The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-23
REPLENISH The EARTH
EXAMPLES OF OBEDIENCE TO
INCREASE AND MULTIPLY"
Two English Families That Are Able
To Boast of Twenty-Five Little"
Ones-Scotsman Father CT
Thlrty-Six Children.

Recently two extraordinary cases
of very numerous offspring in the
came 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 a 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
porters did due honor to the occa-
sion.
The other case was that of Mr.. IT.
A. Slack of Purley Surrey, who curl
ously enough as coincidence, can
dren; and In this instance the wri.
ter believes, too, that Mr. Slack can
boast that these $50 save /" are still
all alive. Naturally there have been
the usual jokers astir, who got In the
old wheeze about SLACK by name
but not by nature" though the good
natured and popular man at Purley
takes everything in excellent part,
and remains 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-
caying birth rate, yet the nation is
not wholly going to the dogs In this
matter, the instances mentioned do
not form anything like record for
our country in this fashion.
There was that stalwart Scot hail
ing from Cromarty, Mr. Thomas Ur-
quhart, who not only knew himself
as the father of SO children, but had
| the supreme satisfaction of living to
! see large number of them gain very
| high positions and became quite emf
nent. OF the SO no fewer than rs
were sons-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 mentioQed, For the wife Of
| q small shopkeeper in the Wearside
| town last month presented her spouse
| with twins, which would have salts
fled most fond parents as the product
| Of one twelve months. However,
when it is learned that this same
, good lady had already borne another
| set of twins less than year previ-
| ously. one may be forgiven for say
Ing that, at the rate of -four a year"
| to such a youthful couple, the claims
| of MIR. 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 case given
of a Paris lawyer who had no fewer
than As; and history also states Of
q children born at seven births, anC
! iii WllIlln llG hSlOAllSuluElJ bliBlt space
of seven years. What family thi,
would have been for winning the goot
graces of the prelate of London, Of
the former bishop of Ripon!
OF course. the actual record" 81
far as authentic history can give /
at all. surely belongs to Signori
Granta, the wife of an Italian livini
at barcelona This real mother il
Israel" did her duty so nobly to tn
state that, at the age of sixty sh
could look round and count somethin
like 40 olive branches who were a
delighted as possible to call he
mother"
| Siguora Granta undoubtedly hold
the record STILL and our English pal
ents of 29-nay, even the Scottis
one of 36-will have a long way to &
to overtake it.