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Children Cry for Fletcher's .. ORIGINAL NI VMKSK TWINS. t? Woro of The .Same Bwly Itut Were Not Always of The Same Mind. ' (From t1x< Charlotte Observer) ling nml dm UK Hunker, of Siain. j slopped show. luisine.**, married sisters i in \Vilke<s County, settled oh adjoining j farms in Surry County ami both raised ; largo families -died about 10 years ago, aged about K( ?. Death of tlu? ?o called "Siamese j Twins" in Chicago Thursday recall* to the 'minds of inuny North CarO- J linlans that the original Siamese Twins. ICng and Chang Hunker. lived for more than to years married, raised large families and died In Surry Coun ty, North Carolina near Mount Airy. TJie Sianwv.se Twins married Va tes sisters in Wilkes county. N. C. an event that marked the end of tle lr show activities in whhh they had engaged for Severn I years and as a result of f wh it'll they had accumulated fair for tunes, bought adjoining farms In Surry county and there spent most of their lives, one spending a week with the other, then the other spending the next, week with the one. .The connection in this Instance was in front, near the lower end of the breastbone, consisting of skin, muscle, arteries, veins, nerves, probably car tilages, but no bone, lieoa use the loca tion ? ? f die connection was directly tn front, the twllis were required to walk facing each other, the length of the con nection allowing them to walk with their front* forming an angle of about Ifi decrees. On one occasion they decided to try to have themselves cut apant, but phy sicians decided first to try cording the connection, so as to stop ci rcula t loiyff^ tween them, before performing the op eration. A few seconds after the cord was tightened, both fainted, resulting in loosening the cord and the decision ?n??t to perforin the operation. They lived to he alwut SO" years old; , j dying in the early 80s. One of themj was taken sick, while the other was ap-| parent ly unaffected . by his brother's' ll'iicss, I biwever, iinnnslia tciy afitev one j died. an op?'ratlon was iHvrformed, severing the connection. The other i v I died almosjt Immediately. When they a largo coffin wai made to hold |x>th ??f and ? >??w w?-iv tmriod pa their farms. A ton days later, doctors from Johns Hop klna university arrived ami had tholr i?odlc* ex hum aud carried them Co I'm 1 1 jmore for examinations. However, one of the ?oim?, tho owe wlio HMum?d tho leadership. who wna living a t tin- time <>f their death in California, rime bom #0011 after the bodlea bad t>eon taken to Baltimore, followed them tliere, secured them and brought them .took, reinterrlng them In the grave from which they liad bttffl taken. Historically, the (BHUlnaae TMm were born In Slam, about the year 1808. When they were about three years old, a Dp, Bunker, professor In one of the old New England universities, who was traveling In Hiam, found them and bought them (from their mother, brluglng them hack to America with him. Dr. Hunker adopted them and gave them his own name, as n result of which they wore known ay Kug and Chaug Bunker. The Kng and Chang are said to be Siamese words meaning right and left, hy which they Were al ways designated. Dr. Bunker edu cated them and kept them uutil they were about grown after which, ttoey Joined a show troupe and toured tho country for several years, appearing as a freak. It was while so appearing that they accumulated money and while showing in North Carolina they decided to "set* tie down." They are said to have visited several of the older towns of the state, probably including Charlotte, Salisbury, Salem, .Jonosville and Wilkesboro. There they ended their career on the stage. Supposedly, tho Yates sistors whom they married and who wccc daughters of a farmer In Wilkes county, saw and were seen at the showing in Wilkes t?oro. At any rate, the two couples were married, the twins buying their brides' father a nice farm on the Yad kin river. They, frff^turn, bought land a few miles from Mount Airy and established homesteads on adjoining farms. As slated before, IOng would spend a week with Chang at his home ami then Chang would spend a week with Kng at his home. The date of their "set tling down" Is not available now, but it Is thought to have been while they were In their early 30s and probably [^Kout 1835. Kng and Cliaug lived on their farms uutil the time of their deaths and both raised large families, one having been the father of eight children, the other of eleven children, several of whom are | slill living in this state, with large I numbers of grandchildren and great [ grand children. | The Siamese Twins were Mongo lians. with yellow skin and slanting j eyes. Some of their descendants par takqe, of these characteristics some of I the grandsons of the same name having Join Our Battery Life Q 90 Extension Institute for That's our trade-in price for a 6-volt Prest O Lite Battery for popular makes of light cars. We have types for heavier cars priced cor resjxmdingly low. When you get a Prest - O-Lite Battery, you have joined our Life Extension Institute for Batteries. You have started right with a Prest -O Lite, and Prcst-O Lite Service will prolong the life of your battery. Prest - O - Lite Batteries live longer, and die slower than any other make. 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Other* partake more of the qua lities of the mat4W.Al American ances tor*. Striking attributes of descendants have been shown in some Instances, a Kin mid a tighter, in particular, having attained distinction in music and was for some time a teacher In one of the North Carolina, colleges. A grandson was heralded as one of the flying aces in the world war. Other descendants, however, aeemed to have been unable to conform completely to their social environments and some have been found in conflict with aoolety. ESg and Chang, while Jotncd ciosety in body, wore uot always of the same mind. Differences of opinion often oc curred and they frequently resorted to ?the elemental way of settling disputes, and would at age fist fights thai would rival some of the modern boxing matches.. Neither could run awmy. One man who had often ?een them, related that 0110 of the last tiinos he had ever seen them was at Diybson, county seat of Hurry county. They' had driven an ox toanr to the village ? they always used oxen, as they were afruid of horses ? and had start ed to get off the wagon. Ono's foot slipped and they fell from the wagon, one on each aide of the tongue. There, under the tonguo, they srtaged a battle royal fighting because one had caused the fall of -the two. The connection between the Siamese twins was about the aize of a man's arm, a little above the wrist. Their ef forts to walk straight bad stretched it Some, allowing them to stand with their fronts forming an angle of about. 45 degrees. They l>e<^me sensitive about their condition after they stopped the show business and resented reference to it or the attention they would attract among strangers. In Great Britain women prisoners work cither at cleaning, cocking, wash ing or needlework, so that they learn to do somthing unsfiil while serving their sentences. "All Bound Round." 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