Smyrna times., 1874-02-04

lawyer, who was Intimately acquainted with
the twins and their families and from him L
obtained quite a number of facts connected
with their history yet unpublished.
THEIR ADOPTED NAME.
AS is already known they were born in Siam
on the llth of May, 1911, where they lived
until 1929, when they were brought to the
| United States by sea captain named Coffin. |
| This person claimed them as his property and |
exhibited them for lengthy period, realizing
handsomely from his enterprise, the twins
implicitly believing he had as perfect a right |
and title to them as to any other goods and
chattels he possessed. How long this con-
tlnued my informant was unable to say, but
man named Bunker appeared, who knew the
circumstances of their origin, and who
interested himself sufficiently iu their behalf
| to free them from the species of slavery in
which they were held by Coffin. This done
| they adopted the name of their patron, and
began giving exhibitions themselves under the
style and title of the
| FIRM OF E. & c. BUNKER.
Their pecuniary and otherwise brilliant sue
cess is now a matter OF history, with which all
the readers of the Herald are familiar
Nearly every civilized nation in the world was
visited by them. and the medical men of every
country acknowledged them to be the greatest
living natural curiosity of the age. 1t was
during one of their tours through the United
States, travelling as they did at the time in an
open barouche of their own, that they visited
a place called Trap Hill, in the adjoining
county of Wilkes Here they made stay of a
few days, and here it. was they made the
acquaintance of a family called Yates, with
whom they became very intimate and friendly,
the attraction being two young ladies' re-
spectively named Sarah Ann ates and Adeine
Yates. This was in l843 In a very short
tiae Eng evinced decided liking for Miss
Sarsh Ann, or Miss Salley as she was called :;
a courtship followed, and, to make the story
short, Eng proposed, was accepted by the
damsel, and marriage was the immediate re-
suit Chang, though partner of Eng in
everything else, was not partner in his con
Dubal joys and felicitieS, of which he was con
stantly reminded, and this state of single
bessednesS became very irksome to him. He
grew miserable aud Quarrelsome, and nothing
could be done to please him, and this sort of
companionship was quite disagreeeble to the
newly welded pair. How was it to be re-
medied, was the question tina: agitated Eng
and his wife mind, when, suddenly one day,
with a wOmans tact, bright idea struck
Mrs. Eng, aud she lost no time in com
municating it TO her husband. She had a
panacea for all Chang woes, and this was that
he should
MARRY HER SISTER
Adeline. Eng smiled serencly at the proposi
ton, Chang frightened up at it. but the mex
question that presented itself was, Would the
young lady agree to come into the family as ,
wife as well as peacemaker?' Mrs Eng
said, Leave all that to me- [ will fix that
And sure enough she did. By her persuasv,
eloquence Miss Addy was won over, and il
two weeks from the date of Engs marriaR
there were two Mrs. Bunkers.
AS PLANTERS AND SLAVE OWNERS.
They then settled down in Wilkes county
where they purchased a small farm, upo
which they continued to reside until l847
making occasional tours to exhibit themselves
= In that year they moved to this county an
purchased the plantation upon which Chang
family now live, which is quite a large AM
= valuable one. At this time they had NUN
Der of slaves, which were subsequently in
creased to about the number of forty. Wit
lte this force and q overseer they worked th
plantation and were generally regarded as yer
successful planters.
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.
Up to the year 1857 they lived togetht
quite harmOnously, it is said, when owing
sp domestic qRarres, the true cause of whic
no never has transpired, dissolution of the fri
hg of +. and G. Bunker, was agreed upor
'nt Some say it was fighting among children
ne the number Of children they had that cause
MS the separation; but be that as it may En-
an purchased an adjoining plantation, upC
ZEN which he built house, just one mile dista
lon from the old home, which now became ti
era exclusive property of Chang. In the divisiC
're of the property the whole OF the original pla
ing tation fell to Chang, while a large majority
'oi the slaves, being movable property, becan
'oo Eng's. Hence it was that when the result
ept the war brought about the emancipation
lite the slaves Eng found himself much poor
hes man than bis brother, though both of the
ely were then very we'll off.
SINGULAR BUT SOLEMN COMPACT.
In Immediately upon the separation the br
theirs made an agreement, which, like {
laws of the Medes Persians, was unalterab
and which to their very deaths was rigid
one observed. This was that every alternate thr
,oal days was reserved exclusively to each of [
ing brothers to do as he pleased. For instan,
lng the three days that belonged to Eng We
was spent at his house or anywhere else that +
lsre might choose to 20. During that time Cha
ed was merely an appendage of Eng, havi
ter neither the right to 20 anywhere that Eng
the net choose to go nor the power to attend
now any business whatever of private nature
axe his own. In the same way, when Chan
IS TO three days came, aud they were puuctuaI L
the moment, they departed at once for his nor
Lg where he assumed supreme control of
actions and movements of both, and Eng
came the nonentity. So exact were they w
heir this rule that no event, however great in
ouse portance, and no stress Of weather, no mat
was how severe, could prevent them starting FIR
'usly the house OF one to the house OF the 9th
onia when the three days OF either had explr
10 1t is related of them that this rule caused
too TO leave his home just as the marriage of
con- daughted was about to take place. aad
INST other was prevented from attending
CON. funeral Of son by the strngency of this sin
, an. lar compact. They carried it out to the /
fety, ir lor Onsng nnal tnree Gays nad expired on
, the though it was very cold, misty and Sc,
,eing weatneI' 70 Eng nodse ne would co. ln ace
was ance WIN 'ne trepeAiaoio ia"'
Eng TEMPERs OF THE TWINS.
4 de. Wheiher the same blood eirenlated thro