Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-13

pE. unLilNGSWogrn s REuINIscENcEs--iNCf-
DENTS oF 5 STRANGE LwE.
DE-. Inllingswertn oi Moant Airy, n. C.,
who attended thu Samc~, twins. says con-
ecrniu., thcn
| rhc tai moved to our ncishhorhood in
| iSi6 B,iurd the war they did not agree a.;
brothers ~ indi-Sulubly bound oHght to do.
and they came e. me once, and Eng, who
had the better disposition of the two. said
in presence oi their business AGENT that he
could not live with his brother amicahly
and wanted tn have separation. | replied
that the rn.'~t eminent surgeons ut Europe
had given their 0riniIH adverse to such an
operation. au,. that would not do it, add
ing that would as soon cut their throats-
This startling view. together with the
agents pcrsuaSiOnS. caused the matter to
drop They were born face to face, and
could no; have been AZ any time during
their lives back To back. a. some accounts
represent. The connection was hy an exten-
sion ui tho sternum. ut the time Of their
death almost o>sc0u- in Its hardness, and
nearest in appearance and size To mans
hand. with the fingers stretched ont and
squeezed together. and with the thumb un-
i.rncath. making 4 convex and cOncaye
slriacc respectively above and below. In
the cxi.t scntrc of this band was the mark
0t q Sinrlc rmbiical cord. The absence Of
duublcncS. in this regard Is confirmed by
the statement of the mother to her son Eng.
who repeated it To me. ms band ex-
amiued after death. 1t had but one UNI
biiicil mark precisely IN the centre of the
connection and underneath. Eng, the strong
and healthy ono, understood hIs intimate
relation To his weak and sickly brother.
and remarked. on several occasions, I'VE
can't live long" Chang never said any
thing but Il iecl bad" " | told them at the
time of the interview on the subject that
possibly the severance might have been per
formed successfully when young. Ii had
been in time before the death uf Eng Il would
certainly have attempted the operation
The common error concerning 4 supposed
artery passing through the hand would not
| haze deferred me, bat my only tear was
| that pcritoniti> would set IN, as
| this band connected itself directly
| with the pcrircncum. The band is the
| cn~iiorm cartilage apparently oSsihed a.
| hard A. the thigh bone. and 1t had no mo-
/ tion in it and had very littic sensation.
| and that only at particular point in the
I centre The danger OF peritionitlS alone
prevented the operation. fheir wives are
/ white sisters. born Yates, raised m North
| Carolina, uucducdtcd but naturally intel
| liscnt. about 10 years old. weighing 200
and 10 pOGnds respectively, and ehildrea
OF a mothcr who now weighs nearly 100
pounds. rhc ~ inS were iOnd of playing
| draughtS. but never against cach other,
saving il would be no amusement.
They were not members Of any church.
bat vent occasionally with their wives
Their brains were distinct. They were
goad business men. ana often iii driving II
| bargain they would wals aside and consult
together a. 90 what was best. They bad
only two deaf and dunh children The
deaf girl recently married in Raleigh N"
two men were more honest IN their dealings
nor murc peTtinacipnS II habits.
Dr. nollnsSworth Is further at the pPln-
ion that the death OF Eng WIS not caused by
an artcry or vital cuuaccti1u through Tho
ligamcnt that united them and believes that
there waS TO such vital connection. because
he has attended them when one was sieS
and the other in good hcilta. and when
{ there wa- Il many a. ~ beats difference Z"
the minute in their pul~IiicltIrus. The doc
tor does not believe that ii the lis,lmcat had
been scvcrci Ens'S lie could have bees;
saved, but thinks any operation nnicS~ per
formed Immediately upon the discovery vi
Chang death woud have FASTENED that -.
Eng. The bodies at present IL embulme'i
in large air-tisht tin box. which was
placed in a large wDod,n box, made Sccare-
IN tirh, and pInccd ia the cellar Of ih'
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