Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-08-11
Long Life.

On the 2Sth of March, 1861, as the
census showed, there We're then living
in the United States ), 200 persons who
had attained the great age of 100 years
and upward. From time to time notices
appeared mentioning briefly or in detail
instances of extraordinary longevity.
The oldest person of whom we have any
recollection in modern times was Peter
ZOTtan, a Hungarian, who died at the
age of $50 years. PaTr and Jenkins
were notable cases of long life among
the English, the former being about 30
and the latter about $50 years of age at
the time of death. Most persons like to
live long, and many dread the approach
of that moment when the final sum-
mons shall come. Perhaps it will afford
some comfort to mention the names of
Il few individuals who have died recent
ly. For example: The wife of Sultan
Selim Ill, died October, 1867, said to be
l3O; Margaret Dhee-wah, died FebrU-
ary, 1867, aged 1913; Mrs. Alice p Todd,
died March, 1867, aged 100; Ann Ma
hOny, died March, 1867, aged 1O2; Mar
garet Stone, died November, 1867, aged
112; Sarah EastOn, died October, 1867,
aged los; Mrs. \. l.. Clark, died Aug
Ust, 1868, aged 1O7; Solomon Eckert,
died January, 1867, aged 1O1 &; Jane
MOultOn, died December, 1867, aged 103
cold Mother Watts" died December,
1867, aged 1903; Mrs. Betsey Eastman,
died October, 1867, aged 105; Mrs. AImi-
IA Reniff, died May, 1867, aged 100; Mrs.
Ann Rumsey, daughter of Capt. Cook,
the celebrated navigator, died in Eng
land in 1867, aged lO4.
Bacon states somewhere in his works
that q 9arto II, Crra1t lord 1,oI .loI of
freshly dug earth brought into his room
every morning and laid on a napkin un-
der his nose, so that he might smell il,
that this regimen would pro-
mote his health. Addison, in the Spec
tatOT, mentions briefly the case of Lewis
COrnarO, Venetian gentleman, who
lived to a good old age, and who wrote
an account of his own experience in the
art Of recovering and preserving health.
The book, which is q curiosity, was
written in the sixteenth century, the au-
thor of it having died at Papua, April
%, 1866, aged 100 years. It was trans
lated into English by w. Jones, a. B.,
and an edition of it was published in
Edinburg in 1893. The title of the work
is, "Sure methods of attaining q long
and healthful life.n COrnarO wrote
when he was nearly a hundred years
old, and his book is peTvaded with Drac-
tical good sense, cheeTfulness and unaf-
fected piety. In chapter one he treats
upon "asOber and regular life" in chap
ter two upon the "method of correcting
a bad constitution" The third chapter
consists of a letter to a distinguished
man, concerning the method Of enjoy
ing a complete happiness, old age" and
the fourth of 4 treatise on the ''biTth
and death of man, This curious book
is worth reading. The following is
short extract from page 70:
81 am sure that I shall live several
years in health, and that I shall long
enjoy the pleasure of beingin the world, .
which is certainly very comfortable,
when man knows how to make right
use Of it. IhOpe to reap a greater salts |
faction from hence in the other life, and
I shall lie under obligations to the Yir-
tues of the regimen, to which I am in
debted for the victory I have obtained !
over my passions. Nor is there any
man but may hope for the same happi- |
ness, if he would live as I have done" !