Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-13


!eere hae beeo discovered a phil.-
dsiphia . meot rsmarkshJe vouoa. ~
name = MeQurs. and - rcridoa -
kIfteou1h ne4R ArGh sfruet - r. enI~
my yeore - -. ~ bssn : vf1o. ~
IN ysaf4 and r l<S 'rco1S1. - S.ss.s. -
ons ehildrsn. DsfuR $500 Ia : kr;se
sksseh q her married life. Mn me(Inrs
protested ooqusttfshIy for 8 few -.
monfs and eAon said:
fees The nei1hborB do anx M famffv
= 9 rsmaTkabls one. aud. wnse / -
uelrfo~do, ! belieys would - 49,
toRethor and stars : muoeum. fohn n
olure-we nse distant relatives 81 CT.
Mcclure, Of - Times --aud / wePe -
RED when vas Is. Jokn. g - r.
- and Q handasGser uon 6uo7a - ~
found IN PhiIado1phia. evon & 1 - So
Il myself. About ) yGar an5 ! All 60
ouF marriaee ] asso1Ishsd John s. rre-
sentinR him With triplsls.
a. Well says -, Harv. this 4 : cootl
beginning, anyhow
John was only . poor shoemaksr then.
and three added 90 family I'll e ooce
did nste . great difEepsnee; BAT three
iovslieF babies oould not s. fooSd n
Philadelphia, even II I 40 ~ Il nv
self, and % we thonQht we'd oct ALONE.
Two years after bocame shs moehsr
Of tvins could go that Jehn felt 8
little blue svsr this, bat be uoald have
bis little joke, would John.
Well, Mary sayB BE-. syousro not
doing any woFse, anyhow. Twas 4 ljttls
better, thank God
/" Fifteen months after that | bore one
child only, as3ear little boy. An! then
- hoA = op~AA ~I<~~<<.~~~ &>--x4~ a~II:A
cation. John, for the first time IN his
life, got tight - lord.
An. sia,, said he. we've got down
70 propes economical basis at Iast.s
Al that time | vas only n yesys old,
and ! tcli you what, TO be tbs mother Of
ssx childreu at thas ego sesms very queef,
bot still thouRht the vorst vas over.
Many women ct double that ace do mot
have aIarRer family than mine vas shsn.
Two years pAssed by, and again hsoams
= mother. This time, 70 our astsnish-
ment, 1t proved 70 b another pair Of
twins. John got tight again, bat this
time from SORROW and not fron joy.
" Mother, says be, this z awful
!. You're right, John said !.
But thsee tuo vero lovely lit&Ie boy
and girl. and their cute little ways and
beauty soon put fresh hope and courage
tn oar hearts. John opened . little
shop, work was hrisks and AL went
smoothly slonR until year and . half
aftsfward, when We had another pair
Of swinG THIS broke John all mp. and
be went on spree for three weeks.
"'Oid woman said be, : can't sup
port whole country
Well. I sooshsd and sobered him up
and got him 10 working again. for the
Lord knows there was need then. Dur
ING the nexf ten years ] had only six
children, bein4 single births only. John
aid began 70 feel very much enoocr-
s.Ah. sis,' said be, Ne won't have %
mnsh Of Q family after ALL
Three years passed away without
any addition TO my family, whom, In
my thirty eighth year, presented my
amazed husband With another pair Of
twins.
Mother said John, this is aston
ishine.'
They oouidn't have come IN worse
time; for John, who had for q number
OF years done very we'll in his business.
had just made very bad failure. Bot
the older children were working. and ve
put the best face We could on ste mat
ter. Two years after. aud when was
In my fortieth year, TO oar unbounded
surprise, bore another set of triplets.
This, I think. killed poor John. Yes,
sir, he's dead-died ten years ago last
June.
- Mother, said be. Think I've lived
long enough" .
This remaskabls woman il ifty years
Of age, hale, hearty and we'll preserved.
Her parents came from Scotland. mar
rying aud settling in this country early
In lie. Her husband was of Irish de-
scent; his parents also emigrated TO this
country when quite young.
YES" the old lady said, Eve did
after q while have trouble TO find the
right kind Of names for the babies.
Fint IL was easy enough, but after We
had used up all our family names We
we're bothered q COED bit. / used to
have the neiehbors call in. and we'd
have good time thinking Of uames.
But one day John got an almanac
which had In 10 Q long list OF names
Of boys and girls, and then We were all
right.
aOf my children eleven were boys
and ten we're girls. All are living hut
two one Who died In his fourth year.
from croup, and . little girl whs was
run over BY street car when she was
three years old and killed.. You soe
had 90 many things running around ata
time thai IL was hard for me 20 look at
ter them ali. AL the rest OF my family
are hearty and WELL"