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Show COUNTERPARTS AT 85 YEARS. These Aged Twins as Much Alike as at Dlrth. Scrnnton, Pa. As much nllko In ap-ponranco ap-ponranco almost ns on tho day their mother was obliged to placo a pink ribbon around the neck of ono of thorn so as to tell them apart, John and Stephen Tunstall, twins, and probably tho oldest in tho country, observed their eighty-fifth birthday anniversary n fow days ago. John nnd Stephen Tunstall wero born In Pccksklll, N. Y., and it was around Stephen's neck after tho christening that their mother placed tho distinguishing ribbon. Tho twins nt an early ago learned tho moulders' trade. Alwnys In each other's company, at work us well as when nt leisure, It followed that they married, sisters, tho daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James Lent of Pccksklll. Tho twins havo lived In Scrnnton slnco 1855. They both becamo widowers. John Is living with his only son, W. C. Tunstall, at 703 Qulncy nvenuo. Stephen Is living with his daughters, Mrs. Ella Wlnton, Mrs. J. V. Pelllo and Miss Jcnnlo Tunstall, at 820 Vino street. Doth aro strangers to tho uso of tobacco or liquor and neither ono of them lias scarcely oven known a day's illness. Incidentally they aro both members of nnd regular attendants nt tho Elm Park church. |