Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-31
.Ripe Old Age.

The man that dies youngest, as might b,
| expected, perhaps, is the Railway Brake.
man. His average age is only N. Yet thii
| must be taken with some allowance, from
the fact that hardly any but young and ac-
tive men are employed in the capacity.
At the same age dies the factory workwo-
man, through the combined influence OF
confined air. sedentary posture, scant wages,
and unremitting toll. M
Then comes the railway baggageman, who
is smashed on an average at 30. ii7
Milliners and dressmakers live but little
longer. The average of the one Is 81, and
, of the other 33. ;, as,a >
The engineer, the fireman, the conductor,
the powder makeIthe well digger, and the
6nnpperative of whom are exposed
to So Ien and vj6lefft deaths, die on an av-
eragd 'hde he age of 35.
The cutleli&he2dyer, the leather dresser,
the apotheca,n Gonfectioner, the cigar
maker, the the silversmith, the
painter, the e loe. S4tter, the engraver and
the machinisE all of whom lead confined
lives in unwholesome atmosphere, none OF
them reach the average age OF Az.
The musician Blows his breath all out of
his body at 30. The editor knocks himself
into pi at the same age.
Then come trades that are active or in a
purer air. The baker lives to the average
age of 43, the butcher to 40, the brickmaker
o to AZ, the carpenter to 40, the furnace-man
to ~ the mason to 4S, the stone-cutter-t to
43, the tanner to 40, the tinsmith to Al, the
weaver to A, the drover to 40, the cook to
.d5, the inn-keeper to 46, the laborer to A,
the domestic servant (female) to 43,A The
tailor lives to 43, the tailoress to Al.
Why should the barber live till fifty if not
to show the virtue there is in personal neat
ness in soap and water?
Those who average over half century
among the 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 fifty-one, the cooper till fifty-nine, the
builder till fifty-two, the shipwright till
fifty-six, the wheelwright till tifty-one.-.
The miller lives to be whitened with the
age of sixty. The ropemaker lengthens
the thread of life to tifty-fOur. Merchants,
wholesale and retail live till fifty-two.
Professional men live longer than Is gen
orally supposed. Litigation kills clients
sometimes, but seldom lawyers, for they
average fifty-fve. Physicians prove their
usefulness by prolonging their own lives to
the same period. Clergymen, who, it is to-
be presumed, enjoy greater mental sereni-
ty than others, last till siXty-tive.
Seafaring life and its adjuncts seem, in
stead of dangerous, to be actually condu-
Give of longevity. We have already seen
that the shipwright lives till fifty-siX. The
sailor averages forty-three, the caulker six
ty-four the sailmaker fifty-two, the stove
dore tity-seven, the ferryman sixty-five,
and the pilot siXty-fve.
A dispensation of Providence that sMaine
Law" men may consider incomprehensible
is, that brewers and distillers live to the
ripe old age of siXty-four.
Last and longest-lived come paupers,
siXty-seven, and gentlemen" siXty-eight.
The only two classesSthat do nothing for
themselves, and live on their neighbors,
outlast all the rest. Why should they wear
out, when they are always idle?