The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-28
TWO IN ONE.
The Most htenA X tble Monstrosity
Record.


From the Phitad lphis Times
"rhe Two headed Nlghin gale aud
party Was what the register Of an up
town hotel showed last night. 1t
wasn't a BIZ DIOR any other Species Of
biped. SO ar from having two legs it
had four. The h Jtel clerk was in II COZ
slant grin. 1t was evident that he had
stored up some fine auticipations as 10
the surprise this singular announce.
nent would cause people whea they
ran their eyes over the register. 1t was
not every day II coiored women with
two heads, four arms tour legs, four
eyes, four ears. two noses, two mouths
and two tongues registered at that
hotel, and the clerk Was bound to make
the most OF 1t. The land party" cou.
sisted of, two Italian dvarfs, both in
top boots aud mnstacbes aud goatees,
aud neither larger than a good.sized
doll. Tue woman with ns-ra. sup
ply of limbs Was Mile Chrlstiue. " hose
exhibition In this city, at the Assembly
Bdltdiug, eight years ago, created II stir
am ong the physicians, VINO had her be-
fore them for several d.ys ut Jefferson
Medical college, and afterward de-
liyered lectures on her. For tue past
eight years she has been oo a tour of
exhibition III Europe.
The Nightingale is twenty seven years
old She Was born in Columbus
county, Moth Caroline, OF slave par
cuts. There were fifteen children in
the family, tue otners alt belus per.
fectly formed. AS are the parents Tue
woman has been on exhibition since
she was two years Old. She has had
an eventful experience. Twice sue has
been stoleo. ouce from New Orleans,
where she was on exhibition, In "a few
months she turned up In New York
orphan asylum. Her owner (this was
In slave time) got her back. A few
months later sne was stolen for the
second tune and turned up ia England,
where the enterprisn3 thief was exhio-
ltIng her. Again her owner got her
back. She Was exhibited all over the
Quilted States atterwaId. and then taken
to the old country. la London the
newspaper men gave her the name of.
Nightingale on< account OF her vocal
powers. She sings we'll, dances we'll
and speaks three or foar different
languages. among them French.
Toe two head, sit on her shoulders
at angles TO etcn otler. - Ihtc the net
which keeps u the hair of one touches
the net which keeps up the hair of the
other, and, II the owner viii, ii, the
two heads may bamp against each
other. like playing bones in the hands
OF an expert. Toe Singular part is her
conversation. Oae tongue begins to
talk, the eyes brighten, the face be-
comes animated. At TINS polut the Oh
server catches sight of the other face
looking over the other shoulder with
sort OF grin on it, aud the other eyes
with a.leer III them. A mau NAV be
excused If his attention strays at this
poiut, and the utterances of the first
tongue become lost on him ia contem-
plating the other physlo mo nicai appa.
rltIon. Presently the second tongue
begins to talk. too. aud there Is sort
OF race, between then. One face il
rather masculine aud the Other femi,
nine. end the voices vary similarly. La
talking, the tongues 'chIp ia" aud
cross each other
"Get mp and walk, Nightingale. ;"
said he manager.
The Que face grinned while the other
looked solemn. She took herself up
oh the sofa and waiAed across the room
erect on her four legs I'd came back
on her two legs
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