Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-05
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TIE SlAMESE TWINS.

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TIE SlAMESE TWINS.
EARLY B"nalnxc xc-Thctr MarriaRe-l
Yhctr Tenn or, Property ana Faml-
lies.
A correspondent of the New York |
Herald writes from Mount Airy. North |
Carolina, letter concerning the late |
Siamesc twins, from which we extract
the following:
THEIR ADOPTED NAME
As is already fQwn they we're born |
in Siam on tGs [1th Of May, 1871, |
where they lived until 1879, when they
were brought to the United States by q |
sea captain named Coffin. This person
claimed them as bis property, and ex-
hibited them for lengthy period, real |
izing Handsomely from his enterprise.
the twins implicitly believing de had |
as perfect right and title to them MS |
to any other goods and, chattels he
possessed. How long this continued
my informant was unable 70 say, but
man named Bunker appeared, who
knew the circumstances of their origin,
and who interested himself sufficiently
in their behalf to freethem from the
species of slavery. in which they were
held by Coffin. This done, they adopt
ed the name of their patron, and began
giving exhibitions themselves under
the style and title of the
FIRM OF e. / O. BUNKER.
They soon after married sisters
named Yates, and became landowners
and slave-masters. They for number
Of years occupied the same house, but
finally divided their property and their
families, living in separate houses, and
they alternating between the two,
spending three days at a time in each
home, and each having sole control of
the movements of the other while in
his own home. The correspondent
further says:
THEIR RESIDENCES
are located respectively three and four
miles from this village, in northwest
erly direction. Changes, the first we
come to, is 4 wooden building, painted
white, two stores high. and shaped
like an L, with eight rooms, which are
we'll, though not luxuriously furnished.
Eng's house has much the same ap-
pearance as Chang's, but it is built of
logs and is not painted. The farms,
as said before, are excellent. we'll
stocked, and are sufficiently capable of
maintaining in comfort the families of
the decreased twins.
TEMPER OF THE TWINS.
Whether the same blood circulated
through the veins of both or not, it is
certain they were different in tempera-
ment and disposition. Eng was mild,
amiable, gentle in his disposition, and
pleasing IN his manners. Chang was
the very reverse, having q very irrita-
BILE disposition and violent temper,
always ready to take offence, and quick
to quarrel at the slightest umbrage.
Eng will be recollected as the larger Of
the twins, Chang the smaller. Numer-
which are, of course, exaggerated) of
the unhappy domestic consequences of
Chang's nttemper. Sometimes at
the table during their meals he would
fly into a passion, spring up, and seizing
the tablecloth would jerk all the plates,
dishes and eatables off the table and
scatter them in fragments all over the
room. A savorite way of displaying
his temper was to drag a feather bed
across tue room and pile it on the fire.
Repeatedly he fought desperately with
Eng-a hand-t ,-hand combat, the lat.
ter always acting on the defensive.
Once Chang succeeded in cutting him
very severely in the face, it is said,
! with knife before he was disarmed.
Eng being asked what was the matter
with his wounded face, replied, 1T
was done one day"-all that could be
got out of him in regard to the broth.
erly affray.
THEIR FAMILIES
are very large, Eng's wife having had
eleven children, seven of whom are
now living. Two of them died in in
fancy, and two after they were grown.
Changes wife had ten children, nine of
whom are living, two of them, q boy
and girl, as before stated, being deaf
mutes. The latter was recently mar
ried 1T Raleigh, to her tutor, also a
deaf, mute, at the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum in that city. The hospitality of
the families is q household word in
Surrey county. There was always q
welcome and a good meal for every
visitor, the latter being compelled to
eat something in every instance,
whether he desired it or not, for good
fellowship.
LIGHT AND HEAVY WEIGHTS.
In health the combined weight of
the twins was 2lO pounds, which was
exceedingly light when compared with
their better halves. Mrs. Chang weighs
about ITS pounds, is somewhat corpu-
lent, has fair complexion, and pre-.
sents the appearance of a healthy
country woman in her declining years.
Mr.. Eng weighs the enormous avoir.
dupois of 800 pounds. Her appearance
is similar to that of her sister, except
she is more obese, but just as active.
The children are all intelligent, well
educated, and promise to make good
citizens. One of Chang's sons nov
lives in California, where he has made
quite small fortune. There are
others in various parts of the United
States, all said to be doing we'll, with
every prospect of success in life.
THEIR PROPERTY AND WILLS.
Changes landed property is estimated
to he worth $40, 00O, his money $40,
600, and his personal property, in
Guiding stock and furniture, at So, 600
Eng's land is worth $40, 600. his money
$1,000, personal property 81, 900. Eng'l
will beQueaths all his landed anC
household property to his wife during
his lifetime his money to be equally
divided among his children at hit
death, and the property at the deatl
of their mother. Changes will is sub
stantially the same.
Congressional Summary.
: Senate.
MONDAY, January 26.-Several peti
tfons we're presented.-The House bin to confirm
land titles In Missouri was passed.-The Hous
bill granting authority for coinage to he executes