Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
The sfa,nese Twins Dead.

The Siamese Twins Dead.
BIOGRAPHICAL sHErcH or THE MOST cftE.
BRATED WONDERS OF THE SISETEESrR cyS-
TURY.
The celebrated Siamese Twin won
ders, Eng and Chang, residing in Mount
Airy. Surrey county, n c., since 1861.
are reported dead. There are 10 de-
tails of the event further than the fact
that Chang expired first, and in two
hours after Eng breathed his last.
The story of the life of the twins is
very Interesting. Their mother bore
seventeen children, never giving birth
to less than two. The twins were united
at the anterior part of the chest BY
prolongation of a kind Of aeshy b1nd
the size of the hand. This band Of
flesh is about two inches broad and four
inches thick. The whole mass Is tough
and capable of being considerably ex-
tended. One could Whisper in the ear
of one without the other hearing while
volatile salts applied to the nostrils of
one had no effect on The other and
while pInching the arm of one excited
no sensation in the other, still if you
but stuck pin in the exact vertical
centre of the connecting link, both
would finch from the hurt.
The twins were seldom observed to
converse with each other. They played
a good game of draughts, made pretty
much the same moves, and at the same
time, and frequently played against
each other. After attracting vast
amount Of attention among scientists
and Psychologists in the Old World,
they married two sisters, and settled
down near Salisbury, n. c., on we'll
stocked plantation. In addition they
had at one period ample funds invested
through their agent in New York. pu-
ring the war they eontirued to reside
on theii plantation and lived in the
same quiet and harpony as ever, antii
some few years afterwards. OF course
no one ever thought Of drafting them.
Tie brothers probably never would
have had any difficulty, but that their
wives, though sisters, turned away ;LcIr
hearts, and children were the cause of
thi. estrangemcnt.
Up to the period that each had FIVE
children all Prospered we'll enough, but
one Of them bad sixth, and this awoke
envy and jealousy to such degree that
the twin sisters, not being bound to-
gether like the twin brothers, would no
longer live under the same roof. Tue
brothers were it seems. about lifty-four
years of age; but one, We believe the
smaller aud feeblrr of the two, looked,
it is said, ten years older than the other.
They could turn either back to back, or
face to face, bnt that is as far as the
remarkable bond that united them per
mitted. 1t was almost ceTtaln that
should either die the other could not
survive even more than few minutes,
as there Is an artery as large as the
femoral artery that connects them. a
few years since they corresponded with
some of the leading surgical operators
IN London as TO the possibility of the
umbilicus being cut, so that in case Of
the death of one The life of the other
might be saved. At the request Of the
London surgeon they visited that city,
and many experiments opcration.-
Among other things ligature was tied
urmly IOr lew miuutes 2IOIuu tue
connection between them, SO as to pre-
vent the circulation of blood through
the artery But it seemed as if each
would expire if ills were persisted in.
The smaller of the two tainted away
and lost all consciousness, aud there
were symptoms that the same effect
would follow 10 the other, but the pro-
cess could not be continued long enough
without endangering the life of him
who was the first to faint. When the
rebellion broke out the twins both
dressed in the Confederate gray. Both
we're members of the same church,
having united with a small Baptist
church in their neighborhood, of which
they were CONSIDERED very worthy mem
bers, though born Siamese.-Er.