Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-05-30
TWIN BROTHERS MEET.
AMER a Separation OF Thirty Years Beacon
Sanford Meets ban.

.us Nugrl,s lIrtal
is your name SANFORD asked pleas
ant faced gentleman about :" Years ct
age this morning.
The gentleman hc tntcrrogaicd appear
,d about the ,auIr age ~ himself hhd
bore striking rr-"mhlancr I" the qucr
TONER.
"le-, sir thal'- my name, WAS the re-.
ply,
treat heavens. beacon | ALL Ian, your
brother"
ia AL instant the tWu men were III
each Others armr. The scene was one
that those who stoni IN front ~ the bar
~ the liollenl,eck aud Witnessed Will not
aoon forget.
Il took the men some seconds H. calm
themselves and when they had, the.
walked arm In atuI out 81 the lar room.
II was at the close 81 the civil war,
more than thirty years age, that Deacon
and Ian sanford, twin brothers, left
their home In Chicago. une came west,
the other went east,
Weeks, months aud years passed aud
they heard nothing II each other, Final.
Iy, each came Ia the conclusion that the
other WAS dead, aud both would probably
have continued a. think ~, hut Tor III"
meeting to-day.
Deacon sanford has been In the cit,
some weeks aud Ian Sanford has beef
running between I'm Angeles and CHI
cAgo IA n Pullman car conductor on tn
santa Rs overland Tor nearly two Year,
About 10 o'clock this morning Ian san
ford wandered into the iiollenbeck Ia
with friend. While the mixolOgis, wa
busy preparing the beverages they ha'
ordered and while Mr. sanford WA look
ing Into the big mirror nj the back
the bar. he saw gentleman come in MI
CIV. an order.
There was souething ia the reelection
OF the newcomers face in the mirror tina
was familiar and all NJ once -0mrthin
seemed u tell Sanford that he was looi
Ing AT the twin brother whom he hal Ia
years believed 10 be- dead.
Then III. scene ~ already describe
took place.
The brothers left the connection th'
had ordered untouched. and Those wi
witnessed the reunion ordered ny u
cold stun straight"
Dan sanford went out on this morning
overland and his brother Jaw him al
They were the happirs, couple seen at |
Grande station IN many n day,
Deacon Sanford has been In the hot
business In different parts o! the Init
States for years.
He has located permanently In the eli
having accepted the position Of chef
the Jonathan club.
Beats anything doesn't IL" said
after the train had pulled out with
brother. barn IT, Id have bet the Ia
cent | had that that boy WA dead"
"lts more tiian thirty years since
said good bye 10 the old folks and a.
hadn't heard n thing of him, Just III
posed he had passed In his checks"
Think Of IL, that hoy has been fRllfOi
Ing all over the country since We sep
Ated, and In my Thousands OF miles
travelling ! never Jaw nor heard OF al
"The folks back at home haven't he'
word from me since left, aud the.
b- paralyz.si when Ian breaks the Ne
'lou s.., | was like lots Of young
lows, Twas pretty speedy. drank III
toO much at times. and because the
y. folks scolded me, just packed my trt
/ and deliberately left home. Funny thil
will happen, won't they"
-
lion. Sol. Luna, Of la. Lunas, the po
lar collector Of Valencia county aud
al the territorial republican delegates
the national convention at 81. 10
came In FROM the south last night,
Is mixing with his city friends to-day
~. BarYAeiough. the California IA.
bsr of he big hardware arm ~ u. J,
I A Co. came In from the west last MI
ana has his name on the register NJ :
ses Europsen. Mr.. BArraelough vii
main In the city for two or three we