Year: 1874

4


Last Moments on Earth-D Mute


children with their Mothers in


Mourning.


[From the N. Y Herald.1


A dispatch from Greensboro, N. c.,
gives the startling announcement of the


sudden death of the celebrated Siamese
i Twins on Saturday morning last, the I7til
INST, which occurred at their residence at


Mount Airy, Surry county, N. c..


There are no details of this sad event


further than the fact that Chang was par
TALLY paralyZed last fall, since which time


he has been ffetfHl, very much debilitated


and strongly addicted to drinking liquor


as means of alleyiating his suffering.


He had been quite feeble for several days
indeed so much SO as to e0nffne both the
j brethersto bed, butsthe Illness was not
/ so great as TO cause any anticipation of the
/ catastrophe that was to follow. On Fri


day night they retired to bed as usual, but


during the night Chang became worse,


andto the utter dismay of all his friends,


expired suddenly about four O'Clock on


Saturday morning.


AS soon as it was discovered that his
spirit had left its earthly tenement and
that death had claimed him for its own,


Eng became so terribly shocked that he
raved wildly for while, at times exhibit
ing signs of great mental aberi alton. This
attack was followed by what seemed to be
a deadly stupor, and all now watched
eagerly the fate of the surviving
twin, so long and inseparably united to
| his now dead brother. In two hours, it is
supposed, from the death of Chang, Eng
breathed his last, and in death, as in life,
the souls, as well as the bodies, of the eele-
DRAFTED twins were once more reunited.


SKETCH OF THEIR LIVES.


The Giapoaca tFr,yir,o 1xre,.a hx,-,, n e,,,oJJ
village on the coast of Siam, in 1911.


Their mother bore seventeen children.
AT one time she gave birth to three and
| never less than two. But none of these
children were deformed The twins were
| united at the anterior part of the chest by
a prolongation of kind of fieshy band the
size of the hand. This band of flesh is
| about two inches broad and four inches
thick. The whole mass is toughy and
capable of being considerably extended.
One could whisper in the ear of one of
them without the other hearing, while
volatile salts applied to the nostriIs of one
had no effect on the other, still if you but
stick pin in the exact vertical center of
this connecting link both would finch
from the hurt.


After attracting vast amount of atten-
ton among scientists and Psychologists in
the Old World. they married two sisters,
and settled down near Salisbury, N. c.,
on a well-stocked plantation. In addition
they had at one period ample funds invest
ed through their agent in New York.
During the war they continued to reside
on their plantation and lived in the same
quiet and harmony as ever, until some few
years afterwards.


The brothers would probably never have
had any difficulty, but that their wives,
Crh Sic fI1z.T T1aH fhai,
and children were the cause of this
estrangement. Up to the period that each
had five children all prospered well
enough, but one of them had sixth, and
this awOke envy and jealousy to such
degree, that the twin sisters, not being
bound together like the twin brothers,
would no longer live under the same roof
The brothers were, it seems, about fifty
four years of age, but one, we believe, the
smaller and feebler of the two, looked, it
is said, ten years older than the other.
They could turn either back to back, or
face to face, but that is as far as the remark
able bond that united them permitted.


ItEwas almost certain that should either
die, the other could not survive even more
than few minutes, as there's an artery as
large as the femoral artery that connects
them. A few years since they correspond
eel with some of the leading surgical oper-
stors in London, as to the possibility of the
qmbilicus being cut, so that, in case of the
death of one, the life of the other might
be sayed.sT At the request of the London
surgeon they visited that city, and many
experiments were tried to determine the
safety of such an operation. Among other
things ligature wasted firmly for a few
minutes around the connection between
them, so as to prevent the circulation of
blood through the artery. But it seemed
as If each would expire If this were per-
sisted in. The smaller of the two tainted
away and lost all consciousness, and there
were symptoms thatsthe same effectwonld
follow to the other, but the process could
not De continued long enough without en-
the life of him who was the first
to faint. Since the breaking out of the re-
bellion the twins both dressed in the Con-
federate gray, and were both members OF
the same church, having united with a
small Baptist church in their neighbor-
hood, OF which they were considered very
worthy members, thoughsborn SiaInese.


SENATOR EVANS, of California, has IN
troduced in the Legislature Of that State
an important act concerning the taxation
OF mortgages. Itprovides that the person
holding the real estate mortgaged shall be
assessed for the value of said real estate,
less the amount mortgaged, and the per-
son holding the mortgage shall beassessed
for the amount due thereon, provided, that
in all cases where the holder of a mort
gage does not reside within the county or
town wherein the mortgaged premises are
situated, the county or town tax for the
due on the mortgage shall be paid
by the person having possession of the
mortgaged real estate, and the receipt of
the collector shall be legal payment for so
much of the interest of said mortgage, and
Shall be deducted therefrom,