Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-21


big tiXin's here"
HOW THEY COUKTRD.
After supper the children were put
to bed, and Mrs. Edg, Mr.. Grant, anC
myself resumed our seats around tho
fire in the bedroom, and continued
talking until a late hour. Mrs. Z ii
very communicative, and would fre
. qucntly allude to the previous life OF
; the twins, their manner of cOurtship,
t the "many gals what tried to get 'em,
cause they had money" etc. She al
so gave us an account of the reason
for settling at "Trap Hill, which was
to merchandise, but Mr.. Harris (thG
gentleman who was with them, and
who was to have conducted theiI
business } having married "gal what
/ they didn't like" they concluded 10
! abandon the idea of employing him,
} and also abandoned the idea of mer-
chandising altogether.
They have a house here, finished in
good style, at cost Of 81 100, which
they are now anxious to sell, so that
the two families may be together.
rode from Wilkes county to their
new residence in Sarrey, some forty
miles, and arrived at their house the
evening of the second day after lcav-
ing Trap Hill. On riding up to the
yard | observed the twins busilp en-
gagged in shingling a house; and on
seeing me they promptly approached
me and requested me to walk IL" !"
| adding that they would attend to my
/ horse, and in the meantime 1 walked
! into the house and introduced myself
| to Mrs. Chang, and found her to be
! quite handsome young woman, Just
twenty-five.
WHO MRS. CHANG WAS.
Her maiden name was Adelaide
Lates, (sister of Sarah, and her dress
and general appearance all indicated a
degree of tidincss which Mrs. Eng
lacks; indeed, the people all about
here say she is mighty townificd."
Mrs. Chang was married on the same
night as her sister, and now has three
children, viz: Josephine Virginia, six
days younger than Mrs. Eng's first;
Christopher Wren, eight days younger
than Mrs. Eng's second; and Nancy,
aged only six months. These are
healthy and forward children, but
have their fathers features clearly
stamped upon them. You could readily
thousand children.
HOW THEY LIKED FARMING.
After having passed some time with
Mrs. Chang, the twins came in, and
gathering up their pipes, commenced |
putting away at great rate. found !
them exceedingly sociable, and soon |
had them fairly engaged in cOnversa-
ton.
My first question was GLOW do you |
like farning?" They both replied: |
I'VE like him much; good business
for u.s." DO you raise much corn /
and potatoes, hay, etc?'' "We make /
enough TO cat and feed two horses,
cattle, and sheep, and hogs" '"This is
a new place, what did you pay for it?''
I'VE pay three thousand seven hun
dred and fifty dollars, and have no
good house to live in" "HoW many
acres of land do you plant?" "We
plant last year 200 acres" ''Have you
many sheep, hogs, cows, turkeys,
geese?" eve got 200 sheep, great
many COWS and hogs; have fifty-five
turkeys, fifty geese, and some ducks.
How many plOws do you run?" -Four
plows." "Does your land produce
well?" ''Some place make thirty bush
el corn on one acre" GLOW many ne
groes have you?" "We got thirteen
big and little "How long have you
lived in North Carolina?" eve lib
here nine years. "What made you
settle at Trap hill?' mighty purity
place, high mountain, big rocks,
,nough deer, squirrels, foxes, and all
kind of game" ''You love to hunt?"
\ Il. /
THEIR POLITICS AND RICHES.
.:Do you vote at elections?' "Oh,
yes; never miss many time" 'WhO
did you vote for for President in 1S4O?"
eve vote for Gen. Harrison, and 1914
we vote for Mr.. Clay, and now we are
ready to vote for Mr.. Clay again if he
is willing" "Then you are both
Whigs?" 'Wel, we amt nothing
else" 'How do you like our republi-
can form of government" "We like
him much, very much better than
where come from" 'Do YOU ever ex-
pect to return to your own country"
I'VE mover going back have wife
and children here, all 'Mericans, and
VIC 'Mericans, now too" Have You
any relatives living IN Siam ?'' 1--WE
have muddor, him very old. We
can't write Siam, and mudder can't
write 'Merican. We only hear from
home two times since we been in this
country. Can't get nobody to write
Siam to we mudder, and she can't |
write 'Mericam." ''Would you not
like to see your mother % "We like
him much" ''lIave you much
money ?''' awe have some in New
York" "Who has charge of it :"
ave leave him with Mr.. Bunckner."
1t may be proper here to state that
their money, $4,000, is invested in
wine importing company at per |
cent, secured by mortgage upon real |
estate in the city of New York, and |
that Mr.. Bunckner, whose name they |
bear, is their agent. They draw on |
him for the interest, but never touch |
the principal. Their investments in |
North Carolina have all been made |
with the interest of the money.
THEIR NOTIONS OF RELIGION.
''Do you ever expect to travel IL
gain?" We wish to try it again next |
fall, about October" "What direction |
are YOU going?'' "We going to the |
West, we no 20 North" "What are
your notions about the Christian reli- !
gion?" 'We no like your religion; you |
quarrel bout him too much; too much |
different church; all say him right |
and tother wrong; We never quarrel |
bout our religion" " ''What do YOU |
think will become of you when you
die?" eve 60 i'll hog first, and stay
till we repent for de bad done in dis
world; den we go in horse or deer, or
some good animal, and stay always"
DO you believe that if you are in a
horse you will be used in drawing a
buggy, plowing corn, hauling wagons,
etc?" ''Yes, we know this is true;
cur religion tells us SO, and all our
people when We in our own country
tell we same thing" ''Do you ever
go to church?'' eve go sometime wild
we wife," (wives). "DO you believe
what the preacher says2" preacher
no speak true all time"
have only given a few of the many
questions which 1 asked the twins
during the night; and during the time
l was making my questions the wife
of Chang paid the most strict atten-
tiOn, and appeared perfectly absorbed
in deep and solemn thought. 1t had
no doubt occurred to her for the first
time that she had united her dcsti-
nies to men given to superstition and
idolatry, and whose opinions and
feelings ON this important subject
were perfectly at variance with her
own, and from whom she could receive
no kind and tender instruction upon
this subject, with which her souls eter-
nal interest was SO closely connected.