The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05

| Their Zones and Their FnmiiIes-A Guar.
| rel m,d Threatened Surgical Scparatier
Sticking to nm Agreement Then Made
| The Awful situation OF Eng After
| Chnng's Bcnib-EnG's widow Dead.
| F,om 1e Richmond Dispatch.
| The recent death near Mount Airy. n c., OF
| Mrs Salhc Bunker widow of Eng Bunker. one
| OF the world-rcnowucd Siamoso twins recalls
to mind much OF the domestic history OF those
| gentlemen aud their families. comparatively
| little of which has over found its way into
| print. which now comes direct from one who
| lived in the ncighbor!:ood Of their homes IL.
tho old North state, and who was personal
| friend OF the twins from his youth UP.
=, Chang and I'm. Eng were born in 1911. in the
they wore old enough to he Of use to ' their ir
work Of tending largo flock Of ducks. which
they used to carry out every morning in a
rice was plentiful; therc they remained, all day
and at night at the h hloWnG Of horn, the
aboard H and then tho twins would paddle them
home. When the boys TGre fr"ba5ly T. or -
thcm with amaHemcnt. for a stipulated con:
s!dcraton with their mother. obtained posses.
for several years exhibited the twins in every
great kindness and making money by them
wherever he went. until in 1882 no had
u
| this time of age. he considerably gave them
their freedom, with permission to adopt his
thcm comfortably In life. This happened in
EalsiEh, n j., C. and and the ~ young , men. though
With endy pans on Soth
sides. they started out to MAKE make their way
Sfsas Mf hd in ex NssE
hunting to be found in tho mountainous part
Of the State and T 81 r.. fer little resfea
whore they finally took UP their residence at
the house Of q well-to-do farm, farmer named
at oet he Blue Rass asd
seyenty-nye miles west Of Greensboro.
in good. old fashioned style. with plenty q
nesroes and dogs, raising supplies Of ali
S %Rs Who WITH him sd
gre ataehea Miss ah Yates npS
Chang Bunker lost his heart to Miss Adelaide.
msasa paee at the
e Re a mnrf bl S on farm 5a S whSn
the time and at intervals going on the road with
fIlled pockets But the farm on which they lived
Within sF%s IN ale sShf tGe s1qn tte q Sse
Fear and Yad Kin Va ley Railroad. On this es-
tate they erected large. comfortable frame
made many improvemcnts. Being OF Cheer sm
full kindly dspositon their heir lives passsd
dre G We're born DO! to each S Wife "'' s''efa '
some OF the children were nearly grown
I'm thu mohers
part. and subsequently Chang and Eng, who.
eepG n S Pt
tttst IN, Ths twins ceased straEginF. but decided
and at once sent to Mi. Airy for their family
physician: Dr. H.olliincsworth., man with
He srrysd with his st Sn a sre sfsef
being told what was wanted. remarked:
fix YOU but whek wonld You ' p SSs at thatY
should sever the, flesh that connects you or
about the same results as the other:'' wv - ~
fRfy 9sT vs Hes ~ oe F0 Ssd aessSsd
that would 20 death s tn n to sseparate them
future Warfare in their househcia The et tsta:
called in Dr. HollnGsWert,; aat Messrs Gu.
These gentle men after reyolv Ing the problem
in their minds: drew up legal contract whose
owned by the twins a. Similar mansion H and
snoud bn on sba they sa
stead: that the land should be- equally
nature should take place on these farms be:
Eng she"d i've p Il the o etho pu's whiia
wives occasionally visited each other. y Is
did not interchange, visits. though they met AZ
church or in the village: 1t was also agreed
G Ssns %h Of iboS SSa td,t nGt hs
VIII S ssrs n q IN ESs thenn ch sx ssfst
tending strictly to his own business. and not
served by tho brothers until death. they al
$" ays II asr s thsS
il not having business transactions with each
s rhans hnf
never once limited at buying from his brother
hrother recci"ed invitaton 10 dinner or tes
S %1ad we%a Ct to thu 6s eay
visit to you at some future time"
Ansion, has been made to tho cheerful dis:
Of me tWn Ih%y wers iye Z. and
%Yt did fPaes Er% rye viii sIce On
sultng In one being badly bruised, while the
other nscaped without It scratch Ill, It then be.
in bed for n wee k. and. of course his brother
ha4 70 DO likGrw2e; h.xplaining to friend who
ho Gthsr lGke occurred s on trip they made
Eng purchased ono ticket; they then boarded
tho train, and attera while the conductor came
around for tickets. Eng handed his up. but
Chang. with merry twinkle in his eye. re-
marHc!d; e" II have no ticket. and l have no
"nci 10 put him or Eng intorposed and told
htm thai could not be done. as he Eng had
%rs raised n such laugh that 'i Inc . eonductor
concluded to pass Chang. whose passage was,
however. soon after properly paid. for In all
u can be learned. their lives a, their homes
We're irroproachable: they were virtuous. tenn.
able and. while never having proiessed rn-
igion. they often attended church: their man
uors aud dress were those Of gentlemen.
though their education had been gnin"danost
entirely by travel. They Were ljlj Ira!lZmi
,llizens. and regularly voted the Democratic
ticket
When the war ended it found them with
'orly or nifty slaves, and though lh"Se ~
course were liberated. they had hidden sup
plies OF gold which carried th,m ont uraby