The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
REMARKABLE TWINS.
Women Whom EYen Their Husbands Could
Not Tell Apart.

/ NOt 1eIl apart.
Similarity in facial appearance has often
resulted in mistaken identity with the sub
lects of this sketch, Mrs. Levi T. Coomb s
and Mrs. Josiah Turner of this city.
These estimable women are twins; their
maiden names were Frances Arroettee and
Florella Antoinettee Foss. 1t viii be OBJ
served that their initials are the same. the
middle name being bestowed on the
promise of pearl necklace for each.
The Foss twins were the daughters of
DIR. Simeon F'oss, q Maiue physicians of
the old school, and Mason of high degree.
They were born in Belfast, Me, Nov. %.
1926. Francis made her debut in this
world half an hour before her sister.
! At Paris Hill they went to school with
the late hannibal Hamlin, ex-vice- presi-
dent of the United States.
! Francis married the late Levi T. Coombs.
VINO neid the position of OF deputy sheriff
OF Androscoggin county, in the town of
Lisbon, twenuy-one years.
Florella married Josiah Turner, now
dead, who also lived in the town of Lisbon.
arabic companions. Their mother died
wien they were years and months of
age.
IL is difficult TO distinguish one from the
other, and the photographer who took their
pictures for the Globe persisted that Flor
ella had just been in the room, when, In
fact it was her sister who had been there
Frances has given birth to six children,
al of whom are dead but two, Walter
CoOmbs, of this city, and Simeon COombs,
now mail agent on the Maine Central rail-
road.
Mrs. John Staples, Of Charleston, and
Charles E. Turner, of Lawrence, are the
only living children Of Florella, who had
three in 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 the other would do the same.
Their aggregate weight at present is $50
pounds
These duplicate sisters think alike act
alike, and have never adopted different
characteristics of dress to avoid mistakes
Of identity. Often one has worn the others
Shoes while years ago their money came
from one pocket-book, and it did not matter
which one carried it.
Mistaken identity was almost daily
occurrence with US in our younger days.
remarked Frances to the Globe man who
called on her few days ago. "My father
always called US girls, aud neither OF US
ever addressed the other by our given
names We called each other sister IN
stead.
1.-The reason why father never addressed
Us by our given names was Que to the fact
that he was always uncertain which was
which.
After we were married, people adj
dressed me by my sisters new name so
often that, l declare, got puzzled myself
once snd couldn't for the life of me tell
whether my name was Turner or Coombg.
I'VE took our first ride on q railway train
at IS years of age. We never had seen the
cars before. AT that time we were living
in Lisbon, and drove down from there in a
chaise to Portland. When we alighted at
Saco, the depot closely resembled the one
in Portland, and l stuck to it that it went
with us.
zone time in church Judge Chamberlain
was sitting III my SISTERS pew. My seat
wss just ahead of him. When came In he
mistook me for my sister, and politely
arose and stepped into the aisle TO let me
into my sisters seat
My husband often mistock NY sister for
myself. To illustrate how easily be was
fooled, will recall the time when |
dropped into my husbands store to pay
him call. Judge Chamberlain sat there
and | knew him well, but my sister
didn't
''As entered leisurely my husband said
Come in, Mrs. Turner, aud be seated.
kept straight face as long as could until
he had introduced me to the judge, when
smile on my face let the cat out OF the bag
and then my husband discovered that he
had introduced mis- wife instead of Mrs.
Turner.
eWhen we lived IN Minot we studied
French under Parson Jones' One day |
had a perfect lesson and sister did not
know hers. We shifted around and the
parson mistook me for sister and | recited
the lesson for her, and no one was the
wiser.
we used TO attend parties in my younger
days, and on one occasion, when the fellows |
came IN after their girls, l started off with
sisters fellow and got quite q piece
with him before l told him he was mis-
taken and had better go back after his girl |
"Once at dusk Mr.. Coombs was going |
home from the store. He saw my sister 1
on the other side Of the etreet and thought /
1t was l. Florella had bundle under her |
arm which he mistook for baby. NV /
husband thought IL strange that | was out
st that time with my baby, aud said to
clerk that he believed Frances was crazy
and going TO drown the baby
L used TOO fool my children sometimes |
after they got to be quite large. Whenever |
! wanted TO go away my sister would come
over 10 my house, put on one of my dresses |
and stay with the children till l got back,
and they wouldn't know the difference''-
Boston Globe.
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