Connecticut western news., 1889-08-21
REMARKABLE BABIES.

REMARKABLE BABIES. A DOUBLE BODIED FEMALE
 PRODIGY.
 A Smoking Baby, Heavy Weight and
 Others.
 On Monday night, June "A, birth was given these twins, Dr. Cooper of Groomsville, Ind, being the attending physician, and through his skill their lives were saved, and there is no req son on earth why they should not live to maturity, as there is no deformity that conflicts with the natural organs or to interrupt the natural growth of the babies. They are female babies, and there is but one body, complete from the armpit of one baby to the armpit of the other. The union of the two bodies is formed in the center. the lower limbs (legs) are located on the side of the body and are opposite each other. The legs of each child are on opposite sides, and not on the same side, as declared by some Kokomo doc tors.
 Both have luxurious growth of hair and have handsome features. Their respiratory organs act independ- ently, and the bowels and kidneys per form their respective functions. One is asleep, while the other is wide awake. They nurse at the breast and take to the bottle like trained children. They are of different dispositions, for while one is inclined to laugh the other will cry.-Tipton Advocate.
 He is months old, and yet he is big enough and knows enough to be twice his age. The name of the little fellow is Charles N. Waterman.
 When Charley was born he weighed 12 34 pounds, discounting the average baby by 100 per cent. Charley is abou, thirty inches long and at the present time weighs 38 1-2 pounds. He has large gray eyes, pink cheeks and san- dy hair and eyebrows. He is great attraction and has drawn many cus- toners to his fathers store. His pow CT of perception is something remarka- ble.
 Although only nine months old Charley can dance an Irish jig to per lection while his father whistles all accompaniment.
 A Rochester N. Y. reporter few days ago heard of an infant prodigy such as most families would not care to possess however much they think ot phenomenally-developed children as $ rule. The precocious infant in this case is little girl aged IF months She does not play the piano like Ru' benstein, or sing like Patti, or talk like Boston schoolma'a am, or reaC Chaucer and Browning; her accom- plishment consists solely in smoking : pipe and exhaling the smoke through her nostrils.
 Lou Allen Sprint is the name of Bal timore's musical prodigy. She is only 8 years and 6 months old, but her piano playing is wonderful. She plays en tirely from ear, and the discovery ol of her accomplishment was made by . toy piano. Her little hands are so smal that she cannot execute in detail tn, music that arises in her mind, but he improvising is very remarkable, never theless. She has never had any in struction in music, and her genius hal had to work out its own salvation Baltimoreans claim that Josef Hof mann is nothing compared with Lo, Allen Sprint. .. .as
 [ A special dispatch from Dennison Tex, says: ssMr. A. F. Hedden, wht resides south west of Dennison, brough to this city this morning his little chil( Sallie, to be treated for snake bite About 6 o'clock this morning the lith, girl left the house with pail on he arm to gather blackberries near Ston' Spring. The child was expected t. return home soon, as the family was tt leave early to pass the day with neigh bor. The child being absent some thing over an hour, Mrs. Hedden pro ceeded to the spring. The child wa not there, and the mother called hel name loudly several times. Receiving no response she left the spring ant walked into the blackberry patch tt hunt up the child. Passing through the patch she saw scene which made her almost faint with horror. Th' child was seated on a rock, and in hel lap was large rattlesnake. The chilt was carrying the snake, whose head was slightly elevated and moving te and fro. Sometimes the snakes head would almost touch the lips of th' child, who pushed it away withou seeming to anger the snake. Th' child was so completely under the spel of the serpent that it paid no attention to the mother, who screamed so loudl! that her husband heard her quarter of mile distant and hurried to thu scene. When Mir. Hedden appeared the snake placed itself in an attitud'