The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 21, 1922, Image 2
Children Cry for Fletcher's
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ORIGINAL NI VMKSK TWINS.
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Woro of The .Same Bwly Itut Were Not
Always of The Same Mind.
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(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
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atrlking resemblances to their imwii
turn. 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."
"Dear, funny old Mammy Lou," said
the pre'ty j^irl in the squirrel furs fas
she seated herself in front of tne
Woman In the bus. "She still clings to
the remedies she used years ago down
In Alabama."
"Is she 111?" Inquired her com
panion.
"Yes, poor thing. She sent for me
to go to see her. Said she had mls'ry
|K>w'f ul bad ! When I got there she
complained of a. sore throat, and I
really believe she has tonsillitis. .
"She looked Jus4: too comical. She
wasn't wearing a cap as she usually
does, but her hair was drawn high on
her head, and from the ends of it
down close to her scalp It was bound
round and round with string, so
tightly pulled I thought the skin of
her scalp would crack.
"I asked her. 'For goodness sake,
mammy, whatever have you done to
your head?'
u,Ah reckon It looks queer,' she
whispered huskily, 'but ah pulls nuih
har often inah hald and ties it thls
away so's *o hold up mah sof palate'."
^ ? Chicago Journal.
Important Matter Settled. ?
The discovery of an alligator fossil
In the shale rock of Bay de Noc is
considered by geologists to prov?* that
this peninsula was not crea'ed until
flsh and other forms of animal life had
begun to exist in the waters there
abouts. This must bring a great deal
of satisfaction to the people living
?here. Scientists had asserted recent
ly that the peninsula was formed pre
vious to the flsh era, and was there
fore quite old. It seems probable now
that the place wan created, say. only
490.000,000 years ago, Instead of f>00.
000,000 years ago. So the people need
no longer apologize for not havlug a
place Just as new and up-to-date as
any of up. ? Detroit News.
Women Leave Cambridge.
As a result of the action of the sen
nte of Cambridge university denying
woman students equal privileges and
rights with men, some women are lenr
Ing for Oxford, where the status of the ;
sexes is equal. According to the de 1
clslon '>f the senate, the students of |
Glrton and Newnham colleges rnav not '
heroine members of the university, -nl !
though they are entitled to titular de- ;
grees conferred by diploma. A com- j
promise measure, under which women j
were to be admitted to a limited mem
bership, including eligibility to pro
fessorship with restrictions and a
measure of self government, was de
fended bv the of the university
senate. ,
"Mechanic" Vs. "Engineer."
Defending the uord '?engineer" Is;
part of the work of the American As
sociation of Kngineers, according to
C. E. DrHyer. secretary. A corporation
uaed "engineer" when It meant "me
chanic" The engineers' organisation
brought nhont a change in the title. In
connection with protecting the com
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Grade 2 ? Our tlx Arrant a, ft lift) DIx
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Grade 6 ? Nellie Dixou, Jx>yd Davie,
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Grade tf ? l.fllrt Mao DuvU, L*>u
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Orada 6? -BUie Barnee, Jack R
Grade 0 ? Ima Arrant*, Kate Dixon,
01h PhlTlli>8, Charlie Brace. ? ?
Grade 10~-Vera Bar nee.
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