The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-30
Famous Bunch Of Chicago Infants
Now in Minneapolis.
THEIR MOTHER BUT 80 YEARS OLD
Triplets Have Come to Her Twice,
Twins Once and Then Came
the Climax.

OiuSDJ, WHO IS VisltlnS dL LAe noinc -
Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Osborne, 1892 Cedar
! avenue In this CITY, Mrs. Ormsby Is the
| mother Of bankruptcies who are months
old to-day. and who give fair promise OF
maturing and attaining the full health,
strength and stature of the primary chlld.
Further than this, Mrs. Ormsby has twice
given birth to triplets, once to twins, VINO
were the most diminutive babies ever
born and has total offspring OF fourteen,
seven Of whom are living.
This remarkable mother is 80 years old
and was born in Canton, Ohio. she mar
ried when a mere girl and removed with
her husband to Chicago. One child was
born to them. Her husband died, ana
seven years ago shew married to Charles
siderable genius Within those seven
years Mrs. Ormsby has borne thirteen
children. Now her husband has disap-
peared. Last June he turned up mlsslhg'
and although careful and thorough search
was made, he could not be found. II IS
feared by the wife that husband, VINO hau
been working on machine by Wnlch 10
hoped to solve the riddle of perpetual mo-
ton, for several months, and without rest
and sleep, suffered from derangement OF
the mind, Four months after the dlsap-
pearance Of the father the bankruptcies
were born Mrs. Ormsby has instituted
proceedings and will be granted divorce
With fortnight. Sne AYERS, Ao"ofoA'
that she will not marry again.
Here for Their Health.
The bankruptcies are bright-looking lit
tie babes, although two OF them nave not
been very we'll for the past week or TWO.
It was because of the slight illness OF the
babies that Mrs. Ormsby came to mime
apolis She had been told by her physl-
clan in Chicago that the ozone OF Mime
sofa would undoubtedly do the little ones
good. There are three boys and one girl,
and they are called Theodore, after the
president; Edith, after Mrs. Roosevelt;
Johnnie and Willie. Johnnie and Edith
believes the illness is not serious ana tnat
they Will soon recover fully
There was great commotion in the lit
tie Ormsby home at 406 w Forty-Th1rd
street, Chicago when the four babies
were born on September 20. AS soon as
it was known that they were bankruptcies,
Mrs. Ormsby said this morning, physi-
clans from all over the city flocked to the
home and offered their aid. The report
ers, however, were the first on the scene.
Glow they ever knew about 1T so soon
shall never understand she said. Why
within a few hours there We're no less
than thirty-flve newspaper men crowded
in the little rooms. When their stories
appeared other physicians from all over
the country came to Chicago and asked to
see my children. The doctors have taken
great interest in my CASE
Good Babies All.
Mrs. Ormsby explained that she did not
find it. much more difficult to take care
of the four little ones than she would
| with one. ''They have been very good
children" she said. "They seldom cry.
Being alone in the world when my hus-
band left me, had to exhibit the babes
in museum in order to get money for
their support. I received $500 a week,
and that put me on my feet. I was go
ing to say, though, that during the ten
| weeks they were there, they cried only
twice. Oh, they are prett good children.
when they were born, the four of them
| weighed eleven and three-fourths pounds.
| They were last weighed about two weeks
ago, they then weighed twenty-five
Not only is Mrs. Ormsby the proud
mother of these bankruptcies but she has
two children, II months old, who were of
triplets, and who are now the latest
babies in the United States for their age,
one weighing fory-six and the other forty
! two pounds. She also gave birth, a lit tie
over three years ago to the smallest twins
ever born. One weighed eleven ounces
and the other weighed thirteen ounces.
These diminutive babies lived month to
a day.
ct had a good deal of trouble with nv
husband said Mrs. Ormsby: 'tHe used
to throw dishes and furniture at me and
the children, but he was good man at
heart, and believe his seeming cruelty
was the result of his overtaxing his brain
| in an effort to secure a, Device for per-
| petual motion. Yes, I am frank to say
| that I was not sorry when he left me. But
he left me in pretty destitute circum-
r ~
| babies to raise. l haven't the slight est
| idea where he went. I tried to find him,
advertising in the papers and notifying
| the police, but it did no good My health
was considerably worse. Why, I used to
weigh 248 pounds, and now I weigh only
| 14S pounds. Yet Mrs. Ormsby
| looks like a strong, healthy woman to-
| day.
! "I have commenced divorce proceed
ings,'' said Mrs. Ormsby, "and 1 expect
to be granted divorce within couple
Of weeks"
IF it is fair question, Mrs. Ormsby,' .
asked reporter, ''do you expect to marry
again?"
Mrs. Ormsby turned toward the ques-
toner as though she thought the question
La very foolish one, and replied:
"Well, I should say not" and she spoke
Ethe words slowly and very: impressively
| 'Not unless king proposes to me-" she
| added, laughingly.
l. Physicians say that there is, on the
! average, one birth of bankruptcies in every
| 80 900 births, and that it is most remark
| able when every one of the children sur.
! wives. It is estimated that not in one
case in 100000 births do the four babies
grow up.
| WARDENS MEET