Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-10-02
REMARKABLE TWINS.
TWO WOMEN so NEAR ALIKE AS
TO DECEIVE THEIR HUSBANDS.

neid. Mass. Have Had Lots OF Fun In
Their Lives Because of Their Great Re-
sem Mrs. COMBS Story.
Similarity in facial appearance has of.
EN- resulted in mistaken identity with
he subjects of this sketch, Mrs Levi t
combs and Mrs. Josiah Turner.
These estimable women are twins;
their maiden names were Frances AFRO
cite and Florella Antoinette Foss. 1t
will be observed that their initials were
the same. the middle name being be-
slowed on the promise of pearl neck
lace for each.
The Foss twins were the daughters of
DIR. Simeon Foss, Maine physician of
the old school and Mason Of high de-
gree They were born in Belfast. Me-, |
Nov. %, 1925. Frances made her debut |
in this world half an hour before her sis |
ter.
AT Paris Hill they went to school with
the late Hannibal Hamlin, ex-yice presi-
dent of the United States.
Frances married the late Levi 7.
Coombs, who held the position of deputy
sheriff Of Androscoggin county, in the
town of Lisbon. twenty-one years.
Florella married Josiah Turner, now
dead. who also lived in the town Of Lis
bon. Both have been school teachers
and inseparable companions. Their
mother died when they were PA years
of age.
II is difficult 10 distinguish one from
the other, and the photographer who
took their pictures persisted that Flo
rella had Just been III the room when, in
fact. il was her sister who had been
/ there.
Frances has given birth TO six chill
dren. all Of whom are dead but two
4 Walter Coombs. of this city. and Simon
/ Coombs. now mail agent on the Maine
! Central railroad.
Mrs. John Staples, of Charlestown,
and Charles Z. Turner, of Lawrence,
are the only living children OF Florella.
who had three i'll all.
The height of the twins is exactly the
same, and twelve years ago they weighed
just 200 pounds apiece.
Singularly, when one would fall away
in weight tine other would do the same.
Their aggregate weight ut present is 800
pounds.
These duplicate sisters think alike, act
alike and have never adopted different
characteristics of dress to avoid mis-
takes of identity. Often one has worn
the others shoes, while years ago theil
money came from one pocketbook, and
1t did not matter which one carried it.
Mistaken identity was almost n daily
occurrence with US in our younger
days" remarked Frances few day.
ago. My father always called us girls,
and neither of US ever addressed tn,
other by our given names. We callet
each other sister instead.
THE reason why father never adj
dressed us by our given names was du'
to the fact that he was always uncertain
which was which.
After we were married people ad
dressed me by my sisters new name 81
? often that ! declare | got puzzled my
self once, and couldn't for the life of M
tell whether my name was Turner o
Coombs.
We took our first ride on railwa
3 train at eighteen years of age. We neye
: had seen the cars before. At that tim
d we were living in Lisbon and drov
: down from there i'll chaise to Portland
L When we alighted at Saco the depc
n closely resembled the one in Portland
: and stuck to il that it went with us.
3 lone time in church Judge Chamber
t lin was sitting in my sisters pew. NJ
:, seat was just ahead of him. When
$ came in he mistook me for my sister
&c and politely arose and stepped into tn
It aisle to let me into my sisters seat
;, My husband often mistook my siste
y for myself. To illustrate how easily i
A was fooled, will recall the time whe
lr ] dropped into my husbands store |
3 pay him call Judge Chamberlin 81
r there, and knew him well. but my 81
& ter didn't.
4 As entered leisurely my husban
IS said. Come in. Mrs. Turner. and [
y seated. kept straight face as long
le could until he had introduced me |
ie the judge, when a smile on my face i
IN the cat out of the bag, and then n
Nc husband discovered that he had intr
ID duced his wife instead OF Mrs. Turner
IN When we lived in Minot we Studio
=. French under Parson Jones. One day
~ had perfect lesson and sister did m
know hers. We shifted around, an
the parson mistook me for sister and
recited the lesson for her and no one vi
e. the wiser.
Us We used to attend parties in n
Y, younger days, and on one occasion, VIII,
re the fellows come in after the girls,
st started off with sisters fellow and <
quite piece with him before ! told hi
H. he was mistaken and had better go bat
"a after his girl.
ng "Once at dusk Mr.. Coombs was goiI
nd home from the store. He saw my sist
an on the other side of the street n,
thought ii was |. Fiorella had bu
er die under her arm which he mistook
N, baby, Ny husband thought it stran
de that | was out at that time with II
ar baby, and said to a clerk that he |
ur lieved Frances was crazy and going
m drown that baby.
raj Il used to fool my children sometim
DIS after they had got TO he quite larl
as Whenever wanted TO go away my S
ter would come over to my house, y
I'm on one Of my dresses and stay with I
all children till got back. and they won
go not know the difference. "--Springtit
"a. Cor. Boston Globe.
Unfortunate HankInson.
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