Miscellany: 240

At Warsaw, Ind., on the platform of a convention hall, sat a trio of solemn judges, holding a little bunch of blue, red and yellow ribbons. They scrutinized a procession which passed through the hall, whispered among themselves. Old friends were the three; each year theirs is the task of pacing through the livestock pens at the county fair, bestowing prizes on Indiana's finest cattle. Among the exhibits which filed hopefully past them last week were no cattle but 240 pairs of humans, assembled in Warsaw's fourth annual Twins' Convention. Judging twins,...

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