Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-01-28
The SlameSe Twins.
THEIR LIFE AND DEATH.

Az " bu biOi IL
ing, the l7th, Chang was partially paral-
yzed, last fall, since VIII ch time he has
been fretfu, very nIuch debilitated, aud
strongly addicted to drinking liquor as
means Of alleviatibg his suffering. lie
had been quite feeble for several days
indeed so much so as 10 conine both the
brothers to bed, but the illness was not so
severe as TO excite alarm. On Friday
night they retired to bed as usual, but
during the night Chang became worse,
aud expired abou, four o'clock on Satur-
day morning. As soon as it was discoy-
cred that he was dead. Eng became 20
terribly shocked that he rayei wildly for
while. at times exhioiiing signs Of great
mental alteration. This attack WAS fol-
lowed by what seemed to be deadly stu
por, and in two hours from the dsath OF
Chang, Eng breathed his last. T
The twins were born in small village
on the coast Of Siam in the year 1911.
Their parents got their living by fishing,
and, until 1929, when Eng and Chang
were brought TO the United States, they
made their living by selling shell.fsh.
Their mother bore seventeen children.
AT one time she gave birth to three, aud
never less than two. But none of these
children were delormed. The twins were
united at the anterior Of the chest by a.
prolougatiop Of kind Of Aeshy band the
size OF the hand. This band of flesh was
about two inches broad and four inches
thick. The whole mass was tough and
capable OF being consid craby extended.
One could whisper in the ear Of one of
them without the other hearing, while
volatile salts applied TO the nostris of
one had no effect on the other; and while
piuching the arm of one excited no sensa-
,On in the other, still if one but stick a
pin in the exact vertical center of this
connecting link both would finch from
the hurt TIL" twins were seldom ohserV-
cd to converse with each other. They
prayed good game of draughts, made
pretty much the same moves, aud AT the
same time, aud frequently played against
each other. s.e H.#.
After attracting a vast amount of at
tenliou among scientists aud psychologists
in the old world, they martied two sisters
and settled down near Salisbury, N. O..
on a wolI-stocked plantation. In addition
they had al one period ample fluids invest
ed through their ageD. in New York.
Daring the war they continued to reside
on their plantation, aud lived 10 the SAME
quiet and harmony as ever, until some
few years aftcrward. OF course no one
ever thought oi drafting them, and their
negroes pro>pcred, except wheu out of
temper from any cause, it was apt to
work itself OF iu striking the irst one
that came to hand from which the best
escape to keep OUT Of the waj. The bro.
theirs probably never would have bad any
difficulty, hut that their wives, though
sisters, turned away their hearts, and
children we're the cause Of this estrange-
ment Up TO the period that each had
five chldlcn all prospcred well enough,
but one of them had sixth, and this
awoke envy and Jealousy to such degree
that the twin-sisters, not bound together
like the twin-brothsrs, would 40 longer
live under the same roof.
The brothers were about fify-Four years
Of age but one, the smaller aud teeber
Of the two, looked abcut ten years older
than tie other. They could turn either
back to back or face 10 face, but that is
as far as the remarkable band that united
them, permitted II has always been
considered almost certain that, should ci,
ther die. the other could not long survive,
as there was an artery as large as the
femoral artery, connecting them. A few
years since, they corresponded with some
OF the leading surgical operators IN Lou.
don, as to the possibility Of The umoiicus
being cut, SO that, in the 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 we're tried to determine the
safety Of such an operation. Among
others, ligature was tied tor few min
utes around the connection between them
so as to prevent the circulation of blood
through The artery. Bat it seemed as if
each would expire, it this we're persisted
in. The smaller of the two tainted away
and lost all consciousness, and there were
symptoms that the same effect wculd fol.
low TO the other. but the process could
not be continued long enough without en-
dangering the life Of him who was the
first to faint. Since the breaking out of
the rebellion, the twins both members of
the same church, having united with
small Baptist church iu their ncighbor-
hood, of which they were con idered very
worthy members, though born Siamese.
MoRTALs HIonLY FAvoRED.- The poor
man whose wife is neither cross.grainej
nor extravagant. The mechanic who al.
ways finds his wife in the house, and his
meals ready when be comes home. The
worsingmap who is no. obliged to ask his
helpmeet for every penny he wants. and
tell her what he intends to do with it,
The man whose wife has been taught to
give curtain lectures among other branch
es ofiednca,ion. He who after day Of
hard toll, is mol asked by his cousort to
rock the cradle and get bis own supper.
While she steps out to take tea with a
neighbor. And he who has clean shirt
and well darned stockings to put on every
Sunday morning. ct no one who enjoys
any one of these blessings presume to
cal himself miserable sinner.
"A green grocer--One who trusts