The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-01-13
NEW ! NORTH WEST.
The Olslcst IMhuLi!uyst.
eas Hundred Years Old, and G,iG Xtnrty-,
Opium a. Preserrer Of Hunsan Life


eas HunAred Years Old. and aM Htorty-'
Opium a. Prserssr Of Munsan Life
yrom tho Esw vetk WCsld..- ----.-, .,-...
Tile worshippcr ct tho Church. of the As
ccnsion, ccrncr Of Fifth avenue and Tenth
street, cannot have failed TO notice, as fal
down tic croed aisle rs tho channel will
permit, directly under preacher and pulpit,
. little, round, white head Of hair like driv'
ID in an arm chair, placed for him In tho
main aisle, whence, from hfs larcclcttcred
prayer book, far above TIC low lrm OF tho
fashionable congregation. is heard his child
!sh ,rrbIcs. asking with all his might and
main, dclivcrancc from cacl, ssria:im scluc.
ton aud The devil. Bless his honest, stead.
fas: heart Within the knowledge Of this
'.rter, for ten years, and possibly much
longer, as regular rs the parson himself.
:l4re has Cat the old G.ptleman; NOW 104
years old, erdcntly bcsecching his Heavenly
Father - deliver tho speculative years that
s,ill remain to him from the lust Of the
eyes, tho pride 0: life, and every sinful de-
sire Of the flesh.
70 few men Ens il been given to pass
such an cvcntful life, and 10 fewer still to
sit at tie feet Of their spiritual counsellor.
In their 10Jth year, in the full possession OF
every mental and social faculty--upright,
elastic, and happy as chi.d-as he sits to-
day, In tho church Of The Ascension. Cap
tain Frederick Larbouchc. Knight Of Ta,a.
vers, late corlmandant Of her Britanic Ma.
jcsty's Sixticth Rifles. II
Frederick Larbouchc was born in Lon
don, March ., ITO; enlisted IN tie TSixticth
Riilas, Oct. II, 1850, fought si.l. that OF.
ganizntion IN Holland, with the Duke of
York, in 1893; was with Lord CORVALLIS,
at Esllinanuck in Ireland, 9Th Of Scptcm
Der, 1890, end with Nc'son Ut the fall Of
Copenhagen in 1sot. lie was attached to
the suite Of Lord Cas,!crcisi,. British Am
bassa!ur 10 Prussia in 1907, and VOC eye.
witness to tho gorgeous ceremonies Mt Ill
sit when Napoleon the Great met Alcxan
der on the royal raft on The Nicmcn, JUNO
80. 1907; and fought undcr Lord Wellesley
Duke Of Wcllipgton) all through the Pen.
insular campaign of, 1879 10. For signal
gslhntry and courage Al Busaco, 1910, he
was promoted, and was knighted on the
tlain Of 'Tn,avcsa. Subsequently in 1911,
he VA stationed Q; the Cape OF Good Hope,
and added greatly to his laurcls in the CAT
irc war of 1873
Flo had :sGsa tho great Napoleon st the
acmo Of his fame-.thc c0nqu:r0r Of Europe
debating peace to Empcrors At Tilsit in
1904 Ho was now to I've one Of his jai!ors
q St. Holenx and not tho least entertain.
Ing OF Captain Larbouche's "reminiscences
arc those relating to thai SOP Of Jove Gagged
and tied in lis volcanic tomb. In 1918, at
No ago Of -, Captain Larbcdcle had
fought score Of battles, been under every
sun, and faced danger in about every form,
which IL aSsuncs 10 n:cn--war, shipwYcck;
pcs.Acucc, and prison. lie had served his
country, and having, As he supposed, at
tAined tho summit Of life, determined to
spend his declining years in peace and at
homo. But he rcckoned without his host
He was only half through! lie thought he
Was . full grove man, but hs was still in
bis tecns. he sold out his cpnrnfssicn In
the S;xticth Rides, but the peace hc covct.
cd was not for him. Like the Wandering
Jew, he NUT W aud At Il again. III, 1926
he was shipwrcckci ard lost his fortune.
subsequently be went TO Australia. as Su.
rcrintcndat Of tho c5,NiA s,stlon It Bath.
urst; went TO Tahiti in 1887. and thence
made voyages 10 'ckina;s INC indies, and s.
America. In Tshiti, in consequence of in.
cendiary expressions in dispar.gc,ncnt OF
the Psrist prdpaEassRs,s,y and lfsyor,p1s to
tho Protestant missionaries, lie was seized
i,y tho French and summaiily transported
10 Franco in 1e4s. lie then spent many
mtaths nh extendca tonr to E.pope, ippk
charge of LORI! Howard az waldcn's estate
In Jansica In 1sA7; aud npon, tho enamel.
patton Of the slaves at the green old age
Of 0l-cs,ne to this city, where he has ever
6pce resided. Upon arriving here, lis
family consisted r& one wiAowe4 daughter
md grandson, both of whom hc hos sur
vivcd; and ever since las lived alone in the
enjoyment Of perfect health and tho vigors
Gus use Of his limbs. Old as he Is, tho Cap
tain, Alike She dcacon's one horse shay,
aho@s no signs Of giving ont every func.
ton, every Nbrc And; MUSCLE of Ills body Is
ID Ito place and working we'll, aad his pulse
disceurses most hca'taful music lie gives
every promise Of .iiving as long again; and
lssvcrcnt people have specu!atsd whether.
like the vehicle above mentioned, the, Cap.
tain will ret 60 70 pieces all at once, nature
may, iudscd. kavS Eivcn Gp trying to col.
lect .Ase, debt of the 4Captsin, 50 signal
and repeated havo been her failures Left
fo1 dead ppon thct Lalhe.lcll Of Bussco,
hevsi s0bh axkc Abdl Eh.in9 3 SsalA, Nth
. ballst furrow scross Lis skull Cast ashore
and senscless on the Cape Of Good Hope,
~ va soon Ill right again, with only the
loss Of bis fortune, which went down with
tho vessclr4J estilence, esPossspglire and
sSgd have ,mrnaced him N Wiz! Which
We city oENa1 York lay supins and tremb.
lIng. ip ,tht clutches Of that terrible. mob of
l0eS, old Captain LarLo1chc, m his 0SsA
tAAr ain Clr and alnnn xsnn from Al i1,n mail.