Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-08-19

John Tlirlwall. an ESQUIRE of Northum
berl2ni, a-ed l45. Whether .l' judges
had any doubt Of the correctnq IT this
ALLEGED age we are not told. "a, re are are
considering the cirenmstauc ;. fiction,
bly, full ierails concerning a. d Sheriff.
ran Of rs. named ssariS'i d suTJos N
DraohonAerg. He ves born in Sweden
in 1926, lived ch; fy IS a sailorfiH 1694
and was then maie cop'ive ~ 8lfAary ;
corsars Being KEEP. a. s'ar9 h17l},
ha made his asoape, AMI r1~. -
seaman till l717. when he's - 1san anno1 =
old At The are If %, !, r.. MIN; :;
prsr4-ndr':tv Z ~. St5fSrn..hr 4, n,
age, ne walked long distf:nce on In
pose to procure 4 i6cate of the year Of
his birth In 1875, be vas presontal to
the king Of Denmark, and in 1871 he
marriei-a brisk bridegroom of 100 10 i
blooming widow Of 60, He walked ab ut
in the town Of Aqrhuu~ in 1859, At the
age Of 1873; bnt his eyelids hung down
50 completely over his eyes that he could
not see. Thirteen more years wera in
store for him, seeing that he did not die till
LIZ, when he had completed his 47,h
year. The cas-, vas considered suth lent
ly important to deserve a pace in M
Nights English Cyclopnlia,' where there
is an article on 'Drachenberg,' attributed
TO one OF the most trustworthy Of our lit
erary men In B ate and Molyneux' )
Natural History Of Irelanl, notice oc-
ours Of Air. E:kelstan who was born in
15+S, and died At Phitjpstown, in 1896,
f.ures which, If correct; denoN an 9ge OF
14S.
The number $50 is rather suspicious
ono in these matters for being what is
called round number. persons are Of
ten tempted to use il without much regard
to strict accuracy. Francis Consit, who
had beer a burden to the parish Of Nal
ton, dfrio1 troa- part oF his lfa. was said
t. he 30 whco he died, in 1T6S Iy-
wqrc II q Welshman apparently had
the same ~ imputed to him as Ind like
W Sig BtIph Vernon, who was born TO-
watl, the a0A of the thirteenth centutT.
and lily 4. arly to the middle Of tn if
t.earh. RI the parish register Of dln-
shull in Cheshire. which says that
onp Turmas Damme lived to "seveu
score and fourteen years" is correct, this
looks very much like the 154. The most
celebrated parsonage, however, who ex-
ceedel l50 years was that renowned Od
Parr, who alwa y SENS to be making and
taking ''lile pills, aud whose portraits
seems intended to show how vigorous and
venerable We shall all become if W. will
opiv taEt The pills in question The tes-
timor7 as to Thomas PARIS age seems to
be tplerabg complete. lie was born in
Shropshire, III 14S3, remained bache-
lor till 50 vars old, married in 1868, liv-
Ell with his first wife thlrtv-two years,
became a wiiower in 1895, married again
in 1908, when he was l2O years old, and
lived to see the year 1852 In that year
the Earl Of Arundel went to see him, ana
was 50 struck with his appearance as to
invite him to come to his town mansion.
The old man found this lionzing too
much for him he was brought by very
easy stages IN 1 litter to london, with an
| 'autjque-taced merry-andrcw to keep
him cheerful Oh the way but the fatigue,
the crow : Of visitors who came to see
him, and the luxrries which were pressed
upon him ia London, carried him off at
the wonderful age Of l32 lie was buried
on November 10Th, 1893, at Westminster
Abbey, where a monument was erected
to his memory. W len presented on one
occasion to Charles l., the monarch SAID
to hun, You have lived longer than
other men what have you done more
than other men 2 70 which Parr re-
Piled, L did penance when | was a
hundred years Nd" The truth even went
beyond this statement ; for lie was guilty
OF peccadlllo nhen a hundred and FIVE
years OF age, and did pe1ance Ia white
sheet at the door of the parish church of
atterbury, his native village.
Shalt we 90 beyond eight score Let
us see. There was one John Hovin, who
died in I'LL, at the alleged age Of 172.
and who lett widow destined to live to
her l64th year. There was Tairvillc
who, il Martins Description of the Wes-
tern Isles is T. be relied On. lied in the
Shetlaud Isles at the age Of $50. There
was Peter Toyton, who gained renown i,
1924, at having survived till fs5 ani
there was Jane Br;tton. who, as we are
informed ~ the parish register of Ever
criek. in Somerset, for 1883. "yas = mai
zen, as sue affirmed, Of 200 Wears. =
Leaving tuls bsu>hiug maiden and her
cerapcer>. we nay observe that +Ia onIr
wei,-,nlneDt,rafsj casa l;fit;s ,n.L,a,;
c,,"i, ii ej,a- se,rs an4 nnwar4s a. : ~
that i IIrn9.y Je,5.oS Ea was b,~, -