Montgomery County sentinel., 1874-02-27
THE SEN TIN Ell.
THE sIAMEsE TWINS.


Some years since MARK Twain" applied his
intellect TO the task of giving sketch of the
character, habits and pcculiarities of the Sia-
mcse Twins. lie concludes as follows:
The sympathy existing between these two
brothers is so close and SO refined that the
feelings the impulses, the emotions of the one
are instantly experienced by the other. When
one is sick, the other is sick when one feels
pain, the other feels it.; when one is angered,
The other takes fire. We have already seen
with the same girl. Now Chang is bitterly
opposed to all forms Of intemperance, on prn-
riple but Eng is the reverse-for, N bile these
mems feelings and emotions are so closely
wpdded their reasoning faculties are unetter-
ed their ThoHghs are free. Chang belongs
10 the Good Ternplars, aud is a hard working
and enthusiastic supporter of all temperance
reforms. Bat. to his bitter distress, every
now and then Eng gets drunk, and, of course,
that makes Chang drunk 700. This unfortu-
naie thing has been great sorrow to Chang.
il almost destroys his usefulness in his fayorite
field of effort. As sure rs he is to head great
temperance procession Eng ranges up along
side OF him, prompt to the minute, and drunk
ts n lord but no more dismaly and hopeless
ly than his brother, who had not tasted
drop And SO the two begin to hool and yell,
plars and of course they break UP the pro-
cession 1t would be manfestly wrong 10
punish Chang for what Eng does, and, there
fore, the Good Tempiars accept the untoward
situation, and suffer in silence and sorrow -
They have officially aud deliberately examined
into the matter, and find Chang blameless -
1hey have taken the Two brothers and filled
Chang full of warm water and sugar, and
Eng full of whSkey, and in ensy-live min
,i.a alt
drunkest Both were as drunk as loons-aud
on hot whiskey punches, BY the smell Of their
breath Yet all the while Changes moral
principles were uuslilled, his conscience clear;
aud SO all just were forced to confess that
be was not morally, but only physically
drunk. BY every right and every moral evil
dencc the man was strictly sober and, there
fore il caused his friends all the more anguish
10 see him shake hands with the pump, and
try to wind his watch with his night key.
There is a moral in these solemn warnings
or at least, warning in these Solemn NOR
ais one or the other No matter ii is some
how. Let us keep it; let US profit by il.
could say more of an instructive nature
about the interesting beings, but let what ]
have written suffice.
Having forgotten 10 mention it sooner,
will remark in conclusion. that the ages OF
the Samese Twins are respectively flty-three
years.
4 TERRlBLE TRAGEDY IN GEORGIA A-0a the
lSil instant, near Ru,lrdge, Georgia, John
w. " oods, farmer, administered morphine
10 his Children, aged respectively fourteen, ten
and four years, and then deliberately shot
himself Mr.. Woods aud his wife had been
married about fifteen years, during which
time they had not lived very happily together.
lie was in the habit Of coming home drunk
and when under the influence of liquor would
beat aud ahnse her terribly. They separated
several times, but for the past year had been
living peaceably together. On last Saturday
Woods came home drunk and commenced
threatening and abusing her He faally made
a rush at her and sought to seize aer. it is
thought with the iuieutipn Of killing her
She clubbed him and fed TO neigbbors, and
did not return ill morning, when, on going
10 the house she ioGnd the doors barfed. Go
lug TO II window and booking in, she discover
ed Woods lying upon the carpet with upillow
under his head and discovered blood upon his
breast. Soon the doors were forced open by
some neighhors. when lying ou the floor was
Woods quite dead. In The same room, living
upou bed, with his head resting Hpon the
pillow, looking us though IN peaceful slum-
Der. his youngest son George. also dead
lu an adjoining ROOM in the same bed, were
his oldrsl sor and daughter, both sleeping the
sleep Of death.