, 1876-05-20
FAMILIAR TALK.
n Many Arrows in tho Culver "-~-
Remarkable Human
Fccundity.
a Scotchrnan Who Had Sixty
two Children by Ono Wife.
American Journalism a Century Ago.'.
Splcery In Grcnt britain.

'.,h.. os f-on. M,,.s ,.,, fh,.,.t.. a,;,
f1ouut inns colIcctch from No1cs dno queries, ant'
sa1ious other publications, MI amazing list Of
ra,cs answering TO the question, HAre there at,v
..zcl.o,,tlcntfcntc1 cxaton1re al n father or a
Ns s.,,a. Iant,r had t,vi, aozo,, oh,,;1r,,, ~
&no1ncf 'nslns nau tMo ao]Gn ea"utcn or
norof". beginning with tho lowest nutnbcr
xncntlotica III the query, tho writer cltcs six In.
s,ancos proyine the affirmative Of the question,
h.nnnc ilc nust curtmus of theeo IL tbnt of Cnl.
Ano" Turmer .v % ,snch ia p"covero sro ~ % ro,nm" " @
of celebrated trials Whilc tho suit was In
progrcss IN which this gentleman was involved,
io Eayo III the following casual BIT Of Testimony
eopeer,,tng CO.. Ills vito: "sho sat down, being
eomc"hae III a'la "eaFy' poo' neatha haVe
hsl twcnty.6cvcn children l,y hcr,-tlfteen sons
md twelve lauglIters.H Another Interesting
example is TINT Of n pub]can's wife at Chester,
Tno "''o n'S ."sl5 ysa'n ~, "s'u .au1 ,1.No
ycro number Of twins included In these
tyrtl,s, 4 third case notable is TINT Of d woman
wy, - Nav poaa o,,1 ,,ah ,,oo, t,,,, .,,,.,
rcslueu Ut ~" hoaa, anu n.u oeeh tte taosheF
Of tfcnty.cght ctlilarch' a'l OIL w,ao1a hau hcen
single births and lad llvcd several months, al
.o" .;n,n NV ~" WI = ""' '''''9 ~ ''''
Slo n,.atn,. ."I,u. ~ J.. s,,, ,,,c,,o ,,,,,,,u .,, t.
>tass'hg Oh 10 a SILL l'sher NUMBER nine m
elanccs arc recorded where thirty or moro chill
sn en Tf5s tno 91sn % ea as '1e pasen1 o Am fa
obituary hoteo o, Mfs' MI, agnes slc,poarne' VINO
d!ea a. Inc ego OF loo, anu laa porho .hlrty
Ind fifteen boys In succession, and then, to
mako tho thing even. Ind fifteen r3rls m thu
s,,l s",To mnhrokcn Rcn,lcnrn. II ia stated fhnt.
sEhen Charles v, entered Ghcnt In stat1
S1,u,a1. @ WHOSE whose, wife vi hud - brouent @ IJr, lin
twcnIv,'onn boys en1 Inn ,1iris' nrn.
s"nte1 himself ke,orn thc Emncrorr nj fhc 1nol
pf lie corps OF boys nll III uniform. OF course
tho n,arytcious SPECTACLE secured penaion for
iIis n,Iticrous fnInily was most trugical Tin
whoin thrty.ono rhiilrcn wnre t1cstrovcii l,v tho
ijaek. Death which prevailed In i53V, and lin
t"roft nnrenta fniio,vr1 thnlr oiTQnr;ng ~ liz
oravn s,1n,, niter Ghcut crccted rns'noSol ri ~ ~
Fila extraorlnary family. Which is stlf IN mrs.
rryation, Wv
Towards tic close of tho last century, n r..
u,arkable sight was witnessed at Kiston-le.Moor,
man and hs wfc M ind thlTty ehrem arcHlar nr
fn rhuyi, to intend tho barf(snl Of the iost nn7
iHrty-tirst youuretrr ulldcd ia Inc family srn,,n
IL Is related that, when tho Emperor Ucnry IT.
thIrtY-two children, rs tho most precious icwels
he o;uid Offer TO tie Crown. IN n ni,,nhc, af
lbs Gstc,nc,t's 4uayazi.e for tho ycar l75d there
ese!rs tlia tcrsu notico under TIC head Of
iith Child by ono husband.'' - WV S'''' "
Navnnc,n1 tn wit htrhcr f,eurc o,r o,thor3-
ty gives four examples II UPWARDS Of tbirty.iivc
tLiIiren of Que nntl tlo saIlie mother. EaTly In
hurt, Of CromartY' Castjc. were w tho nro!.l
narcnts of twenty-five sons WHO grew in to
trmarricd anl mnnyuf them tho mothers OF lnsge
families u, Towards the close of the seventeenth
euah4rJ tsnntie, on ~" y =, FIe1 o