Mrs. Page is a blonde, about thirty-six
years old, and has given birth to 14 children, twins three times
before this, one pair by her first husband. She has been married
to Page three years, and has had 8 children in that time. I have
waited on her each time. Page is an Englishman, small, with dark
hair, age about twenty-six, and weighs about 115 pounds. They are
in St. Joseph, Mo., now, having contracted with Mr. Uffner of New
York to travel and exhibit themselves in Denver, St. Joseph,
Omaha, and Nebraska City, then on to Boston, Mass., where they
will spend the summer."
There is a report from Canada of the birth of 4 living children
at one time. The mother, a woman of thirty-eight, of small
stature, weighing 100 pounds, had 4 living children of the ages
of twelve, ten, eight, and seven years, respectively. She had
aborted at the second month, and at full term was delivered of 2
males, weighing, respectively, 4 pounds 9 1/4 ounces and 4 pounds
3 ounces; and of 2 females, weighing 4 pounds 3 ounces and 3
pounds 13 3/4 ounces, respectively. There was but one placenta,
and no more exhaustion or hemorrhage than at a single birth. The
father weighed 169 pounds, was forty-one years old, and was 5
feet 5 inches tall, healthy and robust.
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