The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-28

asing an absolute desire to depart. Some cases may be worth reproducing from the
 Woylds exchanges: Misses Fanny Marston and Sally Marston, sisters. of North Hampton, N. H., one aged seven ty-nine years and the other eighty-two. died, not long ago, within five hours of each other. Al Albion. Maine, MT. and
 Mrs. Noah Paul, aged, respectively.
 eighty-six and eighty-sesen and half,
 died within day of each other. Al
 Wheeling, W. Va, Mrs. Jacob House
 died one day. at the age o! seyenty-three.
 and her husband, who was two years her
 senior, expired on the morrow. The al-
 legged coincidence" in this case was ren-
 dered less extraordinary by the fact that
 they had always expressed wish to die on the same day. and that the surviving
 partner of more than half century of
 welded life. refused 10 take food after
 hearing of his wife's death. This case
 recalls that of the parents of Lady Bur
 dei,- -Coutis. who were buried in the same
 grave. At Burlington. Iowa, few days
 ago. as young married woman. named Aklund. died of consumption. her still
 younger sister fell across the bed and
 died almos, instantly but in this case
 there was complication of lung disease
 with heart trouble, so that the younger
 woman's death was not So much 10 be
 wondered al. This is much more like a
 singular coincidence: Dr. james Aber- naihy, of Gaston. N C.. and Nr John r.
 Abernaihy. who resided within five miles of that town they were not related in hlood-were born on the same day in
 1872. married twin sisters on the same day, and died on he same day in iS8,. Il will. however. be seen that the second point of coincidence Is not, in reality. so very surprising. since nothing would be more natural than for the twin sisters to insist on being married al the same time. Apparently as curious a coincidence fell under the observation of the writer few months since. He was acquainted with resident of New York, whose family Eame IS almost as rare as that of Disraeli On seeing that name in the list of pro- motors of a social movemen; which has attracted the attention of but handful of men in the United States. he wrote and discovered that there were two bear CTS of the same family and Christian names. that they were not even country men, but that both were officers in the same association. and tha, they had married sisters. In this case, when the facts are looked into, the coincidence IS easily explained. One bearer of the name, learning of the existence of his namesake, had made his acquaintance. and the oddity of the original eiroum- stance had drawn them closely tegett CT. That one should become acquainted with the friends of the other, and take an ac- tlye interest in the subjects which at tracted him, was. apres koH!, 10 be ex- pected Where the really long odds would have come Tn, would have been al the an,ecedent period in the history of the women whom they married. IL seemed by no means cut of the way, ten years ago. that two enterprising young men in England and Scotland should both go to the metropolis of the new world. Once there. it was almos, certain that the directory or the pos,man would bring them together. and [ e rest was reasonably probable. But how much less likely il would have seemed that the two sisters were to espouse namesakes not related to each other. and the only bearers of their name in the city. The only difference was. perhaps. tha, il was reasonably certain ths, 4. E. and \. E. would marry sisters, though l, was not so easy to tell wha, pair of sisters.