, 1873-12-07
A QUEER OLD MAN.
Making n'fsaEaEs Lively fur n Tir11c--
Tlicn Ltyiz.t. HsvcAty Years tn He'd.


]. s. Tiblstts read tho following sketch. living
tho incidents In tho lifo Q, II Michigan mai who,
In perfect Ilcalth, kept Ills bod foi
nolrlY twenty ycnya:
Mr. Samuel Dunn om;graod from tho State of
New York to Michigan IN lSJ2 mud setllou in tho
Township Of Plymouth, Wayne County, three
milea vcst Of tho Village Of Plymouth, wlolo ko
rosidod until hiY toutl1 wlll:ll occurred In tho
month Of aiay, 1873. TIo was boru III tic yenr
TIDY. a.,l WIS., therefore, 81 years OF uyo ut tho
tfmo Of llis uath. IIe served iii lho war Of 1912,
WAS ionornbly sinollaygctl. md pelaio,i WAS
gru1,tea him by tho General Goyornlncnt about
Il ycur buror1 lila death. not Il cont Of which,
however, tid liz Or My Of lH family rooeivo.
Nothing very tn,B,ial In his life occuyrou dur
inn tic ilrs. twenty years Of lis re7itlas'co hora.
liz WIS man of Incorporate a!it., It'll nearly
cyury week would 10 to tho yilaye III, / have
nproo. Al a,1cll tln,us ho WIS yo1y .1.,y, hut
not u,larroIsolne. Tho writer OF this Kis., I'll has
frequently heard hin, call out Ut tho tuAd Of
night for so,no ono 10 :'cono md blor; Tho
hin way home. On going ont, lfr. Dunn wold
bo fo%ss,l standing midway TIP tho kill, Bs;nng
ntsa treudtnt, lil;o balky lorsc. cnill1ly unt
loudly for somo ono to como and block tho
WHO'LL" Aftor making two Or tareo attempts
foot OF it anil take nuot}ser start. Aftor twp or
thrco offurta Ut this htlld hn would tinAlly rea:h
Lilo top, when lln would want to bet twoa,,d-
Six TIM; se coull yell lolacr and jump hiGher
thnn my other man III The community"
liz i,usE il bis woods II worry lA.ge uoilow troo,
and llcro Ao was In tic habit Ut going w:lun ho
hud hla a,,roeu, and hold wilnt Lp cllls.l lia
canp-mecti1ss." AT such times the wooda
would reAoun1 With Ills doyotionH. Which Wero
characterized moio FOR zeal tlan Tor plety.
After MI 'tunl,s,lal awakening i'll zh,a hollow
treo ono day. ho went to tile housc, took down
the bottle from the Bholf. took q "horh," atd
thun made solumll VOW that Lo would mover
touch another drop Of nrIont splrta whilo ho
lived, Or utter aotsior oath. And ho religious,
~ kept hs vnw, ior llo immediately went 10 bed
and ay toro Ior .inotocn years aud niilo naoi'tl5
During all this lonG tsino ho WIS never Known
to 4avo nis clothes Oh or to wata Il Hlup. AZ
first, for a number OF years. he was very tacl-
t,,ln, aud would not CONVERSE with my sne, n.lu
wilenoycr persons approached Ills bed 4o would
turn lis heau away from tao1n During tllp lAt-
tur pOflOd uf l&ia l!fo he would conYetsn WISH
mclllbcrs Of the faatily sufficiently to lunko lila
wants known, which Wcic low atll onslfy sup
piled.
Ho seemingly enjoyed tho best Of health DUR
i1lI; Ill this lll,lo, mover too6 Any medicine hut
o,lco, a,ul then only gou,o sitnpto remedy 1ilH
nppatte was guo1, a:ll Ao nlo Two hearty meals
u day, lrea,:f;.st mud dinner, but no supper. Ho
proforred 1earty food, nlld rollsheu putis, po.a-
toes, ami greons. BAKED bsaua aud 1nent., He
dtal,h toa aud co1foa regularly, bit nothing
stronger. no slept soW'.ti'y from ton to twelvs
loutu out OF tie tWouty.tuur.
Ne1or but once slitl lie express T. with To have
his clothes nl and 10 out. One uay tho family
prcs.ea u wish to this little pGy thai no might
huye llis clothes OH and 80 down to tho llol,o"
troo wlerd ho iield MS l'at uoSoliohs oao tue
little fellow cauld nut nd hss ;s;suta' aia 50 au
oppur1linity "ad lust u sessa"a MS ao1i1SY &c
Walls
Lis memory "a3 remarkable, ana Ills lufeHect
remained unl!ni'atvea ~ t-le taat. FIG Maitl.
tes,ou souis lEtorost III passing events. aud
would occasionally ask Information Respecting
c!.iuo ono day. llo waa very anSioia to iuoM
what it was. llo lad never An.sta word a"ous
such lnacl,ane, 50 ilc ZOE llss dAaglssst-u.!a"
~ put h!1n iu CHAR aau wheel Liam to eae uool
30 tias ho Could sso Il wosk; H., .ua., at,a;
Lis lo1d WE carried " hlin. Ilaeea VI sthlo
noar LIS ooa, atid inca ho W"s !o1t 10 n5olt, ae
he never would partako VI h!a food WA.la any oGe
was plosont., Altof ba'rs titne the iuo4 w2nle
" gollo, and lo woald 10 1osls'a eha3lY w peu
lie uover inlsscu aia two meals oaS unE'I Jusl
boforo ho Ho1, AilI hc could ilof W pcfsuauol ta
cat third. A!a dal'shtes-in'la" tuoa ssio sot
caro- htal duEine the iast tlA.een yeals " nls
life, shaving hlul' WASHING nm. atu Frelafins
as w., iooI tor nn , T. n're io7'anee' inaoea' u
No o!scnso ntsas':ca 4!n 10 terminate hla
mortal career lla SIMPLY h'od on, tl.e ia'llp OF
life ;:rowng tmmer anu o!mu1er, nnt1l haal!y T.
wouL out altoSeLtler. lie wa flot very mueh
bodily PROPORTIONS. wnlen wefo h:"ayb g5sy
spare. LILO was t"!ce nafI!ea. hn! SURVIVED nla
last eousofe soao twelve or hfteen yeara'
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Il vYeddiEag Tour that Il Worth While.
From ths 1t. Louil ismec1at.
Mr. Ne%bu.y, Ut La. enpols, ls., like Burns,
OF Gettysburg, II plaot!c"l !ian under wAich
guiso he woll tho ne4rt Of a1iHs ZntAis Sever
acllool-teacher. md about Eve wcokH aso tuey
were maze 1nan al,l wife.
1t s4as beou tho custom Of Ir. Sowbury to
takc an annlnl harEe trip to Now Orlcans, and
ho conceived the noyel and romantic ide;: oi
suLesp was bloacIled 10 his iriauus, an.l also to