Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-04-16

What a London Paper Says About
the TwO-Headed Woman.
In the steamship City Of Brussels, from
New York, on the I'd of May, 1871, arrived
a cargo which, in the words Of Mr.. Toole,
may well be termed ''most extraordinary"
OF all the curiosities ever unearthed by the
immortal Barnum, none can compare, in
the most minute degree, with Mile Chris
sy, a daughter or Observation-Disclosures
the fastidious please-of the State Of North
Carolina. They first saw the light 10 years
ago, and the mother is presumably the
founder Of that gigantic Woman's Rights
Association in America, which has lately
made formidable inroads upon English
society. Here we have q young lady with
one body, but two distinct minds, borne
by two separate heads. All the intelligent
men who saw her at the Washington Hotel
the other day, can bear witness to the mar
velous intelligence which predominates in
both brains the conversational powers Of
the two heads at once in communication
with two different persons upon different
topics, would sufficiently testify it. But
the marvel did not stop here some Of the
sweetest duets in the language Of music,
were sung by a high soprano and . pure
contralto. The notes issued from two
heads, and yet but one trunk supplied the
''verve." 1t may now be added that this
extraordinary trunk has two pairs Of per-
feet legs, terminating in symmetrical and
very pretty feet, and that moving upon
their pedal extremities, the trunk exhibits
the uaru vAootru 0f voAkinp nha r,nlEo Tho
mazurka, the schottischa, are delineated by
these two pair Of pretty feet, in perfect
time and harmony, and the spectator is re-
warded, not by one smile, as in the case Of
ordinary young ladies, but by two distinct
smiles, winked at you by two pairs OF
sparkling and rougish eyes, and thrown at
you by two different sets of the purest
ivory that ever adorned the mouth Of an
Indian Sultana.
There are . lot Of people here, as else
where, always ready to strain at the small
est gnat and swallow the biggest camel,
who will doubtless Put this young lady
down as outside the pale Of ordinary hui
manity. If this prejudice should carry
any one SO far as to avoid her, they alone
will be the losers. We can testify that nc
person Of ordinary intelligence can be in
her company for half an hour without
yielding to the charm Of her manner and
the fascination Of her double smiles.
She has you on both sides; if you remove
your head from one position, you are i'm
mediately the victim Of another pair Of
eyes, which FIX you, and in fact transit,
you. We csndidly admit that we were
fascinated, and that we Immediately lost
sight Of the phenomenon and became over.
powered by the influence Of the dual brain
The young lady will shortly hold levees in
London, and the public Of Liverpool may
hope to see her by and by. The eminent
medical men Of the United States testify
that this remarkable freak Of nature IL
united at the lateral posterior portion OF
the pelvis, while above that portion they
are separated. have separate chests, two
pairs Of fully developed arms, but only
one trunk. With the double head they
| possess separate intellectual faculties al
entirely distinct as in the brain power Of
two different individuals, while their faces
indicate to remarkable degree intelligence
of . high order and great ~amiability.