A NEW MONSTROSITY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 21, 16 May 1876, Page 2

A NEW MONSTROSITY.

-The" Sail FAftcjjgco " Monitor " says : " The "ESStern ~j?J)sers -'feeor d a freak of nature that .twins. The.. strange .'freajk. is;.irT.i'&e. .sliap.e'.pf, ,a. double clffld, or, .more, two children joined together. sity is the offspring- of coloured parents, Crittendon anc' .. Sarah Jones, of - -Beach Island, South Carolina. The one. cMld.is a perfectly developed female, largo of lier age, and with every appearance of health. The, bther, who is a male, is : but' fectly developed, has only the rudiments of liinbsj ahcl does not eatj depending for sustenance on The two beifigs are joined, together by a wide band, in the centre of' wMdi one of tlie luiigs of the strange^-creature, • .seems, to -be ,located; Touch tlie male and the female will shrink; pinch it and~**sE.e ifill cry., Reverse the manifests sensibility head: of the female is- - tlie. ears presbntiiig more the appearance of an animal' than a human being... Tlie-pulsation o£_tlj.e heart -and resp&'Stto.n?fc£^%e'jtplainly ligament bo.digp. The. liga--.ment, if such*tt can lie caHM, : is joined to. the girl at-the ettdor ths breast bone, to the male lower down. It is broad and ' thick, covered with skin like the rest of the ; b<ltl3^ r '-W3iethel' there -are two '&&■ •tinct sets of vital organs, or whether both - "are onefhas not j 7 et bee.n .determined. .Tlielattar opinion seems to preA'ail'j liowevei-.^' It is apjparent, at aiiy rate, that the male receives, its nourishment through its companion. . A well- . known physician examined the twins, and pronounced tliem to be the most wonderful natural phenomenon of the kind in '.the world."- • • ■