The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-25
SKETCH OF THE s1MHsE TWINS.

The SiAmsss Twins, Eng and Chang.
laSely rssiding IN North Carolina, were
AFFLICTED with illness In the year 1871.
They we're born at small village on the
coast Of Siam, IN the year ISL. Their
parents got their living BY fishing, and un.
I'll 1920, whsa Eag and Chsus were
brought 70 the United States they made
their living by selling she'll fish. Their
mother bore seventeen children. At one
t!me she gave birth 20 thrse and never less
than tW0. But n0os OF Shese childfon
wees astormsd. The twin vsrs unlspd
Of the anterior part OF the chest BY Q
prolongaioa Of kind Of fsshy band
the size Of the hand. This band Of
desh II about two inches broad and four
inches thick. The whole mass WAS tough
and capable Of being considerably OF.
tended. One could whisper In the ssr Of one
Of them without the other hearing, while
volatile salts applied 10 the nostrils Of ono
he'd no effect on the other, and while pinch
Ing the arm OF one excited NO sensation
in the other, still II you but stuck pin 10
she exact vertical centre Of this connect
Ing link both would finch from the hurt.
The twins were seldom observe 70 con-
verse with each other. They played
good game OF draughts, made pretty
much the same moves. and ut the same
time, and frequently played against each
other.
After attracting vast amount Of sttsn.
ton among scieotists and Physiologists Ia
the old world. they married two sisters
and settled down near Salisbury, North
Carolina, on . we'll stocked plantation.
Ia addition, they had 1t one period ample
funds Invested through their agent in
New York: Duriog tbe War they eontip-
usd 70 reside on their plantation, and
lived in the same quiet and harmony %
ever, until some ysars afterwards. or !
course no one ever Ihosgh OF drafting
hem, and their negroes prospsrsd, except |
when out Of temper from any cause, IL was |
apt to work itself of In striking the frst |
ono that came 10 hand, from which the bsst
Escape was to keep Ont Of the way. The
brothers probably never would have
had any dinieulty, but that their wives
though sistsrb turned away their hearts
md children were the cause of ,hi, e..
rangemsnt Up 10 the period that each
'Ad I've children ell prospersd we'll
nough, but one Of them had q sixth and
bis swoke envy and jealousy TO such de-
rec that tbs twin sisters, not being bound
sgsshsr Ike the twin brothers, would no
ongsr live under the same roof. The
'rothsrs were, II seems, about hfty-lour
'sAfs OF age, but one, We believe, The
mailer and iesbler Of the two, looked, Il
9 said ten years Older than the other.
rhey could turn either back g.
back o. face to face, but that
. - tar - the remsrstls bond
hat united them permitted. 1t WAS almost
certain that should either die the other
'ould not survive even more than q few
ninusss,as there was an artery ~ large as
he ssmoral artery shat connects them. A
lew years sincs they corrsspondsd with
,ome II the leading surgical operators In
London, ~ TO the possibility OF the um.
oiiicas being cut, so that In csss OF the
death Oh one tbs life Of the other might
Dc savea. Al she fsqosst Of the London
surgeon thsy waited that city, and many
experiments were tried TO determine the
satisfy OF such al operation. Among other
things ligAture was tied firmly for a few
minutes around the connection between
them, % - 70 prevent the circulation OF |
- II each would expire II this we're per.
sisted In. Abe smaller Of the two tainted
away and lost oil consciousness, aud there
we're symptoms that the same eject would
follow TO the other, but the process Gould
not be continued long enough withou, sn.
aangsrlng the life Of him who WAS the |
drst 70 faint Since ths breaking out OF |
he REBELLION the twins both dressed In the |
gray, and we're both members
4 the same church, hsving united with
mall Baptist church In their nsightos.
Ieod, Of which thsy were considsrsd very
'orthy members, though they were born