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The Siamese Twins

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
July
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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dent of the Mncon (Ga.) Telegraph, who latoly visited tho Siamese Twias, gives the following nceount of them : "Your readers have, no doubt, seen those retnarkablc iudividuals, tho Siamese Twius, but few of them, perhaps, have been to thcir houses, aud seen them in thcir domestio relations. Though united by a ligament as strong as life itself, they live a mile apart, speuuinf, altcruately, three days at the one and the other's houses, allo'wing no circumstance to prevent their departure f rom one to the other when the regular time arrivés. The one at whose house jou visit them lcads the conversation and acts as msister of ceremonies, while the other peats ouly as the ocoasion or po litetiessmay requjre, One bas eight and the other nine cliildren, but one of whom is in the war, the rest being girls and little boys. The twins are good neighbors and intelligent men. They are, to all appearanc.'s, tvvo separate and different men, with very little social resemblance, and marked contrast of charactcr. Eng is muoh the most positivo, self-willed and uncompromisiug. They are seldom botb sick at the same tiine.

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Michigan Argus