Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-07-07
4 Woman Gives Birth tesseven
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LorlsvftiLE,s sSfti 1Kly!!,S ytRs 99:4A wO-
man r residing in in Jackson, county Ten
) inessee., re; recently gdvsSifth 10 seyen
Children at one sasceouthtnerit7s After
the esf; list t. child was bSrRfhe pains Of
labor. sG continued. &'4S 4Ssl determination
& convinced the rhesil5c;ii'ai:ns that there
" were two iiinSstsdd IF zone, and thsewo-
n man was s soon Su 'aslfvvssslf'a5l Ola second
! child, both girls The physician
q gave directions aas-t65F4hta..esre as ofboth
mother and children; iitl:spfepared
to take his leave. e.Bsfore reaching
bis horse at the gatea he was recalled
and delivered the a6ifiiiaaas Of another
girl baby Again thephysicl an:took
+ bis leave, ana again was: recalled,
bringing e light another gill. baby.
This was considered. eiinarkabler and .
the physician Vas greatly puzzled
over the i matter: He however, CON
graduated the .hnsbahd'on lis good
fortune, and departed for home. de
had not gone more than.shalf a mile
before he was overtakeh.by the excl
ted husband of tie. WOMAN, who, in
breathiless haste, informed him that
there was was still another child to be
born. b ri Fastening back the physician
arrived .i,1d in tine to aid in~dehverins
the woman Of her fifth child.
The physician. was tnsn prevailed
on by the husband ana, father to. stay
during the remainder Of the night.
He was not slow to accept the invita-
ton, and sat down to 81; await u develop
ments. In The the course Of; fifteen or
twenty minutes he was again called
to the bedside of the9' woman, and
very soon the sixth chlid-%as breath
ing the breath Of life. Morning dawn
ed, and the doctor took his " leave.
Having had no sleep during; the
NIGHT. be threw himself across the
bed on bis arrival at hone and was
soon sound asleep. Aooatei ghto'clock
he was aroused ~ 6iiss wife; .wlf6 sta
ted that Mr.. B. wasT af the gate, and
wanted to see him Immediately.
"What's the matter 2ssasked the
doctor. MARY appears to be going
to-you know, "s.'replied Mr.. b.
What. another one "~exslaimed the
doctor, e,xxtciitelly:: That's it," said
Mr.. B., a smile spreading his mouth
from ear to ear. The. doctor mount
ed his horse and wss soon at the
house Of Mr.. B He-was: too late,
however, to be Of any service, as the
seventh child, "a girl, was born a lew
minutes previous to his s:ivai. The
doctor remained aa6es - rssmisrs isssn
during the lest Of the days. but his
services were not again needed.
The gentleman Y ho made the
above statement, and e it is almost IN
his exact words, says he has seen the
babies several times, and, while not
large, weighing from. four 10 five
pounds each, they. appear to he
healthy, well-developed children. The
occurrence has created considerable
excitement in the neighborhood' and
the people for miles around lock X, to
see ;h5 woman and.her. bables.i The
husband is described as being OF small
stature, and, in fact, exceedingly
tllir, while the vile. ..ls SAID to be
strong and healthy. A most slnsn
lar feature OF the children is that all
OF them have blue eyes, and SO close
ly resemble each otherthat it is hard
to tell which from,.t other.
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