Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-12

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 I ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR YEARS OLD AND l., STILL HEARTY-oPIUM AS A PREsERYER OF I HUM AN sIIFEai E.".:Ef aifs1+.,E a;i assi..l F. The worshipper at the Church of the As J pension, corner ofiFifth avenue and Tenth
 street, cannot have failed to notice as far down the broad aisle as the chancel will
 permit, directly under preacher and pulpit, la little, round white head. of F hair like driven snow.a ThB old man who ewnsitr is
 seated in an arm q haif placed for him in
 the main aisle, whence. from his large let tered prayer book, far above the low hum
 of the fashionable congregatiof1,, IS heard
 his childish trebles,' asking with ali his
 might and, main,. deliHaranee from each fseriatim seduction and the devil. Bless
 his honest, steadfast heart. Within the
 knowledge of this writer, for ten years,
 and, possibly much. longer, as regntar as
 theap aparson himself, there has sat the old
 gentleman, now 104 years old, ardently be- !I aeechfng his Heavenly Father to deliver
 the speculative years that still reniains to l life and every sinful desire of the flesh.
 . To few men has t been given to pass
 such an eventful life, and to fewer still sto
 sit at the feet of their spiritual counsellor. in their one hundred and fifth year, in the
 full possession of every mental and social
 faculty upright, elastic, and happy as a tchild-as sitsttor day, inathe Church of the Ascension. Capt. Frederick, .LArbonrclhes Knight of Talavera, late commandant of I her Britannic Maiesty's Sixtieth Rifles. H''' +. Frederick Larbouche was born in LOna
 don, March g., 1z66, enlisted in the Six
 tieth Rifles October Y, l789,- fought with ;, that organization in Holland with the Duke
 of York, Tn 1793, was with Lord Cornwallis
 at Balinamnck, in Ireland, SthSeptember, l799, an and with Nelson atthe fall of Copen7 hagen in 1901. He, was attached to the
 suite0f Ford Casterleigh; British 4Ambas:
 sador to Prussia in 1907, and was .eye-w
 ness to the gorgeous, ceremonies at, lElsit when Napoleon the Great, met Alexand CT ion the royal raft on the Niiemen. June p,
 1907 5 and fought under Lord Wellesfy,
 Duke of. Welingt gton, 7 all Hthrongh D ther Re-
 ninsnlsalr campaign of 1908 71Q. For signal gallantry and courage at Busaco, 1910, be was promoted and knightedl on the plain
 of Taiavera. r Subsequently, in 16H a'he'was
 stationed attha C3pe of, Good Hope, and
 added greatly to his laurels in the.a Cafre
 He had seen u the great Napoleon s5l,t h at the acme ofshis fame-the coiiqueror of iEua rope .dintating peace to Eaapeforsaat= Tilslt
 in 1SOz He was now to be ene of his. jai,t llers at St. Helena and not the least enter l tainiug of Capt. Iarbonche's reminiscent ces and thoseIrehtingt to that son s'ofi:Jbve Foaged and tied in his volcanic temb, h l8lS, at the. age of ,62, Capt. Larbonche
 had fought a score of battles, been under every sun, and faced danger in aboute7efy form which it assumes to men-war, ships wreck, pefonrnce and prison. He had served; his eenntry, and haoinl sas shS Ss'sups | po6S1a. aEgafnea Iha sanmlt of hiey dBJsFs
 mined te spend bis declining years in peace and at home. But he reGkoned without his host. He was only half through !'ls He thought he was aafdlligroWh EnalB,', but" he. was stiAs in his ateens-' He, sold out ,,h bis, peace he coveted was not fo5rr him. Like the Wandering Jew hesnlst@ mp and at it again. In, 1896, hes was -shipwreckHd and lost his. fortune. Subsequently,, he lwept to Australia as Superin fendent of the
 convict station at BahuFst; went to Tahiti in 1S37, and thenee made voyages to Chi
 na, the Indies and Sopth Amerieas., h Ia hiti,I iq consequence of incendiary express
 sions in disparage of the Papist pro
 pagandists, and favorable to the sProtestaft
 ssionaries,. he was seized by athe French
 ana 1sa9 2@"F Ho ansP9s'ga tSsp speh bsnSs %aay
 months in nj ' extended t6ur Of Edtope l; took charge of Lord Howarda dc Walden's estate: in Jamaica inp 1847a and; upon, the mancipation of the slaves. at the green
 oldage of 8l, came to this city, where @hef has ever since resided; aUponiarriVing here his family consisted of,onsMidOWedid idangh. ter and grandson, both of whom he has has survived; and ever since has lived alone in
 the, enjoyment Of perfect liealth ana fiji the vigoreus use of his limbs. g Old ias he is,
 the captain,l like ..t the ileaeop,s tope5horse. shaSl still shows no signs of giving out;
 every function, every fibre and muscle Of his body isin it's place and workings wei, ],
 and his pulse, discoaRses T rnost hsalthful iausic. .a. He gives every promise of living. as long again; and irreverent people have specp1ated 'wRether,; like the viehicle above mentioned.s the captain will not got to pieees' Fafl at ence.n Nature may, indead, have giv- en dp trying to collect her debt of the cap ::
 failures.a Left forl dead upon the battle
 field of eBasace, ,heswasl soon. alive.and fight. ing again, with bullet fnrrow, across his skull. Cast ashore and sensless on the Cape Of Good Hope.i he was soon all right again fwithsthe loss of his foptupe,, which, went down with the ayessels .i4 Pestilences exposure, fire and sword have menaced him in vain. When the city Of New York 'lay' supine' andn trembling ain the elutehes'iof that terrible mob of 1863, old captain Lar, Ibeuche, in his 9Sth year, singly and alone, confronted the naddensd sgioters. and, at the risk of his own life, saved poor
 man whom 1. they were hurryipg t9 the pear, eE
 e"' 4'IA AlssfiI "ik stil i.s- azaia .E4tetAsiIa Esd But Captain Larbouche is something more, than q seeHteharian; 'ason0ethikg mofs than Gulliver or Sialiad. Hdis ncte1ily hdsudy I for the,sntiq quarian,and tha physician, but fthe toxologist as well The captain IS, and
 has been for years, onffhned opium opifuhfm1 eat CT, and his feats in this latter Hne far 'sdr-' pass the other achievements of his life puts fting to blush Dr. Quincy himselfs To; al.
 leviate his acute sutferihgs from rheumatism
 consequent upon military exposure; he
 took his initiatory dose of the poison, and
 lie has ever since continued . its.E Euse' in
 amazing H quantities. ee Wheraas .sAlI single
 grain of opium j. under sordinary eirfpnE1 E
 stances, , fatal dose for a man, Capt. Lar;
 ho1ohGr h oka ik4Ahs&I dVTfks