The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-03-06
tlrom the st. Louis Democrat
A ROMANTIC HORROR.
The Two-Headed Nightengale Half1TarEi-
ed UnIf SINGLE,

u A~CtA@AAN
The Two-Headed Nightengnle HaIfsTarri-
ed Half Single'
Many st. Louis people will remem-
Der the monstrosity that was on ex-
hibition here a few years ago, under
the captivating title Of "The Two
headed Nightingale. Evidently in
tended for twins, the pair, Of which
this curiosity is constructed, are Join
ed together back to back, SO that
both appear at the first glance to be
two-headed wowan. One Of them,
Christine, glories in tolerable So
prano voice, while the other head,
called Mile, emits deep contralto.
Their voices did not exactly I'LL Mer-
camille Library Hall when they were
here, but combined with their unique
Of their appearance, the twins drew
pretty large crowd. The most sin
gular part Of their performance was
their dancing, and as their limbs
were almost bound to move in time
together, it was executed with com
parative grace. Well, these two
young ladies have recently been
THE SENSATION OF PARIS.
And the latest piece of news about
them is an almost incredible story, d
tale OF romance and horror that Will
kie Collins ought BY all means to use
in the plot of his next novel. 1t ap-
pears that an Englshman- one
but an Englishman would be guilty
Of such au eccentricity- desper-
ately in love with the part Of this
freak of nature that is called Chris
tine, the part that has the soprano
voice, be it understood. With her
part Of the double body she returned
the Englishman's love with all the
ardor of a first passion; but unhappi4
ly the other part, so to speak-felt
just the reverse, as might have been
expected. This, indeed, seems to be
the general disposition of the other
side, called Mile, for whenever Chris
tine catches cold and begins to
sneeze Mile
sooIDs FURIoUsLY.
Whenever Christine has ravenous
as she generally has, and
wants to stay an hour or two at the
dinner table Millie is sure to have no
appetite at all and. wants to hurry
away. Whenever Christine laughs
Mile looks profoundly gloomy, and
punches her incorrigible sister in d
most unsisterly way. In short, Mil
lie is, in every sense of the word, the
opposite of her sister, and it is not
surprising that she took violent dis
like to the Englishman who fell in
love with the party Of the first part,
called Christine. But an Englishman
particularly if of the Scottish de-
scent, as this young lord was-is
pretty tough and obstinate fellow,
and not easily repulsed, especially
when inloye. Accordingly the youth
fullordin question perseyered in truly
lordly style. Whenever he ordered
a punch for Christine, he was certain
to hand to AIillie glass OF soda-wat-
er. If to the one he gave an apple,
the other was mollifed by lemon.
The result Of those untiring tactics
was that the English lord finally won.
a gloomy consent on the part Of Mil
lie to
HIS MARRIAGE WITH THE SOPRANO PART.
Of the performance And thus il
that last month the Lord Of
something ng-or-another was solemnly
married to that part of body which
was called Christine, to distinguish it
from the other part, which was called
Mile, There was much glolifca-
ton at the wedding; but let us draw
the curtain over subsequent events,
until the break Of the next morning.
Then Christine woke up to find in
her arms a husband dead, with his
throat cut. The knife that. put an
end to his existence was immediately
identified as belonging to Mile, and
to imprison the one Of the sisters the
officers Of the law were compelled to
arrest the whole monstrosity. The I,
question that now puzzles the legal
mind Of France is this II the part Of
the body called Mile is convicted of
having killed the husband OF Chris
tine--who is the other part Of the
body--how shall the sentence Of
death be executed upon herr If she
dies, her innocent sister dies. The
speculative philosophers Of the whole
world are invited to send in PROPOSE
lions for the solution ofthis problem.
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