Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-07-18
RIPE OLD AGE.

In the June number of Hunts Mer-
chants Magazine is table of the aver
age age attained by men pursuing differ
cnt occupations. Some Of its facts are
of such general interest that we CLEAN
them from it and present them in chron-
o!ogical order.
The man that dies youngest, as might
be expected, perhaps, is the railway
Breakman. His average age is only 81.
Yet this must be taken with some allow
ance, from the fact that hardly any but
young and active men are employed in
that capacity.
At same age die; the Factory Work
man, through the combined influence of
confined air, sedentary posture, scant
wages and unremitting toll.
Then comes the railway Baggageman
who is smashed, on an average at 80.
Milliners and Dressmakers live but lit
tie longer. The average age Of the one
is SO, and the other 33.
The Engineer, the Fireman, the Con
ductor, the Powder Maker, the Well
Digger, and the Factory Operative, all
OF whom ale exposed to sudden and vio-
lent deaths, die on an average under the
age of 50.
The Cutler, the Dyer, the Leather
Dresser, the Apothecary, the Confec-
tioner, the Cigar Maker, the Printer, the
Silversmith, the Painter, the Shoe Cut
ter, the Engraycr, and the Machinist, all
of whom lead confined lives in an nunwhole.
some 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 come trades that are activy or
in purer air. The Baker lives to the
average age of 43, the Butcher to 40,
the Brickmaker to AT, the Carpenter to
40, the Furnace Man TO 40, the Mason
to As, the Stone Cutter to Is, the Tanner
to 40, the Tinsmith to Al, the Weaver
To Fl, the Drover to 40, the Cook to 45,
the Inn keeper to 46, the Laborer to IA,
the Domestic Servant (female) to 43.-
The Tailor lives to 43, the Tailoress 10
Al.
Why should the Barber live till SO, il
not to show the virtue there is in person"
al neatness and soap and water?
Those who average over a half CEN
tury among mechanics are those who
keep their muscles and lungs in health
ful and moderate exercise, ami are not
troubled with weighty cares. The Black
smith hammers till 81, the Cooper till
SO, the Bnilder to so, the Shipwright till
Sc, and the Wheelwright till so. The
Miller lives to be whitened with age as
well as flour, at 81. The Rope Maker
lengthens the threads of life to 54 Mer-
chants average SO.
Professional men live longer than is
generally supposed. Litigation kills eli
ents sometimes, but seldom Lawyers, for
they average 55. Physicians prove their
usefulness by prolonging their own lives
to the same period. Clergymen, who,
it is to be presumed, enjoy a greater
mental serenity than others, last till Sc.
Scafaring life and its adjuncts, seem,
instead Of dangerous, TO be actually con-
ducive to longevity. We have already
seen that the Shipwright lives till &c.
The Sailor averages As, the Caulker "a,
the Sail Maker SO, the Slevedore 81, the
Ferryman 65, and the Pilot ga.
A dispensation of Providence that
!" Main Law " men may consider incom.
prehensible is, that Brewers and Distil-
lers live to the ripe age of GA
Last and longest lived come Paupers,
81, ind "Gentlenen &c. The only two
classes that co nothing for themselves,
and live on their neighbors, outlast all
the rest. Why should they wear out,
when they are always idle