed is in the London Museum, and
like the Dorchester novelty the twins
were females"
Italian Railroads.
A correspondent writing from Italy
"Her railroads are magnificent struc-
lures, the waiting-rooms elegantly
frescoed, and the seats of the finest silk
velvet. When the train stops fordinner,
they give you one hour to eat your
meal. The railroad beds are the
smoothest have ever ridden over; the
embankments are all built of solid ma
sonry of the most substantial nature,
and the bridges are all of massive stone.
If the bridges, entertainments, and road
beds of the New York Central Railroad
were built like those of the High Italy
Railroads, that road, with its immense
revenues, could not pay half per cent.
dividend on the cost of it's construc-
ton.
The expense of running railroads in
Italy is enormous. Every ton of coal
is bought in England, costing $40 per
ton, and transported ut an enormous
cost to Italy. The system is admirable
OF course 1 do not like the carriages;
but in every other respect they excel us
1t is impossible for trav-
cler to get into the wrong train or cur,
even if he does not speak French or
italian. Every man connected with a
railroad wears uniform, and the guard
lifts his hat to you as he examines your
ticket.
have travelled nearly four thousand
miles in Europe, on many different
roads, and [ never missed train, or
knew one to be five minutes behind |
time. Surely such facts attest the ex-
aa91Snoa 81 the railway eystsm IN Italy, !