The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15
! TW0 CURIOUS CREATURES.


rive CURIOUS CREATURES. i.
..Tho scaiy EsrotIers-IEalf Yisi, and Half
.Sb&J n.r
From the Utica OJ,e,rer.
Promenaders alone on ono of thc'prom.
inent Cincinnati thoroughfares O few
days ago probably noted the, brilliantly
decorated poster covering the window Of
u dingy.lookiHg little saloon. and calling
attention TO the remarkable boys ON ex.
hibiti0p within, who were characterized
on the bill MS "The Scaly Rrothers--hnlf
FISH and half man." aud 'heralded as "the
greatest wonder Of the age"
Among Others who the other dsy IL.
Vested o dime in the enterprise was.an
Enquirer scribe, and depositing his dncsts
IN the hands OF the cricr doorkeeper. he
PRsEed the dark portalssand entered "a
lApen room beyond the bar, ghege. uspon
entrance, lief Found himself in The pres.
ence of the living curioyit;es. The, boys
were dovoid Of clotiiihg, and, withit6e
exception Of u trunk about the ,luins.
they were in q condition similar TO that
in ghich theYsshad beens born. The
uncle nf the childrsn in whose care they
now are, rotated to the reporter the his.
tory of the children, who gained quite a
notoEiety from the sensational stoyies
which, hardly a. year ago, e,nafiated from
= eofrespondehtawny off in the .wilds Of
ssle mguntalnops, region Of Kentucky.
The elder Of the two, who rejo;aed in the
name of William / Harrison, iss twelve
; Gears old, and mis- brother, spriehtiy
little fellow of eight, answers to the
maine of George Munro. They are tho
children .of George Elan, and were burn
ia Morgan County, Ky. Their mother
.was o Miss Wellsn and n healthier, stouter
woman would te hard to find, while the
hrssS',d, toe, enjoys good health; and
the Only ailment he possesses Ia week
bsck. Ont of the eight children born to
MFa ant Mrs, Elan, thrkeS Of that mum.
iiber cnuie Into thel worlds covered with
scales which in time hardened and as
snmeii tho appearance Of tho skin ofsan
alligator, being divided in squares 10
mlIcp 9h9 me tplaniiers as Esuch. OF
these three two are nov in this city,
while tho last one, o little girl of three
years az Ss tho ihomepf ,hae parents, who,
. hhork time ego: removed to farn, near
Railroad, about eight miles back Of Cow
ingtons OF the other five children In
the family only two lived, and ono Of Of
these, o young girl of sixteen, Ia said to
be the beatty OF that part Of the co,n.
try. 10 say that the 5sight s1of tho
brothers is q pleasant one Wcuiti be n
slight .Ffevaricstion, but ,as an 5inexpli.
cable freak of nature, and STUDYING the
i ! TTsss.s5 5Inenon as such, one becomes in.
terested ii the details OF their lives and
habits, that fer the moment ali else is
forgotten, There seemed TO be- slipht
diherence In the composition of the scaly
Fabstauce which covered both boys, and
on the elder tie skin seemed 10 he. OF n
Ehaldef growth ahgn that of'Sthe Sy.uiiifsE,
L Qpe peetiliaritys about fheiniS II llat auSk
at this time Of year the boys shed their
cont ct scales, aud IL will not DO until
fall that another one will be Furnished
them. Upon the thigh ofithe eldest this
IcaRting.uh process is most Dlainly frA.
veeled. and here the hide, tit seeiiis
proper 20 use the term in such ease.l
egauuiea che appeag galico of biece OF
/ dressed ather flade from tho akin Of. an
alligator. This is remarkably true. even
TO color. which Is OF dark hue. Al.
though at their birth not one inch of
their bodies escaped the covering, con-
75tHnt Wssaiipg mas kept she growth from
! their faees, which shows plainly. how
| SyeT, Ssha make where the same has i,eeIy.
The boys cannot stand heat thelr
bodies being devoid of pores; TO perspire
y o luxury unknown TO theln. Although
abe at OF swimming has not yet beea
acquired by them, they love the water.
alid while at homo the ebranch1 was
their padding place, and their parents
toun9 1t next 70 impossible 60 keep their
clothing dry. Taking this ailto consid.
Grafton, the term s'half iiisls, I, seems 10 bb
hardly applicable, ard skin.shcdding
would csll attention to something even
more EepuI5lye--HuEK Ku5 ike iiiisy 5,Fs
n1able t2 close their eyes tight, and in
tho trial the ballsieeek an upward pass!
nges IN the sarIle manner as thoss'of n
atipe Of. The ilrsrs tribe George,
the eig ysar-old, ~ the brighter OF the
tNo, and no is q alirewd one. The only
euncati0ii they ever received Was when
they ntte5d5d country school ii - ss 0s
Anulsy toE one taFEii sof three months.
sSeorge tho little one, learned very fast.
bus W illies the elders seemed to be back
wSEsis Both have boen very healthy eli
their lives, aud the only time sickness
touched them gya ;ylseIi l,e ali Jssr IA
ysgs 20 on down wikha fceaf. As soon
saSto ACttNsstkt t1lDntV
in 4 ea, 6nd don,t believe he haa the
ieyer then he juet played Ii on because
he tsa 70 pack in acOd.n Tii0y aniuse
themselves by perpetual Vfeatling, aud
tho ronehest han Hing aeenas 70 have no
eject lipos their be sdy little bodies, Tie
'tiles which acn ted in mass meeting
pron then seemed 10 b0ihef the lads,
sllio. as $40 d ~ they bss 5HIe III I'm. a7a
nssae9ed sit as1 tchiag sensatien, which
tlloy say is not the pCss nnreeabIe ihinp.
stl tlle world. Tsne 81 der seemed to be ia
more tegk le than che other yes teysiay,
anu tn moods, b & iyo I'D piclt away
ticIptal2 a+ 8 gErpfing little patch. Roth
cfsiiora:l have tsi u rnun6 fslccs, and EheV,
s.otia iIiatatltIs be Is Ken FOR bs0 ieSg 5y;
shets feseInb biauee Ia ESQ h d IseF, " Iiich Is
aseit lls i rms . soige ara ycFy
|ailgat but "a evFyy Other psrtsctiIas he
YES vel Bgeflo es, " hills VIII Is IA.
pst1dly tAt lie yes of Ito latter lIs.go
boen dEBwa aad con ifes Cd IN 4 man n
3ainfal 81 behold BY Eslls 81 "a siiseaso
Ehith hes medo him q victim. and he
ly lost the sight ofshis len Sse.