The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1863-12-22
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aRipe Old Age.

The men that die youngest, as might
be expected, perhaps, is the railway brake
man. His average age is ouly. q. Yet
this must be taken with. some allowance,
from the fact that hardIy,any but young
ana actve men are employed inthe capacity.
.At%he same age dies the factory work
woinan,' through the combined Influence of
oOnfned AIR, sedendatary postuEe, ,-sCant
wages, ,-uuremitting toll. . -
Then comes the railway baegageman,
who is smashed on an ayeeage, at 30.
M1lirers and dresSl1ategs live but little
longer. The average of the one is 80, and
the other 33.
The engineer, the fireman, the conduc-
tor, the powder maker, the well digger,
and the factory operative, all of whom are
exposed to sudden and violent deaths, die
on an average under the age Of 35.
The cutler, the dyer. the leather dresser,
the-apothecaTyx the oQlfec.iOnsE, the cigar
maker, the printer, the silversmitb, the
painter, the shoe cuttey, the engra7er and
the machinist, all Of whom lead confined
lives in an unWholesome 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 him
self into pi at the same age.
Then come trades that arc active or in a
purer air. The baker lives to the average
age of 43, the butcher to 40, the brickma-
ker to AZ, the carpenter to 40, the furnace
man to 42, the mason to 48, the stone cut
ter to 43, the tanner to 40, the tinsmith to
II, the weaver to A, the drovcr to 40, the
cook to As, the in-keeper to 46, helaborer
to A, the domestic servant (feRaale) to 43.
The tailor lives to 43, the tailoress to Al.
Why should the barber live till 80, if not
to show the virtue there is in personal
neatness in soap and water?
Those who average over a half a century
among mechanics, are those who keep their
muscles and lungs in healthful, and mod
crate exercise, and are not troubled with
weighty cares. The blacksmith hammers
till 81, the cooper till SO, the builder till
81, the shipwright till So, the wheelwright
till 40. The miller lives to be Whitened
with the ageOf 81. The ropemaker length
ems the threads of life to "a. Merchants
wholesale and retail till 50.
Prof, ssional men live longer than is
generally supposed. Litigation kills clients
sometimes, but seldom lawyers, for they
average So. Physicians prove their useful
ness by prolonging their own lives to the
same period Clergymon, who, it is pre-
sumed, enjoy a greater mental serenity
than others, last till 65.
Scafaring life and its adjuncts, seem, IN
stead of dangerous, to be actually conduc-
tive to longevity. We have already seen
that the shipwright lives till S. The sal
lor averages 43, the eauIker G4, the sail
makes 81, the stevedore 81, the ferryman
65, and the pilot 81.
A dispensation of Providence that
"NIaine Law" men may consider incom-
preLeasib!e is, that brewers and disdllers
live to the ripe old age of g.
Last and longcst-lived come paupers 81,
and 'geutlemen g. 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 ere
always idle?-Scjeptifc Amcrjcap.