Wilmington journal., 1874-02-06

| were subsequently increased to about
the number of forty. With this force
and an overseer they worked the plan
| tation and were generally regarded as
very successful planters.
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.
Up to the year 1857 they lived to-
| gether quite harmoniously, it is said,
when owing to domestic quarrels, the
true cause of which never has trans
| pired, dissolution of the firm of Z.
| Il @. Bunker, was agreed upon. Some
say it was fighting among the children,
| others that it was jealousy of the wives
| about the number of children they had
that caused the separation but be that
as it may Eng purchased an adjoining
plantation, upon which he built q
house, just one mile distant from the
| old home, which now became the ex-
elusive property of Chang. In the di-
vision of the property the whole of the
original plantation fell to Chang, while
a large majority of the slaves, being
movable property, became Eng's.
Hence it was that when the result of
the war brought about the emancipa-
tion of the slaves, Eng found himself a
much poorer man than his brother,
though both of them were very well
off.
A SINGULAR BUT SOLEMN COMPACT.
Immediate upon the separation the
brothers made an agreement, which,
like the laws of the Medes and Per-
slams, was unalterable, and which to
their very deaths was rigidly observ-
ed. This was that every alternate
three days were reserved exclusively
to each of the brothers to do as he
pleased. For instance, the three DAYS
that belonged to Eng were spent at his
house or anywhere else that Eng might
choose to go. During that time Chang
was merely an appendage of Eng, hav-
ing neither the right to go anywhere
that Eng did not choose to go nor the
power to attend to any business what
ever of private nature of his own. In
the same way, when Changes three
days came, and they were punctual to
a moment, they departed at once for
his home, where he assumed supreme
control of the actions and movements
of both, and Eng became .the nonen-
tity. So exact were they with this
rule that no event, however great in
importance, and no stress of weather,
no matter how severe, could prevent
them starting from the house of one
to the house of the other, when the
three days of either had expired. It is
related of them that this rule caused
one to leave his home just as the mar
riage of his daughter was about to take
place, and the other was prevented
from attending the funeral of son by
the stringency of this singular com
pact. They carried it out to the last,
for Chang's final three days had ex-
pired on the Thursday evening prior
to their deaths, and though it was very
cold, misty and severe weather, to
Engs house he would go, in accord
ance with the ilrepealable law.
THEIR FAMILIES
are very large, Eng's wife having had
eleven children, several of whom are
now living. Two of them died in in
fancy and two after they were grown.
Chang's wife had ten children, nine of
whom are living, two of them, boy
and girl. as before stated, being deaf
mutes. The latter was recently mar
ried at Raleigh to her tutor, also
deaf mute, at the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum in that city. The hospitality
of the families is household word in
Surry county. There was always
welcome and 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 210 pounds, which was
exceedingly light compared with that
of their better halves. Mrs. Chang
weighs about 175 pounds, is somewhat
corpulent, has fair complexion and
presents the appearance of a healthy
country woman in her declining years.
Mrs. 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 arc all intelligent, well
educated and promise to make good
citizens. One of Chang's sons now
lives in California, where he has made
quite a small fortune. There are
others in various parts of the United
States. all said to be doing well, with
every prospect of success in life.
THEIR PROPERTY AND WILLS.
Chang's landed property is estimated
to be worth $40, 900, his money $40, 200
and his personal property, including
stock and furniture, at 81, 600. Eng's
land is worth $40, 900, his money So, 600,
personal property $4,000. Eng's will
bequeaths all his landed and household
property to his wife during her life
time; his money to be divided equally
among his children at his death, and
the property at the death of their
mother. Chang's will is substantially
the same.