The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1863-12-24

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walked from Carlisle to Irthington and
back again in ono day, with his staff
under his arm; distance Of about
sixteen miles.
Bowman married at tho age Of fifty.
When asked Why no was 80 lato in
marrying. he anewcrod, Il mover
thought much about gotting . wifo, sn,l
how got one do not know. | think
it was nero accident" by his marriage
at tho age Of fifty he had six sons, and
lived TO SEQ them all old enough 10 be
themselves grandfathera. lIc had him
scli three great-grand children. His
wife was twonty-onc years younger
than kiHsclf, and died at the ago Of
cigh.y-one, when he was ono hundred
and two. On his marriage he took a
small farm, for which he paid rent cf
five pounds a year, and BY aint Of work
ing hard and saving hard, he ecrapei
together money enough 10 buy a small
estate, upon which he lived tic remain
der Of his life.
FOR forty years before lis deal,
Bowman had not so5t!. ii his head.
sscptnagena-ians whom | have known
have boon GroatlEu!ly alarmed On iosin..
their teeth, becoming respondent, att
persnasling themselves more ana more
that without teeth tI,cy could not mas
ticatc their food, and that unna-ticat,a
food i iaa'sasi:ilo. I'ssey forget that
laastication ls not needed tot consi,l-
esanla variety Of food is includins..
'naae other excellent things, milk, egg.
soup and gravy. Na.n one hundred
ana fifteen, the brown hair Of Bowman
had become white, bnt his skin was
soft ard delicate, neither wr;nkIel nor
ahriyc'ed, and bis tace appeared plunp
round, and rather fiorid. Ills sigh,
was SO good that he never wore glasses
oi very limited education, he had not
worn bis eyes much BY reading on tic
contrary, feeding his mind on the news
Of the village and ncighborhcod, the
changes and improvements going on
around him, walking to SEQ tho foun
dation laid Of the now bridge, and in
1uiring particularly about tho canal, at
Carlisle. Failing eight, like the loss Of
tooth, being ono Of tho causes Of the
dependency Of persons in tho doc!ino
Of life, It may DO well to record hero
that no instrument il tho human ma
chine has such powers Of recovering
itsclf as tho organ Of vision. / was
onoo driven by shower of rain into a
cabaret on tho banks Of tho Seine. The
only guests were myself and an octo
genarian who was reading tho ncwspa
per without glasses. congratulated
him on tho excellence Of his eyes. Tie
repliod, 4 am eighty six, my eyc-sight
dooayod many years ago from excess
i've reading by artificial fight, and
used every kind Of spcctaclcs / GOULD
got, until at last could not SEQ to read
with any. For many pears never
triod to read. At last, ono day, about
ten yoars ago, chanccd to look upon
newspapor::anl to my great surprise
lcould SEQ tho print. | havo real over
t;ncc, and | can sea IS well as over |
could. This case is far from being q
solitary case Of sight recovered BY rest.
BowmaD's hearing was 50 good, that
when he was ono hundred and fourteen
ne could hear the ticking 81 i watch
which hun, in tho window several yards
OF. Ills sense Ct smell was extremely
acute. This circumstance il al far
greater importance than might be sun
posed, for il Mc,.lsl make him 4 man
always careful Il avoid foul air, all,l
anxious to breathe puro air
Al account d. Hewman's latter yesrs
and death was contributed to 4 recent
number q tic 2er2sr Magazine, BY
ior, barfes, forty Year. after tie pahli-
cation q his .iests sletch iii the Elin
bHrgh R.si1.s9 9ph'c.1 Journal. Mr..
NeWman slept we'll during the night
\ Salisbury physician, who die, last
year over ninety, and father Of the
Royal Society, answered whom, asked
what he had dono to 1.-Two 50 lon,~, II
have always slept Ill tie sleep | could
get done.' Thirty years ago book On
the Dl'y and Advantages Of EARLY
klsing had somo vogue, containing the
most pcrnieious Vows OIL sleep, as il il
were sort Of sensual indulgence, like
drunkenness or gluttony. But during
sleep, tho ncsvcs derive their nourish
mcnt from the blood ; and the groa,