Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-03-14

the theme of every tongue. He had
Staid BY them through their long and
lrdous courtship; and when, at last.
hey were. married, he lifted his
lands above thier heads, with i'm
,ressive JUNCTION, "Bless We, nv
children, will never desert ye!" and
he kept his word. Magnanimitv
like this is all too rare in this cold
world.
Dye-and-bye Eng fell in love with
his sister-in-law's sister, and mar
led her, and since that day they
have lived together, night and day,
in exceeding sociability which is
touching and beautiful to behold,
md is scathing rebIlke of our boast
ed civilization.
The sympathy existing between
hese two brothers is so close and
so refined that the feelings, the i'm
pulses, the emotions of the one are
instantly experienced by the other.
When one is sick, the other is sick;
when one feels pain, the other feels
t, when one is angered the others
temper takes fire. We have alre ldy
seen with what happy felicity they
both fell in love with the same girl.
Now Chang is bitterly opposed to
Ill forns-of intemperance, on prin-
;iple; but Eng is the reverse-for
while the mems feelings and emo
tions are so closely welded, the rea
soning faculties are unfettered; their
thoughts are free. Chang belongs
to the Good Templars, and hard
working and enthusiastic supporter
of temperance reforms. But to his
bitter distress every now and then
Eng gets drunk, and of course that
makes Chang drunk too. This un-
fortunate thing has been a great sor-
row to Chang, forit almost destroys
mis- usefulness in his favOrite field
of effort. AS sure as he is to head
Il great temperance procession Eng
ranges up along side of him, prompt
to the minute, and drunk as a lord;
but no more dismally and hopeless
ly drunk than his brother who has
not tasted drop. And so the two
begin te hoet and yell, and throw
mud and bricks at the Good Tenn
plars; and of course they break up
the procession. 1t would be mani
testify wrong to punish Chang for
what Eng does, and therefore, the
Good Templars accept the un-
toward situation, and suffer in ST.
lence and sorrow. They have official
Iy and deliberately examined into
the matter, and find Chang blame
less, They have taken the two
brothers and filed Chang with warm
water and sugar and Eng full of
whisky, and in twenty-five. minutes
it was not possibsa to tell which was
the drunkest. Both were as drunk
as loons-and on hot whisky punch
es, by the smell of their breath. Yet
all the while Changes moral princi
pies were unsullied his conscicne was
clear; and so all just men were fore
ed to confess that he was not moral
ly, but only physically drunk. By
every right and every moral evil
dence the man was strictly sober;
and therefore, it caused his friends
all the more anguish to see him shake
hands with the pump, and to wind
his watch with his night key.
There is a moral in these solemn
warnings-or, at least, warning in
those solemn morals, one or the
other. No matter, it is somehow.
Let us keep it and let us profit by
it.
could say more of an instructive
nature about these interesting be-
ings, but let what l have written
suffice.
Having forgotten to mention it
sooner, l will remark in conclusion,
the ages of the Siamese Twins are
respectively fifty one and tifty-three
wears,