At each Levee Mlle. Millie Christine will sing some
of the Songs and Duets which will be found at the end of the
book.

SKETCH OF THE LIFE

OF

M'LLÉ CHRISTINE MILLY.

The announcement of the intended exhibitions of this greatest
and most pleasing of all phenomenas in any community, naturally
enough creates considerable excitement among the wonder lov-
ing, and an exousable curiosity with all, to see and know some-
thing more of her; therefore it has been deemed advisable to
present in this form, and for the gratification of an appreciative
public, a short and concise history of her from her birth until the
present time.

Mlle Christine Milly, the "Two-Headed Girl," was born on
the plantation of Mr. Alexander McCoy, in Columbus county,
North Carolina, near the town of Whiteville, on the 11th of July,
A. D. 1851, of slave parents. At her birth, her mother was in her
thirty-second year, and enjoyed excellent health, possessing a full
round form, weighing about one hundred and forty pounds, yet
devoid of the least surplus flesh. The expression of her face
was regular, pleasing and youthful; few would have supposed her
to have passed the age of twenty-four. Her father, who is of
Moorish descent, is of a different cast, being spare made and sin-
ewy, but exceedingly athletic and active. Both are endowed with
more than ordinary intelligence for persons in their sphere of life,
and are what is usually termed "quite likely."

Prior to the birth of this girl, the mother had born nine other
children, five boys and four girls, all of whom were of ordinary
size, and exhibited no peculiarities whatever; they are still alive.

Mlle Christine Milly at birth weighed thirteen pounds, and, al-
though the mother was in the hands of a negress midwife, no se-
rious consequences attended her accouchment. It may well be
imagined, that on the discovery of the birth, and it alive and
well, of so great a "freak of Nature," rumor was not long in tak-

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ing to itself wings and flying to every habitation for miles around:
indeed, for days and weeks scarce anything else was spoken of.
"Have you seen the girl!" was the first question at every meeting
of friend or stranger.

Females of the neighborhood and for many miles distant daily flocked to see her and minister to the comforts of the mother, who, receiving the flattering attention of ladies of wealth and distinction, with all the little delicacies their homes would afford, might very justly have felt proud of her position; but no change was perceptible from her uniform, meek, kind, affable and agreeable disposition.

The old nurse who superintended her introduction into this
world was doubtless awe struck at the anomalous and wonderful
addition she had made to her master's property, and not unnatu-
rally prided herself on having assisted Nature to produce a pheno-
menon; but the master himself, and his amiable lady, without
stopping to question the designs of Providence immediately sur-
rounded the extraordinary infant with such care and attention as
enabled it to thrive and grow. The dual child was taken from the
cabin to the mansion, and Mr. McCoy's family commenced then
a course of care and attention to its health and welfare.

The father and mother of Millie Christine were severally named
Jacob and Menemia; their owner from the time she was two years
of age, until the close of America's civil war, which wiped out
slavery, was Mr. Joseph P. Smith, and it is only just to him and
to his wife to state, that not only the family of which Millie Christine
was a member, but other families which called them master and
mistress, regarded them quite as much in the light of protecting
parents. It may be mentioned as an interesting fact, illustrating
the vicissitudes of life and fortune, that the father of Millie
Christine, once the slave of the planter McCoy, at this moment
is the owner of the plantation upon which he was a slave, and
where Millie Christine was born.

During two years nothing of importance occurred to Christine
Milly worthy of note; she grew as other girls grow, learned to
walk at twelve months old, was of a lively and agreeable disposi-
tion, and at fifteen months began to talk with both her mouth.
She was cheerful and active as any girl of her age, bearing at the
same time every appearance of robust health.

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Her vivacity and good disposition, together, no doubt, with her
peculiar formation, rendered her the almost idolized child of the
mother and general favorite of old and young, and every attention
and kindness that could be bestowed was hers up to this time.

McCoy became a man in very moderate circumstances, a plain
farmer without education, thinking the girl would become a burden
to him, and anny yed with the frequent visits of strangers to see
her, determined to dispose of her, and found a purchaser in the
person of Mr. J. P. Smith, of Wadesboro, N. C.

Soon after coming into possession of Mr. Smith, a request came
from the medical faculty of New Orleans, asking that she might
be brought there for scientific examination, which request was
complied with. She was placed in the charge of a Mr. Brower,
and an experienced nurse, (the mother being again enceinte, was
unable to accompany her.) Mr. B. was acting in the capacity of
an agent for Mr. S., and had given his bond for $6,000, for her
safe return.

Rooms were taken at *** ****** Hotel, and every preparation
made for the contemplated examination, after which she was to be
placed on public exhibition. It had been arranged, prior to their
leaving home, that their presence in the city should be kept as
quiet as possible, as the desire to see her would undoubtedly be
very great, and might interfere with the examination. This pre-
caution was not strictly regarded, and soon their rooms and the
passages leading thereto were literally besieged with anxious
crowds, eager to get a sight of her.

The examination, however, was at length had, and proved most
satisfactory, every physician in attendance concurring in and pro-
nouncing her " Nature's greatest wonder. " Being endorsed by
the faculty, she was now put on public exhibition, but from want of
proper management she succeeded but indifferently.

Mr. B. being quite ignorant of the business he had undertaken,
despaired of his success, after a few more efforts. About this
time he became acquainted with a certain George G****, who
hailed from Texas, and boasted of his immense tracts of land in
that State. G., finding in his new found friend a fit subject for
his nefarious designs, at once proposed to purchase the girl, by
giving for her lands at a fair market valuation to the amount of
forty-five thousand dollars, and B., having full confidence in the
would be millionaire, concluded the bargain by giving possession

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of the girl, and was on the following day to receive the deeds in
due form. The following day arrived, but neither Mr. G. nor the
deeds were forthcoming, and then for the first time the unpleasant
fact broke upon him that he had been completely duped. To
gain some knowledge of her whereabouts was now his first effort,
but so adroitly was everything pertaining to her abduction and
flight managed, that no clue to her, or even the direction she had
been carried, could be gained, and every effort for a time to learn
anything of her proved futile.

Mr. Brower, after weeks of useless search, becoming convinced
that, for the present, further efforts to regain her would only prove
useless, determined to return to North Carolina, and impart to the
mother the sad intelligence of the abduction of her daughter.
Words are inadequate to describe the anguish of the parent on
learning the fate of her child; for a time she was perfectly frantic,
during six days refusing food, and for the same number of nights
her eyes did not close in sleep. Her excellent character, uniform
kindness, and amiable disposition, and ready obedience to the
commands of her superiors, had made her a general favorite with
the whites, so that everything that could be was cheerfully done to
comfort and soothe her mind. She was promised that no amount
of money would be spared, or an effort left untried to procure her
much-cherished child. How truly this promise was kept the se-
quel will prove. About this time Mr. T. A. Vestal, of Sumter
County, Alabama, an old and warm friend of Smith's, being much
interested in the case, determined to give all the assistance in his
power to regain the child. Accordingly he hastened to North
Carolina; but on arrival found Smith unable to prosecute the
search successfully, on account of business engagements. McCoy
and the mother, well knowing Vestal's ability to regain the stolen
one, if any man living could do it, joined in their entreaties for
him to undertake it. Overtures, in which the mother heartily
joined, for him to purchase the family were made, feeling well as-
sured, from his known generosity and kindly feelings, that if in
possession of the father, mother, brothers and sisters, the abducted
one would be regained if living; so Mr. Smith bought the father,
mother, brothers and sisters, nine in number, for which he paid
an enormous sum.

To satisfy the mother and regain the lost one were the only in-
ducements to McCoy to sell, for they were great favorites in his

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family, as well as in the neighborhood. Their loss would be a
severe one; yet the child must be found, and this was the most
likely way to accomplish it. And now the work of carrying out
his great and good work commenced in earnest. Vestal acting as
agent and detective for Mr. Smith, immediately returned to his
home and made preparation for an absence of an indefinite length
of time. Being prepared, he was started for Philadelphia. After
a search of ten days, he, for the first time since the abduction,
gained word of her, learning from a negro barber, whose confi-
dence he had obtained, that about a year ago a child answering
her description had been in the city, and for a time had been se-
creted in a cellar on Pine Street, but where it had been taken he
did not know. Soon the cellar was found, and, through the in-
fluence of bribes, it was ascertained from an old woman still living
in a portion of the house to which the cellar belonged, that she
had been carried to New York. The next day Mr. Vestal started
for that city to prosecute his search, and remained there five weeks;
every effort that could be was made, but no further intelligence of
her could be learned; if any one knew of or had seen her there,
their mouths were sealed to the influence of money or persuasion.
Mr. V. began almost to despair, yet determined not to yield his
cherished object; his promise was given to regain her if alive, and
he had every reason to believe she was, for when taken from New
Orleans she was in excellent health, and the papers had been
watched closely by him, and no account of the death of any one
answering her description had been noticed, which certainly would
have been the case had she died. From New York he proceeded
to Boston; there again for several weeks the search proved fruit-
less: from thence he returned to Philadelphia, and from there to
Newark, New Jersey. There, for the first time, he got definite in-
formation of her; he learned from a man then keeping a drink-
ing house, that at one time he had been engaged as a cabman in
the city of New York, and was, when in that capacity, at one time
hired to convey a girl answering her description to a sailing vessel,
the name of which he did not remember, bound for and ready to
sail for Liverpool; that he had seen the vessel depart, and knew
the child was aboard of her when she sailed. From this informa-
tion he shaped his course for the future. Acting from this valu-
ble information, Mr. V. immediately returned to North Carolina,
and urged Mr. Smith the necessity of following her, he having al-
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determined to undertake it, and accordingly prepared for the
journey. Being in a short time ready, he, accompanied by the
mother of Christine Milly, started for and reached New York,
where they took the steamship Atlantic, and after a pleasant voy-
age, reached Liverpool. There they gained important intelli-
gence learning that the child had been on exhibition in that city,
also in London, Leeds, and other places.

Feeling well assured that he was now on their track, and that
success would ultimately crown his efforts, he redoubled his exer-
tions, leaving nothing untried that would be likely to lead to a dis-
covery of their whereabouts. Seated in a promiscuous crowd of
traders and traveling clerks one evening, in front of his hotel, to
his joy, her name was introduced, and, playing the attentive lis-
tener, he soon learned that a short time before she had been on ex-
hibition in Glasgow, Scotland. Immediately they started for that
city, but on arrival found that a short time before she had been
taken back to England, and was then in Birmingham. So to
that city they posted, and on their arrival, to their joy, found she
was then on exhibition. It now became necessary that extreme
caution should be used, lest their long-cherished object would be
frustrated on the very eve of consummation. The impatience of
the mother knew no bounds; scarcely could she be restrained
from rushing to the exhibition room and defiantly claiming her
child, supposing the sordid wretch who then had possession of
it would recognize her claims. She was, however, at length con-
vinced of the imprudence of such a course, and submitted to
wait until the case had been placed in the hands of the proper
officers. Accordingly the Chief of Police and a select body of
his assistants were called, and a true statement of affairs given.
The American Consul was also waited upon and consulted; he
immediately took a lively interest in the matter, and advised that
the arrival of the American party be kept unknown to the exhibi-
tor until they, in company with a protective force of police, should
enter the hall that evening; and should the child recognize the
mother among the audience, it would be *prima facie* evidence of the
facts attempted to be established by them, and used as such in case
of litigation. Accordingly, the impatience of the mother was re-
strained until the hour of the gathering of the visitors, when a por-
tion of the police, selected for the purpose and disguised, Mr.
Smith and the mother, procured tickets of admission and entered

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the hall, as casual visitors, impelled only by the general curiosity.
No sooner, however, had the keen eye of the mother caught a
glimpse of her long-lost child, that she uttered a scream of such
heart-rendering pathos, that the audience simultaneously rose to
their feet, wondering and astonished. The mother, overpowered,
fell fainting to the floor; when resuscitated, she wildly threw her
arms about, crying in most piteous tones, "My own child! O!
give her to me! Do not take her away again; she needs my
care! Where is she? Where is she?" While this scene of ex-
citement was going on, the exhibitor attempted to secret the girl
in an adjoining room; but an honest Scotchman, divining his in-
tentions, placed his back against the door, and, bringing himself
into a position that would have delighted a professor of the
"manly art of self-defense," cried out, in a voice audibly heard,
"Ye'll nae tak' the bairn ayant the door, maun ye wallop me
first, an' I'm nae thinkin' ye'll soon do that."

Such a scene of excitement as this denouement created has sel-
dom been witnessed; the women fainted, and the men, learning
the true state of affairs from the Chief of Police, who mounted the
stage for the purpose, threatened with immediate and summary
punishment the sordid villain who stole, for the purpose of gain,
a helpless child. He managed, however, to escape by jumping
from the second story window, which hazardous feat, alone, for
the time, saved him from certain and well-merited punishment.

The mother, recovering, took the child, and they were conveyed
to the hotel, where, for the first time for three years, she slept
with it in her arms, forgetting, in the possession of the fondly
loved and long lost one, the days and nights of anguish she had
spent during its absence, and dreamed of naught save happiness
and pleasures to come. But her troubles were not to end here.
The prize was too rich to be thus easily given up by interested
ones. So, on the following morning, a writ of *habeas corpus* was
served upon them, requiring the appearance of mother and child
before the Court of Admiralty, to show cause why she was taken
from the custody of the exhibitor. Here the Consul again proved
a friend and true American, by demanding the child as an Ameri-
can citizen, and requiring it, as a minor, to be placed in charge
of the mother, and that protection be given her to maintain her
maternal rights.

Voluminous proofs, giving an accurate description of mother

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and child, together with all necessary facts bearing upon the case,
had been carefully procured and carried there, in case of neces-
sity. Upon these the Consul spoke a short time, when the judge,
arising, declared it useless to occupy more time, for, from the
opening of the Court, the case had been decided by the Bench:
"The child should be given into the custody of its lawful mother.
If it was not the child of defendant, then mother never bore a
child. Every lineament, every feature, every look betokened it;
every spectator in his inmost heart felt, yes, knew it to be her
child, almost as certainly as though they had seen it every hour
since its birth." A long and hearty shout of approbation, at this
decision, ascended to the dome of the stately old building.

As soon as order was restored, the plaintiff determined to make
one more effort; so, calling the attention of the Court to the fact
of their knowledge of his ability to perform all he promised, he
said he was ready then and there to settle upon the mother the
sum of ten thousand pounds sterling, and deed to her an elegant
house, in which she could spend the rest of her days in luxury
and comfort, if she would remain in England and give him pos-
session of the child until she was eighteen, to all of which flatter-
ing offers she only turned a deaf ear, preferring, as she said, "to
return and live, as she had done, in the land of her birth, with
those she had known from infancy, and among her kindred and
her friends."

It should have been remarked before, that G****, although
shrewd enough to dupe Brower, was in turn made a dupe of him-
self. Arriving in Philadelphia, on their way from New Orleans,
he fell in with a Mr. Thompson, who soon succeeded in getting
possession of the girl, and it was he who carried her to, and in
whose possession she was found, in England. As T. was most
successful in his exhibitions of her, (in the course of three years
arising from poverty to comparative affluence,) it is not to be pre-
sumed he would willingly abandon his hope of again possessing
her, be the means of possessing what they would.

Mr. Smith, the mother, and the subject of our sketch, being
now free to depart, though closely watched by the minions of T.,
made their preparations openly to return. The Atlantic had
made a return trip, and was then at the Liverpool docks; immedi-
ately they posted down to that city, and the now happy party again
took passage upon her, and, after a prosperous voyage, reached

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New York. There they took the cars, and were soon landed
safely in the good old state of North Carolina.

Astonishing as it may appear, still it is no less true, that scarcely
had the party reached home, when those who had caused so many
sleepless nights and days of anguishing trouble, made their ap-
pearance in Charlotte, distant from the girl's home fifty-five miles,
evidently intent upon another attempt to regain the rich prize they
so fraudulently had possession of for a time, but now wrested from
their avaricious grasp. The citizens of Charlotte, learning of the
presence and intentions of Thompson, concluded to give him a
sample of their generosity, and immediately, without taking his
measure, prepared to present to him an admirably fitting suit,
composed of good tar and excellent feathers, and the freedom of
the streets for promenading, with the company of a lusty negro
to keep time to a quickstep, on the end of a large tin kettle, sus-
pended round his neck a la drum.

T., by accident learning the intentions of the Charlottins, con-
cluded "discretion was the better part of valor;" and, as nature
had given him a good pair of legs, and, no doubt, for use as well
as ornament, when the nature of the case required it, he concluded
to test their "speed and bottom." That they performed to his
utmost satisfaction, there is no room left for doubt; inasmuch as,
after a closely contested race for some miles, he gained the woods,
and, as "distance lends enchantment," concluded to give them an
enchanting view of his much coveted person. "Where there is a
will there is a way." That he had the will to escape we can
readily imagine; that there was a way, is proven, from the fact
that, as night drew on, his pursuers were compelled to abandon
the fruitless chase. Since then nothing has been heard of Thomp-
son in North Carolina, and the only thing to remind you of nis
visit to that section, is the chorus of a negro song heard at the
corn shuckings

Massa Tomsin run a race;
Oh! ho! o-o-o yah!
He beat de fastest hoss in de place;
Yah, oh yah! O ha!

Since the return of Christine Milly she has been transferred to
Mr. Vestal, where she enjoys the pleasures of home, the caresses
of a fond mother, and the protection of an excellent friend and a
true Southerner.

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During the past summer numerous propositions and requests had been received to exhibit this most wonderful girl, but none were acceded to. However, on reflection, Mr. V., deeming it but justice to the American public, on whose soil this most astonishing case of *lusus natura* ever witnessed was born, that she should be seen by them.

Millie Christine grew and flourished when Mr. Smith, yielding to the earnest solicitation of friends who knew him to be possessed of the world's greatest marvel, allowed her to be taken upon a tour through the states of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and in the cities of those states gave the public, as well as scientific men, an opportunity of inspecting Nature's latest freak. At the close of that tour, in the city of New Orleans, an incident occurred which, for a short time, made shipwreck of the happiness of Millie Christine, and which, but for the affection of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and the persistence which that affection inspired, would probably have altered the whole life of the child for the worse. The party in charge of Millie Christine, in whom Mr. Smith, with that unsuspecting nature which belongs to Southern men, thought he could confide, is spoken of in another part of this book; and Mr. Smith was startled when he received a telegram stating that Millie Christine had been literally kidnapped,—dragged into a free state, but to be deprived of liberty,—and for two years the young child was hurried over the country, from place to place, and deprived of the fostering care of its natural guardians. Ultimately, however, Mr. Smith's anxiety and determination were rewarded, and the child was restored to the arms and heart of Mrs. Smith, whom it soon came to regard and denominate its "white mamma." Under her care the girl was reared to regard with reverence and love the Supreme Father of all mankind, and, being instructed in the doctrines and teachings of the English Church, speedily grew up into an intelligent Christian child. She not only became proficient in elementary education, but, showing a high appreciation and taste for music, soon became an object of great interest to all visitors at Mr. Smith's home by the rapid progress she made in that accomplishment.

The year 1860, the dreadful year which brought so much pain and suffering to the United States of America, brought its own individual sorrow to the home of Millie Christine. Mr. Smith, after a few weeks of suffering, went to that place "from whose

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bourne no traveler returns"; and Millie Christine desires that I should here record the deep sense of affliction, which as a child, she experienced at the loss of a master who, to her, seemed more like a father. Generous, patient, and kind to all, he had impressed upon the mind of Millie Christine the necessity of leading a good life here, in the hope of gaining a blessed immortality hereafter. The circumstances of the country, and heavy losses during the civil war, have somewhat prostrated the fortunes of the Smith family, and Millie Christine, while fully determined never to be entirely separated from Mrs. Smith, whom she regards with filial affection, has determined to afford the world an opportunity of seeing the most marvelous physical development which exists, or has ever existed, in any branch of the great human family.

It will be necessary to append to this sketch a few of the medical and surgical reports on Millie Christine's physical organization; but it may not be uninteresting to give a brief description of her as she strikes the mind and eye of a familiar friend. Millie Christine is—in this year of grace one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine, in her 28th year; physically, she has but one existence; mentally, she has two perfectly developed existences; from the middle of the single spine has grown two perfectly developed busts, each of which has a pair of fine arms, and each of which terminates in an interesting head, blessed with more than the average amount of brains. For the sake of particularity, we will divide Millie Chrissy's name, and call one mental development Millie, and she other Chrissy. Both busts are in color a bright mulatto, both heads are adorned with curling, but not woolly, black hair, each has a pair of sparkling black eyes, which are constantly lit up by intelligence, and which, at any outburst of fun and humor, seem literally to dance with glee; while each mouth is adorned with such a set of brilliant ivory, as an American dentist observed, that many of his patients would be glad to purchase for twenty-five thousand dollars. There is very little distinction to be made in the two developments. The shoulders and arms of Chrissy are a little plumper than Millie's, but sympathy seems even to be lessening this difference. The two sets of brains always agree in forming the same conclusions; equally amiable, and equally agreeable in character, they never form different ideas on the same subjects, and the thoughts of each are characterized by that independence which is usually exhibited by natives of

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America. The tastes and habits of the two are precisely similar; both are equally fond of music and of dancing, both take an equal interest in the same amusements; indeed, this marvellous organization shows its wonder in nothing more evidently than its perfect happiness. The two minds can argue the one against the other, each through its own lips. The being is never at a loss for society, or for company, for each has, attached to itself, another equally intelligent and interesting existence; and yet, in no single instance has a particle of disagreement ever occurred where it could possibly conflict with the happiness or comfort of either. If the one mind formed the fancy to be in London, and the other desired its body to proceed to Paris, a conflict might ensue; provisionally this seems impossible, and has never occurred. Chrissy has a high soprano voice, Millie a full contralto; and they sing duetts together with exquisite taste and sweetness. They both play a little on the guitar, and are now prosecuting their studies of the piano—an instrument on which their natural musical genius will aid them in becoming proficient. This natural taste for music has been conscientiously and carefully cultivated by their kind protectress, and the public will not be slow to discover that they have as much power to please and amuse as a very large number of artistes of established reputation. It should now be stated that Millie Christine has four legs, on which she walks with grace and ease; but she can use the outer ones only for purposes of locomotion. She is a very graceful dancer, and executes the mazurka, the polka, or the waltz with equal ease. Her manners in the presence of strangers are most engaging. She at once wins sympathy and interest from all who approach her; in fact, her ease and lady-like demeanor in society betoken good breeding and high cultivation. She does not object to speak of herself or her own peculiarities, and her two minds are always as one on these points. The two minds composed some verses descriptive of herself, which the two voices repeat in unison, and although of no great literary merit, they are simple and expressive. The verses are as follows:—

> It's not modest of one's self to speak;
> But, daily scanned from head to feet,
> I freely think of everything,
> Sometimes to persons wondering.

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> Some persons say I must be two,
> The doctors say, this is not true;
> Some cry out humbug till they see,
> When they say—great mystery!

> Two heads, four arms, four feet,
> All in one perfect body meet;
> I am most wonderfully made
> All scientific men have said.

> None like me since the days of Eve—
> None such perhaps will ever live—
> A marvel to myself am I,
> As well to all the passers by.

> I'm happy quite, because I'm good,
> I love my Saviour and my God;
> I love all things that God hath done,
> Whether created *two* or one.

The medical reports on the construction of this extraordinary phenomenon are published separately for the benefit of the scientific and the gratification of the curious, but sufficient may be here stated to satisfy the ordinary interest of the public. A number of gentlemen connected with Jefferson Medical College, in the City of Philadelphia, examined Millie Chrissy; amongst them were Drs. Pancoast, Meigs, Bidde, Wallace and Dickson, all well known in the medico-scientific world. *Forney's Press* contains the following report of the clinic:—

At a special clinic recently held at the Jefferson Medical College, "Christine Millie" was submitted to a scientific anatomical examination.

Assembled at the clinic we found Professors Pancoast, Ormsby, Rand and Gross, and Drs. Meigs, W. H. Pancoast, Gardette, Ray, Turnbull, Atkinson, Barson, Bache, Dickson, Cohen, Atlee, Andrews, and others well known to surgical fame.

The double-headed girl was introduced by Dr. William H. Pancoast, the demonstrator of anatomy at the College, and a general feeling of astonishment was felt when it was discovered that, instead of a monstrosity, there was exhibited to the professional talent assembled, a well-educated, intelligent, quick-witted girl, with nothing about her that was repulsive or calculated to offend the most fastidious, but which at once stamped her as a wonder, and a source of scientific information to those learned in anatomy.

Dr. Pancoast stated that the body had been placed under his professional care, and owing to the important questions involved, a private

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examination had been made by Professors Pancoast and Gross, and
Drs. Sevie and Andrews, which had verified all the opinions expressed
as to her duality.

It was then stated that this remarkable freak of nature was united at
the lateral posterior portion of the pelvis, while above that point they
were separated—had separate chests, two pairs of fully developed arms,
but only one trunk.

The double-headed possessed separate intellectual faculties as entirely
distinct as was the brain power of two different individuals, while their
faces indicated, to a remarkable degree, intelligence of a high order
and amiability.

The lower portion of the body had inclined outwards from each side,
and the lower limbs were inferior, and not so fully developed as the
arms.

A series of experiments were then made under the direction of Pro-
fessors Pancoast, Atlee, Maury, and others calculated to demonstrate
the construction of the nervous system, and which showed that while
above the junction the sense of feeling was separate and distinct in each,
below the union it was in common. A touch upon the foot of one would
be instantly detected by the other, while a hand placed upon either
shoulder was only noticed by the one touched.

The pulse of Millie, the feebler of the two, was found to be about four
beats slower than that of Chrissy, while the beat of the two hearts was
nearly the same.

An improptu performance was given at the clinic in order to show the
agility of the girl, and to the astonishment of the audience, dances
were executed, conversations carried on between the two heads, and con-
versations with two different persons at one and the same time. They
stood upon their outer limbs, walked about with a pleasing undulating
motion, and Chrissy, the stronger of the two, lifted the other by the liga-
ture at the pelvis merely by inclining her body to one side. To cap the
climax, a duet was executed by the girl, displaying musical knowledge
and culture, perfect time and tune, one head taking the soprano and the
other the alto; and then, in order to show the sympathetic nature of
their voices, "Sweet Spirit, hear my Prayer," was given in admirable
style.

Some of the leading statesmen in Washington manifested great
interest in the case, and two of the most eminent men in the city
were afforded an opportunity to make an examination. Respect-
ing it, *The Washington Republican* says:—"The examination by
Dr. Bliss and Dr. Borland was most satisfactory, and revealed the
fact that the representations made by the young lady's guardians
are entirely correct, the girl being but of one body, with two
heads, four arms, four feet, two sets of lungs, two hearts, but only
one physical organization. The doctors express themselves as

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entirely satisfied that the young lady is the most wonderful human
being on the face of the earth."

During the past few months, Millie Chrissy has visited several
of the principal cities in the United States, creating a perfect furore
of enthusiasm wherever she appeared, and this, not more from the
fact that she was the most extraordinary phenomenon in the world,
than from the interesting manners and accomplishments which
she exhibits.

The *Baltimore Sun*, a paper of very high standing in Maryland,
says—"There is, at the juncture of the trunk, but one spinal col-
umn. The nervous system seems to be identical, but each pos-
sesses individual consciousness, and each does her own thinking.
On the other hand, the appetite is the same; when one is hungry
the other is the same. The digestive organs are independent.
As she moves about she looks like two bright young copper-
colored girls tied together in the middle, in the same dress, which
is cut short so as to display the movements of four feet. The
busts of each are very nearly symmetrical; the heads and necks,
shoulders and arms, are perfect. The faces are round, bright,
and intelligent; eyes large and clear; hair black and glossy."
The press of all the large cities in America bore similar testimony.

During the past few months, Millie Chrissy has received an
enormous number of visitors. In the city of Washington, during
a fortnight's stay, thirty thousand persons attended her receptions;
in Philadelphia, during eight weeks, a hundred and fifty thousand
visited her; in Boston, seventy thousand in three weeks; and in
New York, in a single day, ten thousand persons flocked to see
her. Her great anxiety, however, for a long time had been to
visit "Old England," and on the 22nd of April, 1871, she sailed
from New York in the splendid steamship "City of Brussels," ar-
riving in Liverpool on the morning of the 2nd of May, after a
most agreeable and rapid trip. Safely ensconced at the Washing-
ton Hotel, Miss Millie Christine was, on the 3rd of May,
visited by the editors of the various Liverpool journals. Speaking
of his visit, the editor of the *Liverpool Mercury* has the following:

### EXTRAORDINARY PHYSICAL PHENOMENON.

Since the days when the Siamese twins arrived in this country and
occasioned so much excitement in medical circles, no illustration of the
freaks of nature has been found at all approaching in its remarkable
character to that given in the person of Millie Christine, a native of

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North Carolina, who arrived at this port on Tuesday, per the City of Brussels, from New York. This young person, who is about to proceed to London for exhibition, is the child of parents formerly slaves in North Carolina, still living, and having several other children, and was herself born a slave. It is scarcely possible by a written description to convey anything like an adequate idea of the marvellous physical organization of this extraordinary being. In figure, Millie Christine, who is 19 years of age, is rather short, and possesses two heads upon one body, with two well-developed chests and four arms. This portion of the frame is as perfectly distinct in each figure as if the upper part were the heads of two persons; but at the lateral posterior portion of the pelvis there is but one body, with one spine, the lower parts of which gradually incline outwards from each side, and terminate with four legs. The faces are of the African type, with thick lips and large mouth, denoting the race from which the girl has descended; but in conversation the countenances brighten with intelligence, and those who have had an opportunity of seeing the girl, could not fail to be pleased with the geniality of her manner, and with the store of information which she has at her command. The question which naturally arises, and which it seems difficult to solve, is whether this is one being, or whether, in some extraordinary manner, two persons have thus marvellously been joined together. A very careful anatomical examination, made by the professors at Jefferson Medical College, America, has led to the discovery that the lungs, heart, and functions of digestion are those of two persons, apparently perfect and healthy in each, but that the whole of the lower organization of the body is that of one female, with the exception of the four legs. Each head is said to possess separate intellectual faculties, as entirely distinct as the brain power of two different individuals, and the volitions of the will are independent, but very much in harmony with each other. In proof of this the two mouths will at the same time converse with different persons upon topics of a widely different character, and will join in singing a duet, one taking the soprano and the other the contralto part. Experiments have been tried with a view to demonstrate the nervous system, which showed that whilst above the junction the sense of feeling was separate and distinct in each, below the point of union it was common. Thus a hand placed upon the shoulder of either was noticed only by the one touched, but a pressure of the foot was instantly felt by each.

Yesterday, a private party of ladies and gentlemen had an interview with this extraordinary person, at the Washington Hotel, and were both astonished and pleased. She seems remarkably cheerful, suffers no inconvenience or pain from her peculiar physical organization, dances with freedom, and, for one of her race, sings with considerable taste and expression.

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The Editor of the *Liverpool Daily Post* says:

THE NEW PHENOMENA.

A numerous party assembled yesterday at the Washington Hotel to "interview" Madlle. Millie Christine, a most extraordinary natural phenomena, who is about to be exhibited in London as the "Two-headed Nightingale."

Millie Christine is a phenomenon of the Siamese twin order, but far more wonderful, for instead of two bodies connected with a ligature, there is only one *torse*, the body separating a little above the waist. There are two distinct busts and pairs of shoulders, two heads, four arms, and four legs. Anatomical examination has proved that the young lady—she is nineteen years of age—has two hearts, two sets of lungs, and two digestions. It is certain there are mentally two perfect individualities, for conversations may be carried on with each of the two persons so mysteriously blended in one; and, each having a very pretty gift of singing, they perform duets in parts. Millie Christine also dances very gracefully, and appears to have no difficulty in moving about, and in no way differs in appearance from two animated and engaging young negresses, who for sport have agreed to pass an hour tied together nearly back to back. The exceedingly amiable and merry disposition of the mysterious pair deprives the exhibition altogether of that painful element which was present even in the case of those practical philosophers, the Siamese Twins. Millie Christine "first saw the light" as a slave in North Carolina, and the lady on whose estate she was born, and by whom she has been most affectionately and successfully educated, accompanied her to England. All who met Millie Christine yesterday must have felt interested in her fortunes, and well disposed to meet her again.

From the *Liverpool Daily Courier*:

ARRIVAL OF CURIOSITIES OF NATURE.

Amongst the visitors who arrived at Liverpool from New York on Tuesday, in the Inman steamer City of Brussels, was a party of ladies and gentlemen, whom the indefatigable Mr. Barnum, of showman notoriety, has sent over to this country for the edification of the curious. It will be remembered that a year or two ago Mr. Barnum was burned out, his museum being utterly destroyed, and the results of a lifetime of collection of various oddities—with the exception of the human specimens—consumed. To most men this would have been irretrievable ruin, but Mr. Barnum is made of other stuff. He set to work with renewed energy to make a more attractive collection than ever, and he is once again to the fore as the world's unrivalled showman. He has not come over to this country with his batch of "specimens," but has entrusted them to the care of gentlemen who have been here before, and who are thoroughly conversant with the customs of the country.

The most singular and physiologically-interesting member of the party is a young lady, between eighteen and nineteen years of age, or

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rather, two young ladies rolled into one, who is certainly a rival to the famous Siamese Twins, and very much more attractive in appearance than Messrs. Chang and Eng. Those who saw the Siamese Twins during their presence in England, will have a vivid recollection of the pained look that their features bore, and the constrained movements of their bodies while walking in any direction. There is a total absence of this in the young lady who bears the name of Miss Millie Christine, whose four bright black eyes and dazzling rows of pearly-white teeth light up a fair Creole complexion with an animation that is really attractive. This singular *lusus naturae* is the offspring of parents who were slaves in North Carolina, previous to the American civil war, and has several brothers and sisters who are like ordinary humanity. During that struggle the family suffered considerable privations; but as a curious illustration of the changes which have taken place in Southern society, through the war and the declaration of freedom from slavery, it may be mentioned that the father of Millie Christine is now the owner of the plantation on which he was once a slave. As to the young lady herself — for we have surgical authority for describing her—she has bodily only one person, though possessed of two heads, two pairs of shoulders, four arms, and two pairs of legs, amalgamated curiously with one trunk. We can only say that an hour's audience with her yesterday afternoon proved her to be a cultured, self-possessed, and accomplished person, who has a most singular attribute of being able to hold two totally distinct conversations at the same time with different persons, or the same person, can sing a duet very tastefully and tunefully in two voices, soprano and contralto, and can dance a mazurka with singular grace and facility. There was no difficulty made in exhibiting the upper portion of the dorsal connection, and it was done without any infringement of modesty.

From the *Liverpool Leader*:

## "MOST EXTRAORDINARY."

In the steamship City of Brussels, from New York, on the 2nd of May, 1871, arrived a cargo which, in the words of Mr. Toole, may well be termed "most extraordinary." Of all the curiosities ever unearthed by the immortal-Barnum, none can compare in the most minute degree with Millie Chrissy, a daughter or daughters—whichever the fastidious please—of the state of North Carolina. They first saw the light nineteen years ago, and the mother is presumably the founder of that gigantic Woman's Rights Association in America which has lately made formidable inroads upon English society. Here we have a young lady with one body, but two distinct minds, borne by two separate heads. All the intelligent men who saw her at the Washington Hotel the other day can bear witness to the marvellous intelligence which predominates in both brains; the conversational powers of the two heads at once in communication with two different persons, upon different topics, would sufficiently testify it. But the marvel did not stop here: some of the sweetest duets in the language of music were sung by a high soprano

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and a pure contralto. The notes issued from two heads, and yet but one trunk supplied the *verve*. It may now be added that this extraordinary trunk has two pairs of perfect legs, terminating in symmetrical and very pretty feet, and that, moving upon their pedal extremities, the trunk exhibits the very poetry of motion. The polka, the mazurka, the schottische, are delineated by these two pairs of pretty feet in perfect time and harmony, and the spectator is rewarded not by one smile, as in the case of ordinary young ladies, but by two distinct smiles, winked at you by two pairs of sparkling and roush eyes, and thrown at you by two different sets of the purest ivory that ever adorned the mouth of an Indian Sultana. There are a lot of people here, as elsewhere, always ready to strain at the smallest gnat and swallow the biggest camel, who will doubtless put this young lady down as outside the pale of ordinary humanity; if this prejudice should carry anyone so far as to avoid her, they alone will be the losers. We can testify that no person of ordinary intelligence can be in her company for half an hour without yielding to the charm of her manner and the fascination of her double smiles. She has you on both sides; if you remove your head from one position, you are immediately the victim of another pair of eyes, which fix you, and in fact transfix you. We candidly admit that we were fascinated, and that we immediately lost sight of the phenomenon and became overpowered by the influence of this dual brain. The young lady will shortly hold *levees* in London, and the public of Liverpool may hope to see her by-and-by. The eminent medical men of the United States testify that this remarkable freak of nature is united at the lateral posterior portion of the pelvis, while above that portion they are separated, have separate chests, two pairs of fully-developed arms, but only one trunk. With the double head they possess separate intellectual faculties as entirely distinct as in the brain power of two different individuals, while their faces indicate to a remarkable degree intelligence of a high order and great amiability.

## VISIT OF EMINENT MEN IN LIVERPOOL TO MILLEY CHRISSY.

On the 4th of May, a reception for medical men was held at the Washington Hotel, Liverpool, and was attended by the following eminent members of that faculty—Dr. Nevins, Dr. Bickersteth, Dr. McGregor, Dr. Gregeen, Dr. Slack, Dr. Gorst, Dr. Steele, Mr. T. Bickerton, F.R.C.S., &c. Mr. Edgar Browne, M.R.C.S. Mr. Jas. Pen Harris, Mr. W. H. Manifold, &c., &c. Having had an opportunity of examining the bond of union, these eminent men were unanimously of the opinion, that Millie Chrissy is the most extraordinary phenomenon the world has ever seen.

## THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.

LAUGHABLE ACCOUNT OF THE TWO-HEADED GIRL BY A WESTERN EDITOR.

"Girls in this city are divided into two classes—single-headed girls and double-headed ditto. The single-headed ones are certainly the most

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numerous, but the double-headed ones appear to be the most attractive
This is evident from the fact; that while we can see a single-headed girl
almost any time, we have to pay in order to be introduced to the maid
with the duplex cranium. We say 'maid', because the last double-head-
ed girl we saw was not married. There was one man who courted her
successfully, as he thought, for a time, but before popping the question he
kissed one face first, and could never get the consent of the other head.
She is now waiting till a two-headed man comes along, and is gay with
hope.

"This duplex girl, however, must be in every way a desirable match. Though the assurance given that she eats with both heads may tell against her with parsimonious wooers, yet the fact that she buys dresses for one only must be an immense advantage. The same way with her talking. The two-headed girl must be extremely circumspect, not only in her walk, but in her conversation. As she can never have a secret, she can have no opportunity to go around telling it. Neither will any one ever tell a secret to one head for fear that the other would split upon him.

"The fact of having two tongues should not militate against her, as, if she has only one, she would probably keep it going all the time, while, if she uses two, the one deadens the sound of the other. Whichever way we look at the two headed girl we see her to advantage, though we don't mean to say the least that should be understood to disparage a girl because she happens to be born with only one head."

After an absence of eight years Millie Christine returned to
her native land on October 1st, 1878. Her tour abroad was a
continued ovation of success. She has visited the principal cities
and towns in England, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Hun-
gary, Austria, Holland and Russia. At every point the young
lady was commanded to appear before the nobility and rulers of
these great countries. Kingly presents and valuable jewels were
given Millie Christine as tokens of appreciation not only of her as
a remarkable curiosity, but of her graceful bearing, her contented
disposition and of her artistic musical abilities. Before she had
landed, upon her arrival, a representative of the *New York Herald*
greeted her, and the next morning that journal gave forth to the
whole United States the return of one of its children, who had fully
established herself to be the greatest curiosity of the greatest coun-
try in the world. Since her return she has exhibited to thousands
in the cities of Boston, Philadelphia and New York. While in
Philadelphia she again appeared before the Professors and students
of the Jefferson Medical College. Professor Pancoast for the
second time examined her. A portion of his lecture is extracted

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from the *Philadelphia Evening Telegraph* :

This afternoon, at 1 o'clock, Millie and Christine were given a scientific examination by Professor William H. Pancoast at his clinic at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital. The well-like room was crowded, and Professor Pancoast busy removing a cancer from a patient when the reporter arrived. During the operation Baron Littlefinger and Count Rosebud, two most intelligent dwarfs-perfect little men in figure -were present, and appeared interested spectators of the operation. In introducing Millie and Christine, the Professor said, that he considered them the most interesting monstrosity of their class that has ever come under the notice of scientific men, far more interesting than the Siamese Twins. In the midst of his discourse the young ladies entered, clad in green silk on their two bodies, pretty little bronze boots on their four feet, white kids on their four hands. They moved forward like an expanded Y, with a crab-like movement that was not ungraceful. Born back-to-back, the Professor explained that the natural desire of each to walk face forward had twisted them in their present position. Separate entities, separate individualities, each can pursue separate lines of thought and conversation independent of the other. From habit their appetites call for food and drink at the same time. All the ills of flesh, are not, however, necessarily theirs in common. One may have the stomach-ache and the other be free from any ache. But in the examination conducted to-day the Professor discovered a remarkable development of sensibility since his previous examination, eight years ago. Touching them on any extreme of the body, on any foot, for example, both in common were conscious of the touch. Chrissie has been and is now the larger and stronger of the two. As children they used to have little struggles and quarrels for supremacy, but as they could not get away from each other, they early concluded that the best way to get along in their novel path through life was to yield to each other. Their present happiness and affection for each other is an example for couples who are yoked together in marital bonds. Sometimes Chrissie rolls over Millie in bed without awakening her. Both can sleep separately. They can stand and walk on their outside legs, but they prefer to walk on all fours. Millie cannot lift up Chrissie's legs, or Chrissie lift Millie's legs. Since the Hungarian sisters, there has been no similar case reported reaching adult life for 170 years. The bond of union between these, which is just above the bones of the spine, is chiefly cartilaginous, but the spines are so closely approximated that there is an osseous union between them. To the question by Professor Pancoast, whether either was engaged to be married, each denied the soft impeachment with decision, though the Professor explained that physically there are no serious objections to the marriage of Her or Them; but morally there was a most decided one. During the Professor's lecture the Misses Christine Millie and Millie Christine appeared very much interested in the diagnosis of their singular condition and evidenced their superior intelligence by their apt and ready answers.

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While abroad Millie Christine made herself master not only of the English language, but also of French and German. She is now deep in the study of Italian. Always industrious, she makes her entire wardrobe even to her dresses made for exhibition purposes. She dresses herself without trouble. Having lived thus long together they express no desire to be parted and hope to leave this world as they came into it—together.

APPEARANCE AND PECULIARITIES
OF
CHRISTINE MILLY.

This most astonishing and pleasing of all wonders is now in her EIGHTH YEAR, and possesses the extraordinary appendages of

TWO FINE HEADS,

with faces beaming with intellectuality and amiability, of a regular cast, and of a high order of beauty;

FOUR SPARKLING BLACK EYES.

denoting vivacity, life, animation and genuine mirthfulness;

TWO GRACEFULLY FORMED NECKS, FOUR ARMS, AND FOUR LEGS,

symmetrically in their proportions, and useful to an equal degree in the performance of manual labor or locomotion—none interfering with the functions of the other, but all working in unison, combining in their double effect EASE, GRACE and ELEGANCE—all springing from, and are the multifarious connections of

A SINGLE PERFECT BODY ONLY!

Her mental faculties are of a superior order and double, thereby enabling her to CONVERSE WITH TWO PERSONS at one time, on one or different subjects; or one head may be engaged while the other remains passive. No difference in the intellectual faculties of either head is perceptible.

In partaking of food she

EATS WITH BOTH MOUTH'S!

Even though it be the smallest particle, it is always divided; so complete is the sympathetic union, that the wants of both heads are simultaneous and simultaneously appeased. Neither head sways an influence over the other, but a COMPLETE UNION OF THOUGHT pervades their every action and movement.

SHE SINGS SWEETLY,

and with considerable taste, many of the most popular songs and ballads o the day. Her voices bid fair to be of great compass and remarkable pathos.

The movements of her body are easy and quick, enabling her to

DANCE, WALK OR RUN,

with as much style or rapidity as any girl of her age. She can run up or down a pair of stairs, climb a fence or tree, romp and play with the most joyous school girl or country hoyden she may meet.

NOT THE LEAST DEFORMITY in limb, body or features will be found. She is wonderful to contemplate, and to the eye BEAUTIFUL AND PLEASING.

To realize this wonder, she must be seen. The common medium of announce bills or advertisements fails in explaining, so that the mind of the reader can understand how, blended in One Body, the heads and limbs of two can harmonize; yet is so, and when seen will be believed.

It will be perfectly prudent for Ladies and Family Parties to visit the Morning and Afternoon Levees, unaccompanied by Gentlemen.

Ministers and their families are respectfully invited free.

Medical men, by application to Mr. T. A. Vestal, can procure private Levees.

See Lithographs at Book, Drug and Fancy Stores, and Hotels.

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CERTIFICATES OF EMINENT MEDICAL MEN.

Hundreds of certificates might be given, but the following are deemed sufficient:

15 SOUTH CHARLOOT ST., 11th Jan., 1856.

I have this day examined Christine Milly, and find that the band of union is between 15 and 17 inches in circumference, involving at least the bones of the sacrum and coccyx immovable, uniting the sacral nerves and spinal cord, so as to constitute one individual, or two girls in one nervous system. I also find both heads sprightly and intelligent, and deem them a much greater curiosity than the Siamese Twins.

(Signed)

JOHN LEZARS.

Professor of Surgery to the Royal College of Surgery, and Senior Operating Surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

NEW ORLEANS, 10th Feb., 1858.

I have this day examined the "Two-Headed Girl," and find them to be a very remarkable anatomical curiosity. Their spines are united. They have rectum and vagina in common.

J. C. NOTT, M. D.

I fully concur in the above opinion.

THOS. HUNT, M. D.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 28th, 1858.

We, the undersigned, having made a critical examination of the *lusus natura*, known as the "Two-Headed Girl," now being exhibited in our city by Mr. Vestal, would beg leave to state that this wonder, as regards the pelvic arrangements, is, in our opinion, one, in all other particulars double.

JOHN B. McDOWELL, M. D.

B. F. EDWARDS, M. D.

WM. CARR LANE, M. D.

J. M. SCOTT, M. D.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 13th, 1858.

The undersigned physicians of St. Joseph, having been invited to see the "Lusus Natura" now on exhibition in the city, fully concur in the statement, that it is the greatest wonder of the age, having two heads, four legs, four arms, and but one body, and one consolidated pelvis, and perfect sympathy of desire.

W. I. HEDDEW, M. D.

J. H. CRAND, M. D.

J. A. CHAMBERS, M. D.

O. B. KNODE, M. D.

G. C. CATLETT, M. D.

Thousands similar to the above might be given, but these are deemed sufficient.

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT

BY
MILLIE CHRISTINE,

THE

TWO-HEADED NIGHTINGALE.

Selections from the following, and many other songs, will be sung as Duets by Millie Christine, at each reception.

O'ER THE WAVES WE FLOAT.

Words by J. E. Carpenter.

Music by Stephen Glover.

O'er the waves we float, we float,

Fairies two, in our fairy boat,

Fanned by the breezes, rocked by the tide,

In our nautilus barque we glide, we glide.

When the strong cordage snaps in the gale,

Safe o'er the surges we sail, we sail;

In the bright calm we rest on the deep,

And, lulled by the zephyrs, we sleep, we sleep.

Cast by the winds from shore to shore,

A moment you view us, and then no more.

The nautilus shell, by human eyes,

Is seen on the waters, that sink and rise,

Over the billows away and away;

Ours is the freedom that knows no decay.

Braving the tempest, and stemming the tide,

In safety for ever we glide, we glide.

"As for Millie Chrissy, the two-headed girl, she is a perfect little gem or gem, or a gem and a half, we don't know which. She sings with one or two voices very sweetly, and in dancing we never saw any one more graceful. We expected to see a monstrosity, but were agreeably disappointed; on the contrary, we found her pleasing in appearance, agreeable in her manners, and endowed with good conversational powers. Great care and attention must have been bestowed upon her education."—New York Times.

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"All who met Millie Christine yesterday must have felt interested in her fortunes, and well disposed to meet her again."—
*Liverpool Daily Post*

MOTHER WOULD COMFORT ME.

Words and Music by C. C. Sawyer.

Wounded and sorrowful, far from my home,
Sick among strangers, uncared for, unknown.
Even the birds, that used sweetly to sing,
Are silent, and swiftly have taken the wing.
No one but mother can cheer me to-day,
No one for me could so fervently pray,
None to console me, no kind friend is near,
Mother would comfort me if she were here.

CHORUS.

Gently her hand o'er my forehead she'd press,
Trying to free me from pain and distress,
Kindly she'd say to me, "Be of good cheer,
Mother will comfort you, mother is here."

If she were with me, I soon would forget
My pain and my sorrow, no more would I fret;
One kiss from her lips, or one look from her eye,
Would make me contented, and willing to die!
Gently her hand o'er my forehead she'd press,
Trying to free me from pain and distress;
Kindly she'd say to me, "Be of good cheer,
Mother will comfort you, mother is here!"

CHORUS.—Gently her hand, &c.

Cheerfully, faithfully, mother would stay
Always beside me, by night and by day;
If I should murmur, or wish to complain,
Her gentle voice would soon calm me again.
Sweetly a Mother's love shines like a star,
Brightest in darkness, when daylight's afar;
In clouds or in sunshine, pleasure or pain,
Mother's affection is ever the same.

CHORUS.—Gently her hand, &c.

"She has you on both sides; if you remove your head from one position, you are immediately the victim of another pair of eyes, which fix you, in fact, transfix you."—*Liverpool Leader*.

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## WATCHING THE DAYLIGHT FADE.

Christine.
Where shall we wander at evening,
Seeking retirement's shade,
On its seclusion reposing,
Watching the daylight fade?

Millie.
Down by the brook we'll wander alone,
Naught but the sky above,
There, while we hear the breezes moan,
We'll sing the songs we love.

Both.
There will we wander together,
Chasing our cares away,
Down by the banks of the river,
Cheerfully singing our lay.

Millie.
Come we alone to seek delight,

Both.
La, la; la; la, la; la, la; la, la, la;
Cheerfully watch the coming of night.
La, la, la; la, la; la, la; la, la.
Come we alone to seek delight, &c.

Both.
See the sun is slowly retiring,
Evening's dark veil is spreading so fast,
See, the stars are faintly peeping,
Now the time of day is past.
See, the sun is slowly retiring, &c.

Christine.
Here will we wander together,
Seeking retirement's shade,
On its seclusion reposing,
Watching the daylight fade,

Millie.
Here, by the brook, we'll wander alone,
Naught but the sky above,
Here, while we hear the breezes moan,
We'll sing the songs we love.

Both.
Here will we wander together,
Chasing our cares away,
Down by the side of the river,
Joyfully singing our lay.

## FROM OUR MERRY SWISS HOME.

### DUET.

From our merry Swiss home we come, we come;
Our hearts are light and free;
With a smile we greet every eye we meet,
Two merry hearts are we.

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The live-long day we chant our lay,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la;
Two merry hearts, two merry hearts,
Two merry hearts are we, are we;
Two merry hearts are we, are we;
Two merry hearts are we.

SOLO.

When the advent of morning appears in the sky,
We rise from our peaceful repose,
To the valley, the meadow, the mountain we hie,
To cull each fair flowret that grows.
CHORUS—From our merry, &c.

SOLO, SECOND VOICE.

Though humble our cot on the mountain may be,
A life of contentment we live;
We sigh not for wealth, from its cares we are free,
For wealth cannot happiness give.
CHORUS—From our merry, &c.

THE DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS AT HOME.

What cheers us when we are far away
From home and all we love:
When storm and danger hedge us round,
And all is dark above?
When lightnings flash and thunders roar
O'er ocean's seething foam?
It is the thought that heaven hears
The prayers of friends at home.

CHORUS.

The dear, dear friends at home,
The dear, dear friends at home;
Kind heaven will surely hear the prayers
Of our dear friends at home.

Our father, with his silvery hair,
Our mother, kind and fond,
Our sisters and our brothers dear,
She same kind thoughts respond.
The wind blows fair, our vessel sails
Right gaily o'er the foam,
And soon again we hope to greet,
The dear old friends at home.

CHORUS—The dear, dear, &c.

Written and Composed by Professor W. WILSON, expressly for Miss Millie Christine.

YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

The Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. Fund

THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD.

The Pyramids first, which in Egypt are reared;
Then Babylon's Gardens and Ramparts appeared;
Next Mausola's Tomb of affection and guilt,
With the famed Diana in Ephesus built.
The Colossus of Rhodes, made in brass for the sun,
And Jupiter's Statue, by Phidias done.

Some the Tower of Pharos place next, we are told,
Some the Palace of Cyrus, cemented with gold.

Last—but not least—is Millie Christine,
The Two-headed Nightingale, alive to be seen.
Who will sing, who will dance, who will walk on two feet,
And delight all beholders whoe'er she may meet.

MISS MILLIE CHRISTINE, *the eighth*, has spent about seven
years in Europe, during which time she visited all the princi-
pal towns and cities of England, Russia, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Italy, Belgium, Holland, and France, and in all
those countries was honored by command from the Royalty to
visit them. MISS MILLIE CHRISTINE speaks English, French,
and German.

Torrey & Clark, Printers, 2 Spruce St. N. Y.