The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-09
fIish, OF all in Ia7nins Spas, Aug H. 1850
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

/ often abNeAIeu CHuEEo, AueE N =
ners and dress we're those OF gentle.
men, thoogh their education had
been gained almost entirely by
travel. They are naturalizel cltl-
zens and regularly voted the Demo
cratic ticket.
When the war ended 1t found them
with forty or tiftv slaves. and, thong b
lhese OF course were liberated, they
had hidden supplies or gold which
carried them comfortably through.
This act was we'll known, ALI after
Stonem,n's raid through that sec
ton the twins were one day surprls-
ed by camD-follower who forced
himself into their presence and de-
msnded their gold. Upon an I'm
mediate refusal lie threatened TO
shoot, whereupon they both rose
from the chair on which they were
seated and exclaimed "D- yon,
shoot ~ aud then hustled the fellow
out.
During their travels the twins &C
cumulated much money, and in their
absence from home their wives
managed their property in AL ex-
cellent manner. Several children
were born to each wife, and these
all received frst.class education
and were brought up ss membtrs Of
the church, princi pally of the Baptist
denomination. All the chiIdrep,
save one deaf and dumb daugh;er,
were healthy and strong, have mar
| ried and are coGnte1 as some of the
best citizens Of that section of the
State, and inherited aboat 5000 900
left by their fathers.
The last scene in the history Of
| the twins was as sad as it was re
msrksble, aud without preceden .
| Whilst with Barnum in 1878 Chang
| had suffered from slight stroke Of
paralysis, but after medical treat.
meDt anG rest, had apparently re
covered, and Chrlatmas We merrily
speut at home. BhoIt the 18th or
20th # January, 1914, the twins
were over al legs Aouee. I'D oE'ar
a comfortable supper, followed by
| their usual pipe, they rc'.re' IN
seeming GOOD health. Early the
next morning Eng woke mp, and,
called to his wife, asked Ler to as
| certain what allied Chang, as he
| could not he awakened. Mrs. SAllie
Bunker, very soon realized Shat
Chang was no more, dispatched a
boy on horseback To the village
| lsome three miles distant for DR..
Hollingsworth After the messen-
ger bad gone, Eng complained OF
feeling numb and cold in hl. eX-
| tremitles, anu his family did all tuey
| could to restore the clrCul alton. lie
rapidly grew colder, and wItuln an
| hour after awakening and before The
| doctor arrived he had joined bis
| brother on the farther shore. AS soOn
as possible DR.. HolIIngsworth tele
grsphed the news to DR.. Pancoast. OF
Philadelphia. This gentleman took
the next train for Gree eusboro,' and
upon his subsequent arrival St the
house Of Eng, he arr anged with the
families of the deceased, go that hy
giving heavy bonds for their safe r.
turn he WAS permitted to take th'
bodies to Philadelphia in the interes
of science. They were then EN-
balmed, and would have renamed
there for some time bad it not heei
that Mr.. Christopher Bunker, one O
Tue eObs, "lIo WAS III Ihc 'c'' a. -"
time Of his fathers death, retusnet
home, and objectin2 to the bodl'
, being in Philadelphia, went there 8
louce, and had them brought back q
the farm. where they were the.
buried in q grave in front Of Mr..
Adelaide Bunker's house, and
heavy granite monument wts there
uEon erected to their me mOry.