Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-18
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, THURSDAY SEP IS 1873

a Friday, and kept her memory to the
whence we infer that she neve,
showed her spectacles back on her ven.
cradle head and then spent the after
noon IN searching for them. Quite iu.
structlve is the case of scotch veteran,
who sleeps his last sleep, at Baltimore,
aged Ill, and Of whom it is intimated
thst he fell victim to the blood-thirs-
ty ambition Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Against this warrior our Scotch friend
contended at Waterloo, and there he
received the wound which has now car
ried him off. More fortunate was the
aged Russian-dead at 127 years
who fought in all the campaigns, from
1898 to 1914, suryiyep the Man of
Destiny, and quite number of other
men, and peacefully became a cook to
the Empress Catharine. This peason-
age had been injured at Mini Noygo-
rod. Another Of the dead is William
Burns, of la Sale, Wisconsin. He
founded that city, and stayed in it till
he was l13 years old Still another is
Mrs. Shelley, Of Peasenhall. Suffolk,
England, who rests, aged 204, and Of
whom it is stated that her intellect
showed 10 signs of decay. Joseph
Miller, Of Coatesville, PENNSYLVANIA,
aged 100, had taken no snuff, and
therefore, his days were LONG in the
land; but Jane Kirk, Of Gainesville.
Bucks county, took all the snuff she
wanted, and it may be said that she
''saw him and one better, for she last
ed till the age Of 101.
Among the living centenarians we
read OF ancient gentleman who are very
lively indeed, and evidently have not
Yet come to those years of discretion
which David Hume said were, in some
cases, never reached at all Here is
"tncle Abner Huntly, of Cuba. \.
Y, Tor instance, who has attained his
iooth year, and who occasionally
breaks d hIghspirited horse, Just for
pastlme. More audacious and reckless
still Is the Count de Waldcck, of Par
IS, France, who is 107 years old, and
who Is going into theatrical manage
ment. This enthusiast surely OUGHT to
be restrained. Another light and
prancing spirit is VI. Nillemain, who
capers nimbly in Pharsalia, n. Y, and
takes his tod regular the terse
paragraphist records This veteran
served under the first Napoleon, and
has always ased tobacco. His liyeli- !
ness is great, bat it is surpassed by
that Of Uncle" john Bullock, Of Bris-
tol, aged l2t. Uncle john endures a
severe attack Of Pneumonia in June,
and when he was conyalescent he called
his boys about him ana remarked
That was a severe attack. If I'd
been an old man, [ guess it would
have fetched me. > Quite spri. htlv
also IS Mr. Robinson, of Minnesota,
'9ed =, who goes Il visiting to hi,
son IN illinois, aged JS. Jack Noble.
IL Arkansas is accounted brisk at farm
1S, and Jack is 40. Lady Smith of
LoWeatoit, England, is frisky too, for
she lately celebrated her Tooth birth
lay by a banquet to hundred of her
jiteSt acruaintances. Phoebe Thomp-
son, OF " llmington. Delaware. is lO2.
Ohm Williams, Of Providence, RI. is
loo, David Stiles, Of st. Paul. Min
lesota, Is los. Robert Smith, null
tito, of Cincinnati, is 1l2. One vera
;lous paragraphist tells us that the
1mperor and Empress of Austria, on
he occasion or Il recent religious cere-
Honal, bathcd the feet OF female
lie ldlcant, aged lUo; another makes I
MENTION OF John Oliver, of Liverpool,
sailor, aged 1910, who was on board
he Victory when Nelson fell, in the :
glorious sea fight Of Trafalgar :: and
till another records Of John Owens, OF ;
,ranada, Mississippi, that he is close
N the age OF ll5 years, and has been
whiskey and chewing and
moking tobacco for almost a century. !
The eminent faraday thought that 5
here IS no occasion for any man to die +;
Ill he has reached the age of 100 wears, +
t may be a consoiing conviction and, ,
hough occasions Tor shutfiiux off the |
lortal coil do seem to arise that prove ,
persuasive to most persons,
Is a conviction that does not lack
omiort and support in these modern
1staHces Of longevity. f Nelo Torh }
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