Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-08-15
SIOUX CITY, IOWA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 1863.


How CenteMarians Live.
Galen, ono Of the most distinguished
Of the ancient physicians, lived one hum
dred and forty years, and composed be-.
tween seven and eight hundred essays on
mediesl and philosophical subjects; and
he was always after the age Of twenty
eighA sxtrenely sparing in the Quantity
Of his food. The Cardinal de Sails, Arch.
bishop Of Seville, who lived one hundred
and ten years, was invariably sparing in
his diet. One Lawrence, an Englishman,
BY temperance and labor, lived one hun.
dred and forty years and one Kentigern,
called St. Mongah, who never tasted spirit
or wine, and slept on the ground, and
labored hard, died at the age Of one hum
dred and eighty five. Henry jenkins, of
YorkshiH who died at the age of one
hundred and sixty nine, was poor fish.
erman, as long as he could follow his
pursuit, and ultimately he became beg.
gar, living uniformly on the coarsest and
most sparing diet. Old Parre, already
famous, who died. the age Of Fifty three,
was farmer of extremely abstemious
habits, his diet being solely milk, cheese,
coarse bread, small. beer and whey. At
the age Of one hundred and twenty be
married second wife, by whom he had a
child. But being taken to court by the
Earl of,Arundel, as a great curiosity, ia
bis one hundred and iifty.second year, be
very soon died, as the physician decidedly
testified after dissection, in consequence
of a change from parsimonious to plen.
tiful diet. Henry Francisco, another
famous case, lived to about one hundred
and forty in this coun,ry, and was, except
for q certain period, when he became At
tached to ardent spirit, Remarkably ab.
stemious, eating but little, and abstaining
almost entirely from animal food" his
favorite articles being tea, bread and but.
ter, aud baked apples. A Mr.. Epbriams
Pratt, of Shatesbury, Mass, who died at
the age o. one hundred and seventeen
years, lived very much upon milk, aud
that in small quantity; aud his son John
Pratt, attained to the age Of one hundred
and three years, by similar means. Indeed
great longevity has occurred in no in.
stance with which We are acquainted
where the individual was not pattern of
abstemiousness in diet. Great eaters nerer
hDc tong A voracious appetite is sign
of disease, or of . strong tendency to d.
sease and not sign of health, as is gen.
orally supposed. I'll health as inafallibly
follows the indulgence Of such an appe.
lite as any other effect its legitimate cause.
ORIGIN OF THE TERM OLD DOMINION
Few things are so well calculated to
awaken in the mind Of the proud Virgin.
ian, whea wandering in foreign lands,
touching "reminiscences of home and kin.
dred as the simple mention of the "Old
Dominion And yet there are compare.
lively few who are aware Of the origin Of
the term which has so generally been ap>
piled to Virginia. It originated thus -
During the Protectorate Of Cromwell, the
colony Of Virginia refused to acknowledge
his authority and declared itself indepen.
dent. Shsrtly after. when Cromwell
threatened to send feet and army to re.
duce Virginia to Subsection the alarmed
Virginians sent . messenger to Charles
H., who was then an exile to Flanders,
inviting him 10 return 70 the ship With the
messenger and be king of Virginia.
Charles accepted the invitation, and was
on the eve Of smbarkation whom he
was called 10 the throne Of England
As soon ~ he Vas farely seated on bis
throne, i gratitude for the loyalty Of Vir.
ginia he caused her coat Of arms to be
quartered with those Of England, Ireland
and Scotland. as an independent member
of the empire. distinct portion Of the
"Old Dominion Hence arose The orig.
in Of tho term. Copper coins Of Virginia
were issued even ss late as the reign Of
George Ill. which bore on ono side the
coat Of arms Of England, ireland, Sco.>
land and Virginia---Notes and Queries.
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"Comc home, my son." said d parent
to one who had been from home for some
time, "come home, and your mother will
kill the fated calf for YOU "Tell her
not to do It, father" replied tho offspring,
"for I'vs lived on veal ever since I've
been here. Tell her TO kill quarter Of Z
pig instead
A wag wants to know whether If the
devil were to die, tho newspapers would
not eulogise his character. lftheJ didn'i