The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-03
REP-ENlSH TIE EARTH
EXAMPLES or OBEDIENCE TO
INCREASE AND MULTIPLY"
TWO EnsIIsh Families That Are Able
To Boast Of Twenty-Nlne "Llttle'
Scotsman Father Of
Thlrty-six Children.

A'tfi ~ffN rAttANA via
Recently two extraordinary cases
Of very numerous offspring in the
uame family were recorded in the
English press, and these attracted
great attention at the time. One was
that OF Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Of CHS
wick, who can boast a family OF no
fewer than 20 "little" ones, though
these are by two mothers the pres
ent Mrs Rogers being the second
wife Of Mr. Charles Of that ilk, who
IS well-known builder in the dis.
trict The proud father, aged seven
ty-four, might have been seen carry
ing his latest infant to it's baptism a
week Or two ago, and Chiswick sup
poNers did due honor to the occa-
sion.
The other case was that OF Mr. r.
A Slack of Purley, Surrey, who curt
ously enough ais a coincidence, can
also claim to be the father Of 30 chill
dren; and In this instance the wFi-
ter believes, too. that Mr. Slack can
boast that these 1870 save are stlll
all alive, Naturally there have been
the usual iokers astlr, who got In the
old wheeze about SLACK BY name
but not by raturen though the good
natured and popular man at pnrley
tekes everything IN excellent part,
arcremains naturally very proud Of
his numerous progeny
Capital as these examples are, as
showing that even in the age Of bish.
ops and Judges who rail at the de-
cayine birth rate. YET the nation Is
not wholly going to the dogs in this
matter, the instances mentioned do
not form anything ike a record for
our country in this fashion
There was that stalwart Scot hail
ing from Cromarty, MI. Thomas Ur.
quhart who not only knew himself
as the father Of 36 children, but had
the supreme satisfaction Of living to
see a large number Of them gain very
high positions and became quite emi.
nent or the &c no fewer than 25
were sous-quite an unusual proper
ton Of the kind
Sunderland just now seems to be
trying to either break the record in
another way. or to qualify in decent
time for a place amongst the notables
already mentioned. For the wife OF
a small shopkeeper in the Wearside
town last month presented her spouse
with twins, which would have salts
fed most fond parents 8s the product
of one twelve months. However
when II is learned that this same
good lady had already borne another
set of twins less than a year previ
ously, one may be forgiven for say
ing that, at the rate Of -four year
to such a youthful couple, the claims
of Mr. Rogers. Mr. Slack or even Mr.
Urquhart appear in much danger Of
being soon excelled
In the annals OF Numerous Chill
dren," by Boyle, there is a case given
Of Paris lawyer who had no fewer
than 45; and history also states oi
q children born at seven births anc
all within the astonishingly short space
/ at seven years. What family this
would have been for winning the goo(
graces Of the prelate Of London. ol
the former bishop Of Riponl
OF course, the actual record SC
far as authentic history can give Il
at all, surely belongs to Signors
Granta, the wife OF an Italian living
at Barcelona This real mother ii
Israeli did her duty so nobly to tn,
state that, at the age Of sixty sh'
could look round and count something
like ~ olive branches who were al
delighted as possible to call he
mother
Signora Granta undoubtedly hold
the record still: and our English par
ents Of 29-nay even the scottisl
one Of S6-will have a long way to g,
to oyertake It,