Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-07-21
Ripe Old Age.

In the June number of Hunts Merchants
Magazine is table of the average age attaine'
by men pursuing different occupations. Som
of its facts are of such general interest that W
CLEAN them from it and present them in chro
biological order.
The man that dies youngest, as might be ex
pected perhaps, is the railway brakeman. Hi
average age is only q. Yet this must be takel
with some allowance, from the fact that hardly
any but young and active men are employed il
that capacity.
At the same age dies the Factory Workman
through the combined influence of confined air
sedentary posture, scant wages and unremitine
toll.
Then comes the railway baggageman. who is
smashed, on an average, at 80.
| Milliners and dressmakers live but little
longer. The average age of the one is 80, and
the other 33.
The engineer, the fireman, the conductor,
powder maker, the well digger, and the factory
operative, all of whom are opposed to sudden
and violent death, die on an average under the
| age Of IS.
The cutler. the dyer, the leather dresser the
apothecary, the confectioner, the cigar maker,
the printer, the silversmith, the painter, shoe
cutter, the engraver and the machinsts, all Of
whom lead confined lives in an unwholesome
atmosphere, none of them reach the average
age of 40.
The musician blows his breath all out of his
body at 40. The editor knocks himself into pi
at the same age.
Then comes trades that are active or in q
purer air. The baker lives to the average age
of 43, the butcher to 40, the brickmaker to Al,
the carpenter to 49,, the furnace man to AZ, the
mason to 48, the stone cutter to 43, the tanner
to 40, the tinsmith to Al, the weaver to A, the
drover to 40, the cook to As, the inkeeper to
46, the laborer to A, the domestic servants
(female) to 43. The tailor lives to 43, the
tailoress to al.
Why should the barber live till so, if not to
show the virtue there is in personal neatness,
and soap and water?
Those who average over half century
among mechanics are those who keep their
muscles and lungs in healthful and moderate
exercise, and are not troubled with weighty
cares. The blacksmith hammers till 81, the
cooper till 49, the builder till 50, the ship
wright till Sc, and the wheelwright till so.
The miller lives to be whitened with age, as
well as flour, at61. The rope maker lengthens
the threads of life to 81. Merchants average
81
Professional men live longer than is generally
supposed. Litigation kills clients sometimes,
but seldom lawyers, for they average IS.
Physicians prove their usefulness by prolong
ing their own lives to the same period.
Clergymen, who, it is to be presumed, enjoy
q greater mental serenity than others, last till
56.
seafaring life and its adjuncts seem, instead
of dangerous, to be actually conductive to lon
gevity.
We have already seen that the shipwright
lives till Sc. The sailor averages 43, the
caulker ga, the sailmaker SO, the stevedore 81,
the ferlyman 65, and the pilot 81.
A dispensation of Providence that Maine law
men may consider incomprehensible is, that
brewers and dstllers live to the ripe age of "a.
Last and longest lived come paupers, 81, and
" gentlemen" 68. The only two classes that
do nothing for themselves, and live on their
neighbors, outlast all the rest Why should
they wear out, when they are always idle:
REMARKABLE escape FROM DEArH-A lad
about fifteen, named Jarvis Noble, descended
into the well of his grandfather, VIM. E. Smith,
Of Koran county, Ohio, to recover a bucket
which had fallen, and when half way down he
reached the noxious sgas and instantly fell to
the bottom, where were four feet of water. An
alarm, given by two lads, who were watching
Jarvis over the curb, drew the family from the
supper table. On seeing the dying condition
IF the boy, his uncle, VIM. A. Smith, entered
The well, being let down by the windlass, and
found Jarvis in an upright position, leaning
against the wall, with his head and shoulders
,ut of the water, but in o senseless condition. |
The air Immediately affected Mr.. Smith SO that
re could render no aid, and called to be drawn |
'ut, which was done, he not being able to stand |
when he reached the top. Calvin Smith, a
brother of William A. Smith, in the excitement |
# the moment, then went into the well without |
my rope, but had got down but few feet |
when, inhaliug the gass, he fell to the bottom. |
The father, Mr.. VIM. Smith, then entered the
Town by rope tied beneath his arms. The |
;urb was knocked away to give the rope length |
enough to enable Mr.. S. to reach the two |
bodies, and the father succeeded in getting an |
xtra rope around his son Calvin, but could not
lie it before the gas overcame him, and the |
bree seemed dying together. Those above
1r. Thomas Peachey, William Nicholas and |
ther neighbors, had rallied-called to the
der Mr.. Smith, but he was speechless; and |
lrawing up the rope which held him, they
aised the father and son together-the grasp
# the former upon the rope passed around the
after was death clutch-but before getting to
he mouth of the well, the rope slipped through |
he hands Of the father, and Calvin fell heavily
Jack into the water, and the father was drawn |
tut senseless, yet alive. Then VIM. A. Smith,
laving recovered from the effects of his first
lescent, went down o second time having
ope fastened to his body, and was enabled to
'ass another around his brother Calvin.
At this time Jarvis had been in the we'll half
n hour, and the rope was passed around Calvin
rom some cause-probably the agitation Of the
vater partially lifted the no1ious gas from its
revived sufficient to make one
truggle for life, and climbing up Calvin's back
ot hold of the rope, and the three were drawn
pward. When half way up and about IL feet
rom the mouth, MIR. Thomas Peachey was let
own by q rope and succeeded in fastening an
Their rope round the lad Jarvis, and all were
nally, one by one, drawn from the well. We
re glad to know that the four, who suffered
rom the gas, are recovering We suppose the
citation of the water prevented a total extinc-
ion of life 1t is fact worthy of note, that
he young man, Jarvis Noble, entered the we'll
bout two weeks since, and thoroughly cleansed
!. The extinguishment of lighted candle or
orch, or any other fame, is q sure indicator of
be presence of carbonic and acid gas
lCzedUeLdnd Herald.
THE SuPPosEb CASE OF PErRIrAcTIoN-A
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, al
,ding to the case of dead body in the Phi
lnthropic Cemetery, says that, in removing the
emaips of the dead in several of our CITY Gene