Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-29
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The man that dies youngest, as might
be expected, perhaps, is the railway brake
man. Els average age is. only a., Yet
TINS must be taken with some allowance,
from the fact that hardly any but young
and active men are employed in the ca
pacity, - aafs
AT the same age dies the factory work
woman, through the combined influence
of confined air, sedentsry posture, scant
wages, and unremitting toll.
Then comes the raih oad baggage man,
who is smashed, on an average, at 80.
Milliners and dressmakers live but little
longer. The average Of the one is 80, and
the other %. aa.atr m lgsa ~
The engineer, the fireman, the conduc-
tor, the powder-maker, the welldigger,
and the factory operative, all of whom are
exposed to sudden and violtnt deaths,
die, on an average, under the age of 35.
The cutler, the dyer, the leather-dresser,
the apothecary, the confectioner, the cigar
maker, the printer, the silversmith, the
painter, the shoe-cutter, the engrayer, and
the machinist, all of whom lead confined
lives, in an unwholesome atmosphere, none
of them reach the average age Of 40. y, .
The musician blows his breath all out Of
his body at 40. The editor knocks him.
self into pa at the same age. yr-' sa.s
Then come trades that are active or In
purer air. The baker lives to the average
age of 43, the butcher to 40, the brickma-
kcr to AZ. the carpenter to 49, the furnace
man to ~, the mason to 4S, the stonecut-
ter to 43, the tanner to 40, the tinstnith, to
81, the weaver to A, the drover to 40, the
cook to 45 the inn-keeper to 46, the labor
er Al, the domestic servant (female) to 43.
The tailor lives to 43, the tailoress to Al
Why should the barber live till so. If
not to show the virtue there Is in person
al ncatness, in soap and water -.-s
Those who average over half century
among mechanice, are those who keep
their muscles and lungs in healtbful and
moderate exercise, and ore not troubled
with weighty cares. The blacksmith ham
mers till 81, the cooper till Sc, the builder
till 80, the shipwright till 80; the wheel
wright till so. The. miller lives to be
whitened with the age of 81. The rope
maker lengthens the threads of life to 81.
Merchants, wholesale and retail, till 50.
Professional men live longer than il
generally supposed. Litigation kills eli
ents sometimes, but seldom lawyers, for
they average So. Physicians prove their
usefulness by prolongihg their own lives
to the same period. Clergymen who, tits
to be presumed, enjoy greater mental Sc
renity than Others, last till Co. tHE.
Seafaring life, and its adjuncts, seem in
stead of dangerous, to be actually condu-
Give to longevity. We have already seen
that the shipwright lives till Sc. The sail
or averages 43, the eaulker 63, the sailma-
or 80, the stevedore 81, the ferryman 65,
and the pilot 64.- ,-.. ...rs ,.s,F,..E
A dispensation of Provider ce that men
may consider incomprehensible is that
brewers and distillers live to the ripe old
age of 64l a"s 7'Lt .a1zs7 ed. .1ia4 Pc
Last and longest lived come paupers 81,
and gentlemen IS. 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 are
always idle: ,.,,..