The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1879-07-02
Il FAMOUS FIVE.
Three Boys and Two Girls Born at the
Same Time.
[San Francisco Chrontc)e.l


[San Francisco Chronc)e]
Queen Fictoria's bounty of fifteen
dollars for every case of triplcts ap-
pears to have had very stimulating
effect in all parts Of her extensive do
minions. She has hitherto confined
the reward to cases occurring in Great
Britain, but the wife Of an honest
German farmer In the colony Of South
Australia has recently presented an
extremely strong appeal for an extern
sion Of the bounty beyond the limits of
''thc right tight little island," rs Cob
den called it. Jacob Schulcr, farmer,
residing about thirty miles from the
town of Kaplnda, South Australia,
appears to have attracted no attention
beyond the circle of his friends, who
were few and far between in the
tMnly-scttled region where he and his
fclloW-colonsts from Germany had
settled. His wife, on the other hand,
attracted attention wherever she went
and well she might, if the reports con-
ccrning her size, weight and achieve
mcnts IN tho way OF increasing the
population are correct. She is said to
stand six feet four inches in her stock
lnSs, and to turn the balance at exact
~ 24l pounds and seven ounces. She
gave birth TO boy and Il girl in
Alarch, 1873, and to two boys and one
girl in September, 1876, one child
being born between these two grand
events, fact deemed Of so little i'm
portancc in her remarkable efforts to
increase tho population of her adoptcd
country, thu. local chroniclcrs have
not thought it worth their time to
furnish the exact date of its occur
renee. Her crowning effort, however,
and one that would, had she lived in
America, at once gained for her the
title Of champion child-produccr, took
place in October, 1878. She gave
birth to three boys and two Girls.
Every one present appears to have
been greatly astonishcd, for, though
Mrs. Schulcr had already made
reputation in this line, 50 great an cv mt
was utterly unexpected. The father
or the five is said to have sat stupidly
down and mechanically gazcd from
one babe to another, simply SAVING,
"Alcin Gott! mcin Gott!' There
were three boys and two girls, but no
facts as to their weight and appcar-
ancc Immediately after birth are given.
All or them arc alive, and are said to
be very healthy. Thanks to the wise
provision Of the Yankee ingenuity in
introducing the nursing bottle, they
have all been provided with an abund-
ant supply Of that fluid so necessary to
tho sustcnancc Of intant life. The
ncighbors Of the Schulcrs donated
various small articles and money to
assist Mr.. Schulcr's family, and a sin
penny subscription has been started
i'll the colony for their benefit. 1t
will probably yield enough to clothc,
support and educate the five until they
roaoh t" eoli -suRporting age. ,jldVinw
by the result ola similar substitution
made in tho colonies for Pierce, the
sole male survivor Of the terrible Loeb
Ard shipwrcck, and who rendered
himself worthy of it by swimming
back into the surf about 200 yards and
assisting Miss Carmichael, the only
one or the passengers Of the ill-tatcd
vessel that escaped, to reach the shore.
!hat subscription amounted to nearly
10000, and it is probable that the
llnd for the famous five will equal if
not exceed it, for when the Australian
people undertake to do Il thing thcy
usually accomplish it. a full account
of the case has been transmitted to tho
Secretary for the Colonies at London
in order that it may be laid before the
Queen. and Victoria, herself the moth
or OF a large family, will no doubt
suitably reward her fruitful subject.
Michael Hcgarty, the Australian Bar
mum, is said to have offered Mr..
Schulcr $3.50 week and all expenses
OF himself, wife and five children to
travel, but the offer was declined.