Biographical sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin : $b Surnamed the Two-headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Biographical sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin : $b Surnamed the Two-headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World
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two pair of fully developed arms, but only one trunk. With the
double head they possess separate intellectual faculties as entirely
distinct as in the brain power of two different individuals, while
their faces indicate to a remarkable degree intelligence of a high
order and great amiability.
VISIT OF EMINENT MEN IN LIVERPOOL TO MILLIE CHRISTINE.
On the 4th of May a reception for medical men was held at the
Washington Hotel, Liverpool, and was attended by the following eminent
members of that faculty: Dr. Nevins, Dr. Bickersteth, Dr. McGregor,
Dr. Greegan, Dr. Slack, Dr. Gorst, Dr. Steele, Mr. T. Bickerton,
F.R.C.S., etc.; Mr. Edgar Browne, M.R.C.S.; Mr. Jas. Pen Harris, Mr.
W. H. Manifold, etc. Having had an opportunity of explaining the bond
of union, these eminent men were unanimously of the opinion that
Millie Christine is the most extraordinary phenomenon the world has
ever seen.
THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.
LAUGHABLE ACCOUNT OF THE TWO-HEADED GIRL BY A WESTERN EDITOR.
“Girls in this city are divided into two classes--single-headed
girls and double-headed ditto. The single-headed ones are certainly
the most numerous, but the double-headed ones appear to be the most
attractive. This is evident from the fact, that while we can see a
single-headed girl almost any time, we have to pay in order to be
introduced to the maid with the duplex cranium. We say ‘maid’ because
the last double-headed girl we saw was not married. There was one man
who courted her successfully, as he thought, for a time, but before
popping the question he kissed one face first, and could never get
the consent of the other head. She is now waiting till a two-headed
man comes along, and is gay with hope.
“This duplex girl, however, must be in every way a desirable match.
Though the assurance given that she eats with both heads may tell
against her with parsimonious wooers, yet the fact that she buys
dresses for one only must be an immense advantage. The same with her
talking. The two-headed girl must be extremely circumspect, not only
in her walk, but in her conversation. As she can never have a secret,
she can have no opportunity to go around telling it. Neither will
any one ever tell a secret to one head for fear that the other would
split upon it.
“The fact of having two tongues should not militate against her, as,
if she had only one, she would probably keep it going all the time,
while, if she uses two, the one deadens the sound of the other.
Whichever way we look at the two-headed girl we see her to advantage,
though we don’t mean to say the least that should be understood to
disparage a girl because she happens to be born with only one head.”