Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-24

physicians who had her before them
for several days at Jefferson College,
and afterward delivered lectures on
her. For the past eight years she has
been on a tour Of exhibition in Europe,
under the management of Mr.. Smith,
who returned to this country with her
four weeks ago, and has since ex-
hibited her and the dwarfs in Boston
and other New England cities. They
came to Philadelphia from Bridgeport,
Conn, yesterday, under an arrange
ment with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
where they make their first appear
ance to-day.
The Nightingale is twenty-seven
years old. She was born in Colum-
bus county. North Carolina, of slave
parents. There were fifteen children
in the family, the others all being
perfectly formed, as are the parents.
The woman has been on exhibition
since she was two years old. She has
had an eventful experience. Twice
she has been stolen, once from New
Orleans, where she was on exhibition.
In a few months she turned up in a
New York orphan asylum. Her
owner (this was in slave times) got
her back again. A few months later
she was stolen for the second time
and turned up in England, where the
enterprising thief was exhibiting her,
Again her owner got her back. She
was exhibited all over the United
States afterward, and then taken to
the old country. In London the
newspaper men gave her the name of
Nightingale on account of her vocal
powers. She sings well, dances well
and speaks three or four different lam
guages, among them French.
The two heads sit on her shoulders
at angles to each other, so that the net
which keeps upthe hairof one touches
the net which keeps up the hair of the
ether, and if the owner wills it the
two heads may bump against each
other like playing-bones in the hands
of an expert. The singular part is her
conversation. One tongue begins to
talk, the eyes brighten, the face be-
comes animated. At this point the
observer catches sight of the other
face looking over the other shoulder
with a sort of grin on it and the other
eyes with a leer in them. A man may
be excused if his attention strays at
this point and the %utterances Of the
first tongue become lost on him in
contemplating the other physiognomi-
cal apparition. Presently the second
tongue begins to talk, too, and there is
a sort of race between them. One
face is rather masculine and the other
feminine, and the voices vary similarly
In talking the tongues chip in and
cross each other. To get an idea Of
the effect Of the conversation with hei
the reader must imagine in the follow.
ing that the SMALL CAPITALS repre-.
sent the feminine tongue and the Other
form the masculine:
How did you like EurOpe2"
Il LIKED IT VERY MUCH. l LIKEI
ENG France | liked, too, LAND BET
TER THAN nearly as ANY OTHER. wei
as England. IT'S MORE The French
LIKE AMERICA. people are very TIL
ITALIANS nice. ARE A GOOD DEAL
America is my LIKE THE FRENCH
home you know. | LIKE and | II
TRAVEL am not VERY MUCH. likel.
to forget it. l was born THERE IS !
GREAT DEAL TO in North Carolina
SEE IN | was THE OLD WORLD, il
South Carolina ESPECIALLY IN durin
the war. LONDON AND PARIS.
From the above c%omprehensiv
statements it will be evident to tn
reader that she can accomplish jus
twice as much talking as women j
general, and, more than that, she
talking on two different phases of tn
subject at the same time.
Get up and walk, Nightingale,
said the manager.
The one face grinned, while tn
other looked solemns She took hel
self up off the sofa and walked acros
the room erect on her four legs an
came back on her two legs. The dwar
who are exhibited with her are tn
Brothers Magri. They will be at ii
Equescurriculum for two weeks.