Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-01-13

rochial registers, these not having come
into use till the 3O,h OF Henry VIII.
On one occasion. when he testified To
one hundred and twenty wears mem
orv. which will give some idea of his
then age. the summoning officer. com
I ing to serve cd jenkins with sub
| ppna. found him matching Being
asked how he lived he said bv thaich-
ing and salmon fishing. The law officers
wishing TO test his accuracy or his We
racitv, cross-questioued him as to incl
dents Of previous life lie had been
butler To Lord Convcrs. Of iIornh,
| Castle, he sa,l, at the time that Mar
mad,ikc Brodclay. Lord Abbot Of Foun-
iains. did frequently visit his lord AMI
/ drink a hearty glass with him: that
! his lord often sent him To inquire how
/ the abbot did. who always sent for him
/ to his lodgings. and after ceremonies
/ besides wassail Ga liquor made from
/ apples. sugar. and alc). ordered him
7 quarter Of ward Of roast beef for hi~
3 dinncr-fpr that mnunstcrics did de-
liver their guests meat hv measure
and great black jack Of strong drink
/ Being further asked if he remembered
+ the dissolution of religious houses. he
said Very wcll"-that he was be-
tween thirty and forty wears old when
the order came to dissolve those Ill
York shire
some apparently wei authenticated
instances ofgrcatcr longevity than that
Of Jenkins may be found in several
books and documents at various time,
published. but find no such precise
ailuSlon 10 events as would tend To tin
dates. Coming To Investigate the cir
cunstanccs determining longevity. a-
illustrated hy the published record of
long-lived people. there il difficulty n
arriving al conclusions. certainly
/ do not find that tcct"talism stands iIlu,-
iratcd. Most uf the patriarch.. th.
circumstances of whose lives | have
hunted out. were free. hut not intem-
pcrate liNcrS. We have seen lnu
peasurablv Old Jenkins r. ord. hi-
experiences of monastic hospitality. iA
which he participated the quarter
wards of roast beef and the hlqrl
jacks of strong liquor. Some of tn-
[ scotch pairiarchs find took "a.co-
holic poison" hut their lonreyitv wu.
i'm spite of. not because of. such hahn,
Old Thomas Parr confess.s Ia 4 likir.r
for ale. which he took in moderation.
but be was what We should call uh~tr-
mous in the matter Of eating. U,
rarely partook of meat. hut lived mo~lf,
on cheese. whey. and cnr,l. .,...t,.
, u,sa;-. a. Ia" e.iio'i them. lind the
recorle OF many IN individual who
lived I" a patriarchal age. though what
one may call free driuhcr, not
drunkarl bnt | ini nut oIc whp wA-
7 heavy. glulionous eater. Perhaps
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With regard To locality and climate,
extreme heat and extreme cold are less
favorable TO longevity than are the con-
ditions OF temperate cline never
sheless. Eatons catalogue has records
of men who have grown very aged in
India, the West Indies. in sweden. and
in Russia. Button places the noun
taiEous districts of Scotland in the very
first rank for longevity. The traveller
Pallas states that the inhabitants of the
mountainous districts in the province
of Isesk, in the north of Siberia. live to
a great age. people of one hundred
years being very common; he saw an
invalid so.lier aged one hundred and
twenty. In respect to Scotland. Ken
tigern, also known as st. Mungo. and
founder of the bshopric of G. iaseow. i-
said TO have lived to one hundred and