Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-07-24
TABLE or LONGEVITY.

In the June number Of Hunts Merchants
Magazine" is table of the average age at
tanned by men pursuing different occupations.
Some Of its facts are Of general interest:
The man that dies youngest as might be ex-
pected, is the Railway Brakeman. His aver
age age is only 81. Yet this must be taken
with some allowance, from the fact that hardly
any but young and active men are employed in
that capacity.
AT the same age dies the Factory Workman,
through the combined influence of confined air,
sedentary posture, scant wages and unremittng
toll.
Then comes the Railway Baggagenan who
is smashed on an average, at 80.
Miiners and Dressnakcrs live but little
longer. The average age of the one is 81,
and the other 33.
The Engineer, the Fireman, the Conductor,
the Powder Maker, the We'll Digger, and the
Factory Operative, all Of whom are exposed to
sudden and violent deaths, die on an average
under the age OF 80.
The Cutler, the Dyer, the Leather Dresser,
the Apothccary, the Coniectioner, the Cigar
Maker, the Printer, the Silverslnith, tie Paint
er, the Shoe Gutter, the Engraver and the Ma
chinest, all of whom lead confined lives in an
nwholsome atmosphere, none Of them reach
the average age of 40.
The Musician llows the breath all out OF his
body at 40. The Editor knocks himself into
pi at the same age.
Then come trades that are active, or'In pu-
rer air. The Baker lives to the average age
of 43, the Butcher to 80, the Brickmaller to IL,
the Carpenter to As, the Furnace Man to ~,
the Mason to 4S, the Stone Gutter to 43, the
Tinsmith to Al. the Weaver to Al, the Drovcr
to 40, the Cook to 45, the Domestic Servant
(lemale) to 43. The Tailor lives TO Al, the
Tailoress to al.
Why should the Barber live to so, if not to
show the virtue in personal neatncss and soap
and water!
Those who average over lalf century
among mechanics are those who keep their
muscles and lungs in healthlul and moderate
exercise, and are not troubled with weighty
cares. The Blacksmith hammers till 81, the
Cooper till 50, the Builder till 50, the Ship
wright till Sc, and the Whccwright till co.
The Miller lives to be whened with age as
we'll as -four, at 81. The Rope Maker length
ems the thread of life to 81. Merchants aver
age 50.
ally supposed. Litigation kills clients some
tllLlcS, uut SCluOHl IdN ytlS, IOI tHcy DIV cldSc
So. Physicians prove their usefulness by pro-
longing their own lives to the same period
Clergymen, who, it will be presumed, enjoy
greater mental serenity than others, last till lit
ty-sX.
Sealaring life and its aduncts, seem, instead
of dangerous, to be actually conducive of longev-
ity. We Lave already seen that the Ship
wright lives till 50. The Sailor averages SD,
the Caulkcr 81, the Sailnaker 80, the Steve
dore 81, the Ferryman 90, and the Pilot Ga.
a dispensation Of Providence that Maine
Law" men may consider incomprehensble is,
that Brewers and Distillers live to the ripe age
OF GA.
Last and longest lived, come Paupers, 81;
and Gentlemen" So. 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!