AND
Jno. S. iVlann,
Proprietor. 'TTI Tfy ~T~ rT-n s ■. HSITSiI i'Otf,
_i±j vv iS ITS 3vr. '
CLUME XXV, NO. 28.
The POTTER JOURNAL
AN'D
>KWS ITEM.
P rBUSIIF.D EVBRV WEDNESDAY AT
COUDERSPORT, PA.
i <)ijic( Cor. M'lin and Third.)
* '* l KK YBAKI> " ADVANCE.
Juo. S. Matin, S. F. Hamilton,
pro) tri'tor. Publisher.
, ARTHCK ft. M I.VS
" jor iU S. MANN A SON,
t (| ( . n iMN at haw iintl Convcjaneers,
cu dkusi'OKT, FA.,
i* ,r' L* pr.inpi-y to.
Arthur B. Mann,
.. n.r*! luuiniic<* \ Notary Public.
Pi;!. MeI'LARY, M. i).,
f.. vt'fl' IN< FHYsIeIAN AND SI'KCSEON
on* I)EUS 1 oRT, I'EXX• A.
C. J. C'JriTIS,
IStern; v :tt Law an ! District Attorney,
>!., {urer the l'oxt tJi'ii?,
( <)*' HIT, PA.,
i . ini'.tt i''"'- 1 lining to Ills prof, -si .11
s;,< it t:i —liti in civon i<> collect it uis.
OKAS. T. SGHIVELY,
V'tarj I'liltiii',' 'hiiw Aw-nt, <'tmv< yanivr
and Leal Estate Arc nt.
COVMijiCS! R Of letGi FOR HE JiRjEV.'-
i r. -ocm -in men FT.,
?V/i/a(tripl.ia, 7\i.
i at'fitioii ami cxpcricnc" jivm '<i tat.
.:: p< unions in cases paa tiog la the differed
. :.!■■< .iii'l s-.iri.<. !To|tt'rU''• r. iu-t an -.j .
I,- .1 loUwtiuns nut.ie. Peiadoas and oils'
■> pro— ut 'l. ("orrts]Ku.ieai-f soiirite-il,
1. i. DLMsTKa I. C. I.AKRAKEI
ULiriSTED & LARRABEE,
ITMtXI \Ni> mI'NSFLOKS AT I.AM
s m Si. I'nh't It HISP. J
< OUDF.RSHM:r, PKNN'A.
SETH LEWIS,
llt-uncy al IAVI and Insurance Agent,
1.1 : .VIsYILI.E, PA.
A. M. REYNOLDS,
DENTIST,
F Kirn • 5 OI.MSRKU BLOCK,)
( OLD id Its PORT, pA.
lUn-IT.
aker House,
BKDIVN ,V KKLLY. I'LOJIR s.
Ciirn.-r of Silt ON i> and HAST Streets,
I <I DHRSFOK |, I'L.-.N A.
Ei-';. attention paid i<> tli • ooiiveiiUmce and
COlllfort 111 RUt'St*.
M* .aa ! st;i!>i.11j- attache: I.
Lewisville Hotel,
(rn. r of M VIA ami N'Ok'l i! Streets,
LKWI.HV i1.1.K, l'A.
"■ I Stabling attached.
JOHN 8. PEARSALL,
PAINTER,
001 DEUSI'ORT, PA.
liatl (ilaziua, Graliiin/. ( ili iminii.fr
■ '•*- . -' K'X, i'apet-liailfflnjr, rt**., done
wit i ii-atiu'os, |iroiitjtiii">s and
di.put. a in all rasas, awl
satisfaction naur
an 11 ed .
* iEI) !'AI\TS fi.r sale. 24-ls i
1 ' "HOIIRSON J. s. M IS:.
THOMPSON & MANN,
, OKU I IN
iiji, Medicines, It.ioks, Stationer}'.
f ttCt MJOOi -t! 11 > GILS VfALLPAP£ft,IC., !
t'or. M tin unrt Third fits.,
COP I)EUsPOItT, PA.
s. F HAMILTON,
jWX AND JOB PRINTER
' 'fiier M tin and Third.)
(, OI I>I:RSPOUT, PA.
, D. J. CHOWELL,
-• 2a'.'. J-.inter i B lting Macaine,
' ' I .M \lit\ |\ (;, ('anicroii en., I'a.
" s "' r '-t'TSIIIXOLK MA LiriXKto
<CK. '; "-rl,...,
!l •- MachiutfhumlUemraiCnstoinWork
24L-J-tf
schn Srom,
'Mise, S i ii 4
•'•incntal. Dccoratice & J^rcsco
I;A I XTER,
-°UDERSPORT, PA.
' Ni ' ; '! PAI ER HAHGIKe done l
Ul h*atin-ss ami 1 i.spatc-li.
' H!irai,twd.
VtV"-. ""
'' V v ♦• i ? !K>rsE
• '""i'l'yatti'ipJial in.
c. BREUNLE,
\ i 't I \ -
'l. 0 \% : Hill
>l ' b i: tspi)irr. PA
ts.;., „
.
,"> .A*;.''NASLIIP, on I
**•*•* ifiw"lu,' r '*• tli:o'll( eni .foi l :
HI reoalro prampt arteuton j
Edward Forster,
DEALER I2C
Groceries & Provisions,
MAIN STREET above SECOND,
COUDERSPORT, PA.
A FULL SUPPLY Or
. FLOUR, SLJtI-Aii,.
SPICES, SYRUP,
4
CIIE E S ,
HAM, PISH,
TOBACCO, SNUb' F.
&c., &c.,
KEPT CfINSTANTLY ON IIAN'II.
i A sjM'ciaUy uiado
Teas and Coffees,
I which I ii:ivi- the
Etiry est find Best
took in town.
All Oood* sold riri AP lor < ASH only.
Call and examine before purchasinjr elseiv ne.e
i:i) AUI) lOKSTIh
New Si a.KR Sewing Machines ex
•hanged for ones of any kind or make. :
by A. M. UKYNOLDF, A'jent.
BASSETTS LIVES!
i tuner MARIiET and I'l NTER Mreem.
.
[s<,urn sun: < : fthc in VEUA j
I woven ■ "ipectfiilly invite the attention oio.
public t my
LIVERY EfJTABLISKLIErUi..
with !!,'■ ni-Kranc'' t' -.t I er.n meet every n. '■
iiuuul fur a iir-t ci;i:.s tin n.iiit.
i H.'ivintr purcli-iM-.! 1,1 very .f Amos v<-
iave tiie only ISiaiilisiuin-nt uf the kin.l in n. j
■ection.
J. M. HASSETT.
132—1f
11 H. GOOESEII,
Oarpenter and Joiner,
BOOTH BIDE of the RIVER,
(uG/iv EAST Street,)
C<mU'ffij)(ri:, I *: i.
'ONTK.U'TS taken uni ni.iterl i!s rnniishe.l for
ail Kiniis'.r Ri'll.lil m.
I'l.an!Nl, and M.vri i: is. . dime.—Mm i. DIM. of a
11-MCI ijiti.-iis.
SASII, I'.LINI Sand poous MI haml or man -'
J.u tinvd to order.
< bill paid foi l ine lumber.
Voe.r patronage is soii.-iieil.
X. It. (iOODSEEL.
The SINGER is a loek-stiteh ritaeliin. i
tnd makes a beautiful,evt nand uniform ;
stitch which will not lavel and is alik. .
on both sides. It Items, braids, cords, |
tucks, embroiders, rufilt s. ft lis and docs !
all kindrtof work on the finest muslin or
the heaviest full-cloth.
John V. Brown,
PKonilETOll or
I .IXi: OF STAGIv .
IlllTW FKN
Coudersport- & W ellsville
( Via OS HhI YO, PA.)
I'ersons going to OSWATO by stage, and destruo.
to return >ainc day, will be .. coinmiHiated
at stage rates.
Passengers wishing n> reach any of the n-i his.r
ing towns will be conveyed by Livery at
l en-' name rales.
A good l.ivery rig kept cir-tanKy on hand o.
passengers liy the stage.
OSW AY O a'ii OUS E2 •
(Jons V. BKOWS, J'roije..
OSWAYO, l'A.
114-U
COUDERSPORT PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1874.
[Pttbii-hed by Rfquest.)
Why Truth goes Naked.
List to u ale well wo t tl e i ;
Of all who wit and sense admire
I vited—it is ele i
I Some ages prior M en Prior;
Falsehood ami Truth, "upon a time.''
One day in J tine's delicti us weather
('Twas in a distant age and e in,e>.
Like sisters, look a walk together,
On. on their niei iy way they took,
Through fragriiit WU.HI and verdant niead-
To where a beeeli beside a brook low,
Invited rest beneath its shadow*,
There, sitting in the pleasant shade.
Upon tiie margin's grassy matting
j (A velvet cushion ready madei,
The n companions fell to chrtlinp.
Now, while in voluble diseou s".
On this and that tlieir tongues weie renning,
As habit l id eaeii speak— pel force
r i' ne is frank, tiie olimr e.i g.
Falsehood, i eugth impatient gr >\v ■
I With scandals of hei own cieaiion.
Said, "Since we two are <;uiic alone,
And . !y screened from obseivation,
Suppose in tiiis de ighlfnl ii!).
i all arouiul is so p'opitimis,
i We take a bath." Said Truth, "1 will—
i A l;at i, I'm sure, will lie delicious!"
; At tliis her robes she east aside,
| And in the si ream that ran before her
j Siie plunged -like Ocean's It tppy bride—
As naked as her mother Isne her!
j Falsehood at leit-uie now undressed ;
| Put oil the robes her limln that iiautper,
| And h ving donned Truth's snowy vest,
j Ran oil as she couid scamper,
i Since then the subtle maid, in sooth,
Kxjiert in ies ami shrewd evasions.
Has ivonie Hie lion.. .! name of Truth,
And Weal s her eh he. i n all oeca ions;
' Wiiia 1 Truth, dj.dniiiiii'; l<> appear
In FaisehiHKl's peiti oat aud boddire,
I bii:! lirnves a ! eyes fr ni year to year,
As naked as i niarblt got id 'ss!
,
Lt tier f. Crn Ban Fi r.nc'seo.
FAN FUANCISI O. Dee. 2u, 1 <7.1.
MR. I'.I.ITDR:—As VAN wanti"! my
iU*:8 of tiiis place set. myself to
the task of givii pr ihem at one.', for
1 have some that are most <h ci ie<!.
It would be strange you know for
us to reach here at this season b\
; the Overland mite wit!.out adven
ture. Wc had our little exeiti nieut.
j All had gone pleasantly till we got
! to t!:c summit, only two hundred
i and fifty milts fro.n > ue..-eo.
j i'liero we stopped ''Fo minutes ibi
breakfast, ' and learned there was a
| train off the track two milts below
iin the hods. Three engines Wei
just '•■tartin the reeeuc—goo>
eitanee to sc. t!u trottb!" so 1 jump, ti
on. "Four hour-delay!'' lt looki
to me more like four days. Tl.re.
locomotives and . vc ca • were jam
med and smashed together in 'ho--
! snow sheds on a badly damaged track.
Hut this was California -o I kep
I still. These three new engines wer
i made fast to the first that v.a - *ti
! allied and hiving acr the track,
jand they jerked it str light in n
! time, and drew it up to where tie.
J rails were firm again and put it IK.id.
i all right. The others were serve*
' likewise and sure enough in the pn
. scribed four hours all were back t<
| the summit and our train was off—
down, down. Ilow steep it seemed.
Two locomotives were required t
hold us back, for that was all then
was to do. lt is ail down gradi
from there to Saenminto. nlmosi
-even liundred l'eet in just one liun-
Ireil and five miles. Tliat's the i'a
| eitie road ou i'< ad of-—that huiidre
1 mil s. There are the mount insaii'
j tiie valleys, your Gold linn and (' j>
Horn. There yoli get forty miles o.
; snow shed—tweiitv -eight emrinuou
—and there we had, to start with, -i\
feet of snow, ai.d more was e< iiiii.g;
: but in less than fifty in lis all that
was left behind and it was raining,
and a mountain side sli.l ovei the
tr:i< k. so we st K |cd tiiere in t.
willlernc-s wdu n almost "horn ." i 1
i th<'\ eon hi build another around t'i.
!
j trouble, it was soon done am' wt
| were till eager to be on when anotitei
! train ran off at that -itmc i'i ntieal
unlucky spot. Wili wc only went
back to our .-e*ts ami sat down like
so imnit kittens and listen • 1 to tiie
"rain upon the root -—so soothing, s >
inviting to a stranger in an unknown
country; an \ the people who got on
i our train there were so infcore-ting,
and talked so lovingly of tiie Ad-'
ministration, i hey were •'personal
friends of the President," ha 1 ' ; c low -
ed and smoked" with him in Califor
nia; knew him to be a fair judge ot
a horse, but he eoul >n't raise any
thing ii- the State ; to beat them now
and never will. And that paper
money, thev didn't see haw "anyone
who ealhd himself a man could
handle it—the dirty ~liitl'." Well, i
thought, if that was a sample of a
'•wealthy Californiai!," I'll go to
sleep and divani of home. Hut taat
wa Q out of the question. We were
la-hind time and must stop at every
' station t.< let something go by us.
The morning was rainy and foggy
ami cold, but our journey was al
most done to San Francisco, and
that was more than half the battle.
W nen there, the trip was short to
Santa arbara, and then we could
laugh at their cold rain and foir. At
last we were landed In the middle of
San 1 raneisco bay, away out on
piers some two or three miles; there
we took a ferry to the city. It was
| mining yet and looked as if it had
been for a month or more and would
for a month to come. The hackmcn
were dripping and un ions. I went
to iAic r seiie of two ladies I ut could
save but ( i.e. For mysilf I found a
' litis* House buss and was h iked
j over 1 worn out plank road and
j worse worn pavement to my destina
tion. The hotel is good enough but
! too crowded; and 1 was disappoint-,
led to find only a lunch at noon, the
dinner to be at six. The first thing
j I did was to hunt up the post ' tlicc
i and a Santa Ibirhara boat. I found
; no mail, and, that there is u<> boat
itill Wtdiiesdav luxt. !11v. it and
*
perhaps I can unravel this town a
little. It stems to me that it is built
on a lot (.1* hose liillsidis 11 a :it
■kept mixed up by earthquakes or
| something. It would puzzle a com- i
pass, 1 know, to ! i d the north star.
.
! One thing 1 am sure of, that if ever
1 (i (1 my way out I 'll he banged if j
I ni c im ht here a train.
December
All\ a' v I am growing sorry for
. what I sid the ob< r veiling. !; ,
was railing then. The m x morn
;ui wa clear and t; we.ithcr has ;
;be line cvir since, and 1 I: v ben,;
ou! tithe park, ami the CTitf Hon -e. |
in< 1 i 11 grg. ] ii i 1111 iii dto V ()((!■ |
! w; rtl's Gaiibn -; and In sides tin t 1
: h; ve found si.nu* I'rien sand aeon in.'
mil, ta ing it all together "I riseo"
i>u't so iiad a place as 1 thought it.
1 mud t< 11 you about the places.
ind "i Linn"— the Chin nun fit. 1
Thev are colonized on Pin nt St reel
1
. and sci m to I c as much at heme a- i
| anything transplanted can*be. Thi-\ !
have things all tin ' • wn w:tv tl > r. j
! i- no while man -w ill have anvtliimj :
ito do with them. Fortunately Ih<\ !
j i'c loeatt d (.n a 1 >ii 1 c. tl-e tin ■■
; tilth} cellars wouhl in!': et t!m city,
("i.il'oimity in particular and di
order in general, is tin Ii i .st idea:
stranger gets on pa edmg tlirougl
| heir st rc ts. hr ('ies- is : imply
a unil'oim, rarely variid eviu in flu
,liit or shoe. Their lac, s, too, iiki
jt ,e m groe-. ha k as if made b\ om
! hlca man from tin same j hec ot
u!t\—•(> simil. r are tl cy in color,
form and in opa-sidii. Thiii
s'.rn -are a pi rfcet nudlt}'—a muse
um i f j uzzlcs. In .'in thing tnl\
a.e ti . \ 1; eking, Cat i-- a whisk}
Imp. In any other part of town
1 In re ••• ill be a tloz n in every siinaii.
I
j nut there :re a HoziU .-'quares atu i
'not a sah on that ! remendu r. j
: fen:| crate Iby c< itainh are, and \
I 111 111 -t nous. (root eit Z IIS till N |
i w>uld be ii ti.i} old} staid lien. I
| but that tiny m vet* do; t!.; v conn j
lere poor, m ike in n.-y and return. |
\ very hcav} draft t'uy iiiu-l be to
d.e count:\ (UK, ol tin in hcie at
his tinn—coming and going al! li e
widle , no wonder they are unj o;udai
ni made to take the elbow. In
main munufaetu; ies tin y are not
employed and to draw custom tin
fact is adwitised. "No Cltiiianieii
( tM|)loyi"i !" is often seen, ami "H
you don't IK lieve it walk in and sic. j
None l'Ut white labor here!" is : j:
sign just across the way. And such i
is tin spirit met with everywhere.
There is little lie re in tin line of
public cut- rprise t<> interest a stran- •'
g r. but the citi buildings now un
der way will, if ever completed, be
the pride of California.
Wood wa rcl's Gardens are a general
place of resort—:i gorgeous little
park,— another Barnuni's Museum, i
only more so. , i
Tin* drive here is to the Cl'lf Hi us.- j
which stands on a headland at the i
entrance to the Gohhn Gate and I
front ing the Pacific. The view is .
grand tin rc, and full of im pii atiou. <
One never tir-s with watching the 1
long heavy swells c<mm in upon the i
rocks, throwing a shower of spray i
upon ti.e scabs that lie there basking :
in lie sun, just as they alw. ys have i
since man first knew the coast. And :
all about, the fields and hills are i
green, as those at home arc in the
month of June. The farmers arc : s
busy too, and what is bitter yet we
hear no talk of "Panic"; unless now
and then a word that's dropped in
sympathy with some friend in the
"States."
Money was never plvntier and to
judge by the amount one sies upon
the street, in bags or carried on
men's shoulder:', there is no danger
of its being sea ice here soon. Ii
does not f-oim like money to me yet.
W hen 1 take it I always think of
"chip.s"'and have to reckon what 'twill
buy before I realize its value.
In a ftw days 1 will make a trip
down the coast when I will write
again and till nn re ot the climate.—
i Allnjaifi/ County lU'jortc .
(From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.)
Original Letter from Benj. Frank
lin to Whiificld.
[The following letter from Benja
min F>nnkl ii to the Pev. George
\\ liitfii Id was jiK—i nted to Mr. John
Barrett, lather of Xlis. ('vms P.
Fee, of this city, anil has been in
j Mrs. Lee's possession many years.—
Fl>. C( MMI.RCI Vl..]
ITIIDA II J " "
Dear Sir: 1 received your kind let
ter ; the instant, and am glad to
hear that von iuerease in strength.
■
1 hope you will continue mending
unt 1 you recover your former health
; and firmness. let me know whethci
you still nse tin cold wat.-r bath and
'what t tl'< ct it has. As to the kind
ness you mention, 1 v.Ph it could
, have been of more serious service to
v tl but if it I ad, the < nly thani.< 1
i.oiild de-ire arc that you would al
; -.v. y be ready to serve any other
i.a i--.ni that ma} mnl\ our assitanci;
i and so li t good oibe s go onnd, foi
mankind arc all of a family. Foi
• ny own part, when 1 am imj lnvei;
: n -li v ing oth, i , i do not look uj -
m myself as eonfening favors, but
d< of-<. In my travels, and
i since my St t'i, m< nt, I have rieeived
: titicli kindms- t'i m men to wiiom i
i -hall never have an opportunity oi
Im: king tb.c it dirt ct retm n. and
! umb; r'e • i:n rch , from God, W!K
' -ii tin tlly :;!io, p l,i ing I; nt litid i \
i'.r -ervice-. Th.csekin Int-ssi-sfrom
in u ' can tin rcfore > n!v iitinn l.
i.iir I", liow-in u, and I can oi;!\
how my gratitude to God 1 v :
cad !'• -- to lulp His other elnldrei
ii ' ioy br. tiiicn, for !do not thin!
in ! 1 hanks and c< ni[ i'tm ills. ti:oug!
< } eate 11 wcikly, can discharge om
val obligations to each other, am
much less to our Creator. You will
see my notions ofgool works that i
m far from expecting heaven b\
it in. By heaven we understand:
tale of in ppiucss infinite in de grei ;
aid iTidk-s in duration. I can ele
"oliiii g to de-. rve such a reward,
lie t! at for giving a draught of wa- !
er to a tlii-sty p'-rson should expect 1
o iic paid wail a gocd, plantation.!
would be modest in his demand. I
•ompared with those who think the y i
/•; a TIT In arii) !'e r the little gooii i
he ydoon earth, liven the mixed, j
mperfect pit a-tires we mjoy in this !
world, are rati.i-r from Go "s good
Hess than from our merit; iiow nine ii ;
more u o the iiajipiness of heaven".
For my own pait i have not llie
vanity to tl.ink 1 deserve it. but-eon
'e i t myself' in submitting to tiie dis
posal of that God who made and has
dtlierto preserved me. preserved and
ble s-ed u*e, and in whose Fatherly j
goodness I ni"v will confide, that ;
*
ile will never make me miserable.}
and the atilietion ! may at any time |
uifi'er may tend to my benefit.
The faith von mention has doubt- ■
less its use m the world. 1 do not .
\v-ir- to see it dininis!iefl. nor wer.ild j
i de-ire to lessen it in any man, hut .
1 wish it were more produetiv" of}
good works than I have generally i
seen it. 1 mean real good works;
works of kindness, charity, mercy
and public spirit; not holy-day keep
ing. sermon hearing, or reading;
performing church ceremonies or
making long j -aye i s filled with tiat
tnies and compliments, are even de
spistd by i i e men, and much less
ca pa bit of pleasing the Deity. The
worship of Go i is a duty, Use hear
ing and reading may lie ir-eful; but
if men rest in hearing and praying,
a- too many do, 'tis as if the tree
should value itself em being watered
and putting forth leaves, though it.
should never produce any fruit.
Your good Master thought much
les- of these outward appearances
than many of His modern disc j les.
He preferred the doers of the word
to hearers; the so.l that siemingly
re used to ol ey his father's ci m
mands to him that professed lis
readiness liu neglected Lis woik;
tin / trilici'i 1 .lit e hartloliv S: m iitan
to tiie uncharitable and ortt od ■>'
Priest and I evite; and those who
gave l'< od to vc hungry, drink to the
thirsty, and raiment to the naked,
i ntei'taimiu nt to the stringer and
never heard Lis m ine, i e declares
shal n the lest day lie accepted,
whin those who cry lord. ! ord.who
value the insilve on tin ii faith though
great enough to perform miracles,
but have negleete d good works, s!::ilI
be rejected. lie professed that lie
came not to call the righteous but
sinners to repentance. wliich implied
jin llis modest opinion that there
were some in his time so good that
they m•. diil not him for improve
ment; but now-a-days we have scarce
ly a little parson that does not th.nk
it the duty of every one within his
leach to sit under hi- pet!} ministra
tion, and that whoever omits ti is nt'.
fends (7ed.
1 w i-h to sueli mi n l.uniility, and
to you health and iirmne-s,
Being jour friend rnd servant,
I' F.N.I AM I X FKA XKLIN.
To Rev. Geo. \\ hitih id.
The SiatncEO Tvvir-s.
New York, Jan. ■2O.—A dispatch
from Richmond says a dispatch from
Greensboro', X. gives the an.
: uouucf mi nt of the sudden death of
the Siamese twins on Saturday morn
ing las . at their resilience, at Mount
I Airy, Surrey o unty, N. C. 'I here
| iv no e'eatails, hut! e r tlian tl e fact
j'hnt ( hang Mas jarahzed la.st fall.
-ii ce which time he has been fretful,
! vn} much e'cbilitatid and strongly
! n dieted to elrii king liquor as a
means of :iL Gating lis -tillering.
He had been quite fee lie for several
'a\ -—it de ed,-o ti ueh so as to con
! fine loth 1 rot I ers to the ir bed, but
' is iliiiis:. was not so great as to
! *au>e : ny antieipatie n of the eatas
-1 troplie that was to follow
On 1 rie'ay nigi.t tiny retired to
j bed as usual, i nt during the night
hang became worse and expired
j ndde nly about -1 o'cb ek Saturday
j morning. A soon as it wa- discov
; red be was dtae 1 . Fug became so
; terribly shocked that he raved wild
| y, ami for a while at times exhibit
ing signs of great mental aberration
i his atta k was followed by what
see meel to be a deadly stupor. In
wo hours, it is supposed, from the
; Vath of Chang, Fug breathed hi-
I
The Siamese twins, Lug r.nel
: Chang, lt<h risiding in North C'ar
-1 Jiiia. Were afiiietcd with illness in
; he year Ix7l. Tiny wire born at a
1 mail village on the coast of Siam.in
j;he year 1S1!. Their parents got
! heir living by fisbing. and until
! 1 5 29, when Lug and Chang were
! 1 rouglit to tin Ciiitcd States, tiicv
i made their living by selling she!!-! sh.
Their mother bore scvunceti child
ren. At one time she gave birth to
three, and ni vor ie-s than two. But :
none of these children ware de formed. ;
The twins were in ited at the anteri
or part of tlii chest by a prolongation
of a kind of tlesiiy 1 cm. 1 the <ize of
the hand. Tliis hand of lit s|. is about
two inches broad and four inches'
thick. The whole mass is tough, and
capable of being considerably extend
ed. One could whi -por in the ear of
one of them without the other hear
ing; while volatile salts a j plied to
the ini.-trils of one had no ctTict on
the otm r. and while pinching the aim
of one excited no sensation in the
other, still if you but stuck a pin in
the exact vertical centre of this con
necting link both would flinch tn.m
the ltui t. The twins were seldom
observed to converse with each oth
er. They played a good game of
draughts, made pretty much tiie same
moves, and at the same time, and
frequently against each other.
After attracting a vast amount of
attention among scunti-ts ami phys
iologists in the Old Woild, they
married two .-istcrs. and settled down
near Sali-bnrv, N. ('., on a well
stoeked plantation. In addition,
they had at one period ample funds
invested through their agent Hi New-
York. During the war they eoutin-;
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m d t<> ivsidi' mi the ir plantation and
livm: iu tin' saint'quiet and harmony
as ever until a ft \v vials afterward.
Of c ui s<. no one iver thought o
drafting tin 111, and their negroes
J r<>-| en d. t xeejit. wlu n out of ti 111-
pt-r from any cause, it was apt to
woik itsilfotl in striking the litst one
tii came ,o hand, from which the
host iMv.pe was to keep out of the
way. fix* brothers pr bahly never
would have had any dilhenhy, hut
that their wive-, th u_ii sisters,
tinned away their hearts, and ei.il
di*i ti w< r • lhe cans ■ot this estrange
ment. Up to the peiiod that each
la d five children ail prospered will
eiiougl . 1 ut one < ft! em had a s'xth,
and this awoke envy and jealotn-y to
such a de gree that the twin sisters,
not bound together like the twin
brothers, would no longer live under
the same roof. Tl.i brothers were,
it sum-, about fifty-four years of
age. but one. we In liwe the smaller
alio feebler of the two, looked, it is
said, tell years older than the other.
1 hey e< nld turn eitlu r back to back
or face to face, but that is as far as
the rein? i kable bond that united tin m
pel milted. It is almost certain that
should citl er die the other could not
survive, eve n more than a f w initi
ates. SS fi there i- an arterv as large as
,
k moral sutery that connects them.
A IV w years -bice tin y corresponded
with some o; the leading surgical
! operators in London, as to the pos
' nihility of the umbilicus being cut,
so that in ease of the death of one of
the life of the other might be saved.
At the reqir st of the London sur
geon tiny yisited that i-it \ and many
- xpeiinn nt- wi re tii d to determine
■the safety of such an operation.
Among other tilings a ligature was
tied linnly lor a few minutes around
the connection !>• tween tin in, so as
to |'ivvt 11 the circulation of blood
ti.rough the arterv. ftut it sceniul
*
fas if each would expire if this were
j persisted in. 'i he smaller of the two
| fainted and lost ali consciousness and
'here were syi iptoms that the same
• ffei t v ould follow to t!:e othi r. but
j the process could not be continued
long enough without endangering
j the life of him who was the lirst to
faint. Since thi breaking out of the
rebellion the twins both dicssed in
the Confederate gray, and were both
members of the same church, having
united with a small Baptist church
in their neighborhood, of which they
were considered very worthy mem
bers, though horn Siamese.
Grace Gr< onwood, that over green
and graceful writer. i> wi iting for the
New ork 1 inw.< some very spicv
letters, from Washington, from which
we take some extracts:
Dee. 21. IST3.
They have been and gone, at least
the great tnajoriiy of them, our be
loved Congressmen. and we must
worry along without thcin through
tai' IK lidays. '1 here was for a time
eirl ulnting :i wild rumor that tliev
would give themselves no holiday in
these distressful times. The Senate,
with high It. man virtue, declined to
concur in the House resolution for
adj urnn eut The country was suf
fering and they would sutii r with her
sacrificing on the altar of economy
and retrench mint the immemorial
roast turkey an 1 plum pudding. But
they gave way at last before the per
sistence of the larger and noisier
body. And it is well. "All work
and no play makes Jack a dull boy,"
and of all things let not dullness in
vade tlie balls of Congress.
1 he IB use presented to me on nu*
return on unfamiliar aspect. The
new furniture and carpets have
brightened it up somewhat, but the
strange forms and faces bewilder nie.
I missed the old land-marks—Banks,
with his twos ton head and soldierly
figure; Famsworth, with his frothy
i>ealdtossed in air; and Oakes A ir.es,
with his heavy l'.re and his -low, ele
phant eyes. On the Democratic skle
there is not so much change. We
miss the uplifted face of Brdoks, pal
lid and troubled and disdainful, but
the New -V. >rk 1 h inner: cy has evoked
Saturn 1 to till his place, and Don
Fernando still sits buttoned up to
the chin in elegant proprieties, still
bears aloft his snow-wreath of a mus
tache, while the belligerent Brook
keeps bis old stand in the aisle and
pitches f< rward into every debate.
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