Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-03-12
HOW THEY CoURTED.


fire i'll the bed rom, and continued
talking until late hour. Mrs. E. is
very communicative, and would fire
quently allude to the previous life Of
the Twins, their manner of courtship,
the "many gals what tried to get emit
cause they had money" &c. She also
gave us an account Of the reason fol
settling at "Trap Hill," which was t.
merchandise, but Mr.. Harris (the gen
tlernan who was with them. and was
to have conducted their business) hav
ing married Il ''gal what they didn't
like" they concluded to abandon the
ida of employing him, and also aban
doned the idea of merchandising al.
together.
They have house here, finished il
good style, at cost of 81, 500, which
they are now anxious TO sell, so tina
the two families may be together.
/ rode from Wilkes county to then
new residence III Surry, some forty
miles, and arrived at their house the
evening Of the second day after leavina
''1'rap HILL" On riding up to the yard
observed the Twins busily engaged
in shingling house; and on seeing me
they promptly approached me and re
quested me to ''walk in,' adding that
they would attend to my horse, and in
the meantime { walked into the house
and introduced myself to Mrs. Chang,
and found her to tie 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 tidiness which Mrs Eng
lacks; indeed, the people all about mere
say she is "mighty townifed." Mrs.
Chang was married on the same night
as her sister, and now has three chill
dren, viz: Josephine Virginia, SIX DAYS
younger than Mrs Eng's first; Christie
phere Wren, eight days younger than
Mrs. Engs second, and Nancy, aged
only six months. These are healthy
and forward children, but have their
fathers features clarly stamped upon
them. You could readily single them
out of a crowd Of ten thousand chill
dren.
HOW THEY LIKE FARMING.
After having passed some time with
Mrs. Chang the Twins came in, and
gathering up their pipes. commenced
putting away at great rate. l found
them exceedingly sociable, and soon
had them fairly engaged in conversation
My first question was, ''How do you
like farming?" They both replied,
1--WE like him much; good business for
us. ''Do you raise much corn and
potatoes, hay, &c. p ave make
enough to eat and feed two horses,
cattle, and sheep and hogs" ''This
is nav place, what did you pay for
it?" eve pay three thousand seven
hundred 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; Nave fifty five turkeys, fifty
geese, some ducks" ''Iiow many
plows do you run g. "Four plows y
Does your land produce well?' 'Some
place make tirty bushel corn on one
acre. GLOW many negroes, have your
"We got tirteen, big and little. ''IIow
long have you lived in North Carolina?
eve lib here nine years "What made
you settle at "Trap Hip" "Mighty
pure place, high mountain, big rocks,
nough deer, squirrels. foxes, and ali
kind of game" ''You love to hunt7'
':Mlghty well, love shoot mark, too"
THEIR POLITICS AND RICHES.
"Do you vote a. elections?" ''Oh,
yes; never miss many time" "Who
did you vote for President in I84O?"
eve vote for General Harrison, and in
1914 we vote for Mr.. Clay; and now
we ready TO vote for Mr.. Clay again if
he is willing" "Then you are
both Whigs?" swell, we amt nothing
else" "How do you like our repabli
can form of government" 1--WE like
him much, very much better than
where we come from" 'sDo you ever
expect to return to ycur own country?'
| "We never going back; have wife and
children here, all 'Mericans, and we
'Melicans now too" "Have you any
! relatives living in Siam?' eve have
mudder, him very old. We can't write
Siam, and mudder can't write Merican
We only hear from home two time
since we been in this country. CAM
get nobody to write Siam to We
lnudder, and she can't 'Merican.
"Would you not like to see YOU
mother?" .We like him much" "Havt
you much money!" eve have some
in New York" 'Who has charge o