The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-02-21
RIPE OLD AGE.

la the June No. of Hunts Mer.
chants Magazine is table OF the
average age attained by man pursu-
ing different occupations. Some OF
its facts are Of such general interest
that We CLEAN from it, and present
them in chronological order.
The man that dies youngest, as
might be expected perhaps, is the
railway brakesinan. His average
age is only 27, Yet this must be ta-
ken with some allowance from the
fact that hardly any but young and
active men are employed in that ca
pacity.
AT the same age dies the factory
workman, through the combined in
hucnce of confined air, scdcntary
posture, scant wages and unremitting
toll.
Then comes the railway baggage
man, who is smashed, on an average.
at 80.
Milliners and dressmakers live but
little longer. The average age of the
one is -, and the other 33.
The engineer, the fireman, the con.
ductor, the powder maker, the well
digger, and the factory operative, all
of whom are exposed to sudden and
violent deaths, die on an average vn-
der the age Of 35.
The cutler, the dyer, the leather
dresser, the apothecary, the confec-
toner, the cigar maker, the printer,
the silversmith. Inc painter, the shoe
cutter, the 'ngravcr, and the lnachin-
lst, allct whom lead confined lives in
an unwholesome atmosphere, more
Of them reach the 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 a purer air. The baker lives to
the average of 43, the butcher to 40,
the bricii-maker to AZ, the carpenter
to 40, the furnace to AZ, the mason To
AZ, the stone cutter to 43, the tanner
to 40, the tinsmilh to Al, the domestic
servant Qemalc) to 43. The tailor
lives to 43, the tailorcss to Al.
Why should the barber live till 5O,&
if not to show the virtue there is in
personal neatness and soap and wa
ter
Those who average over ha.f
century among mechanics, are those
who keep their muscles and lungs in
a hcalthful and moderate exercise,
and are not troubled with weighty
cares. The blacksmith hammers till
81, the cooper till so, the builder till
~, and the shipwright to So and
Shcelright till 50. The miller lives
20 be whitencd with age, as well as
lour, at 81, The ropcmaker length
ms the thread of life to 81. Mer-
,hants average So.
Professional men live longer than
3 generally supposed. Litigation
Kills client: sometimes, but seldom
awyers, for they average So.
Physicians prove their usefulness
~ prolonging their own lives to the
'ame period.
Clcrgymen, who, it is to be pre-
umed, enjoy a greater mental seren-
ty than others, last till SO.
Scattering life and its adjuncts seem,
instead of dangerous, to be actually
conducive to longevity.
We have already seen that the
lives till Sc. The sailor
lverages i3 the caulker 81, the sail
maker SO, the stevedore O., and the .
erryman %.
A dispensation Of Providence that |
laine Law men may consider incom-
'rehensiblc is that brewers and dis. !
illers live to the ripe age Of 90.
Last and the longest lived come
atiners 81 and "gentlemen," 6s. /
he Only two classes that do nothing
Or themselves, and live on their !
eighbors Oullast all The rest. Why !
hould they wear out when they are
lways idle?-[Albany Eve. Journal,