Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-28

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sisters frequently had periods of COM
plete arrangements, lasting for weeks
at time.
So, although Chang and Eng were
rich, they did not live happily. Mas.
Chang had the first child, the families
increased rapidly, until Chang had
six children and Eng five Of these
children four never heard nor spoke
although in all other respects all we're
strong and not deformed. Eight are
living, the oldest, a daugher Of seven
teen, having lately been married to the
lessee Of a neighboring plantation
About eight years ago Chang became
converted in o religious revival, and
Eng also embracing the belief, they
joined the Baptist Church. They we're
regular in their attendance thereafter,
and retained their standing as good
Christians. Their tempers, however,
were not improved by the spiritual
change, and before the emanci patton
their slaves were the most whipped of
any in the region. The rebellion freed
their slaves and otherwise seriously i'm
paired their wealth. To repair their
losses they again exhibited themselves
through the country, and at Woods
Museum in this city; but they were
only moderately successful, owing par
TALLY to a rapacity which prevented
managers from having anything to do
with them. A greater curIousity in
their line had sprung up, too in the
two-headed girl--two negro children
from South Carolina-who are joined
at the hips, and who are on exhibition
in Paris. Chang and Eng had grown
uglier as they grown older, the latter
especially being wrinkled thin, and
bent, Their tempers were soured,
and they quarrelled with each other
constantly They had gained greatly
in intelligence, however, and were
more sensitive to the gaze Of the crowd
At the Revere House, where they
boarded, they received few visitors
to whom they complained Of the ne
cessity which had driven them bac
into show life. They also retained
strong secession procllvities. During
their absence their wives manased the
plantations. Those of the children
who were not deaf mntes were sent
to school, and are now we'll educated
Before their last exhibition here the
twins had been again in Europe.
The cause of their moroseness as they
grew older ia believed to have been
the probability Of the fatal effect Of
ones death upon the other. The idea
of separating them by surgical opera
'tions have been often broacbed, but
physicians had generally agreed that
it would kill them Therefore each
one was haunted with dread Of being
left bound to his dead brother, with
almost certainly of dying under any
attempt to sever him from the corpse.
W hile in Paris and London they con-
suited the most eminent surgeons. One
experiment, however, dashed all hope
of separate existence. The lisature
was compressed until all circulation Of
blood between them was stopped.
Eng soon tainted, and the removal
of the compress was necessary to pre-
vent death. This proved that neither
could sustain separate circulation of
the blood, and to have cut the ligatpre
would have killed both. With this
knowledge they re'urne) to their homes
and lived as they had done before.
Later the health Of Eos grew worse
and Chang though We'll enough himself
to keep to his bed with his sick broth
er. But about year ago Chang suf-
fered paralytic stroke, from which
time his health was the worse Of the
two. He took to drink as relief
from suffering, and the lives of the
twins grew wretched indeed.
The details Of their death are mea-
gre. Chang died first, and a few
moments afterward Eng, who had for
a few days been we'll, became delirious
and raved wildly. This may have re-
suited from the mental shock and ap-
prehension as to his own fate; but
more likely it was the result of ces
sation OF blood circulating between
him and his brother. A stupor fol-
lowed, and he died two hours afterward.
A dispatch from Greensboro says
that DR.. Joe Hollingworth, a brother
of the doctor who attended the twins
while en- route for the north, stated that
his mission was to dispose of the dead
bodies of the twins on the most favor
able terms he could negotiate. The
sum asked for the privilege of post
mortem examination is stated to be
$4,000 to $4,000.
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CARRIED AWAY ON CAKE OF
Ice. BAY CITY, Mich, January II.
Six Frenchmen, while fishing on
Saginaw bay, about six miles from the