Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-01-19

HEALTHY MAN SPENDS TWENTY YEAps
~ IA DED'-At the last meeting of the Pioneer
society," blr, j. 5. Tibbits read the followin
sKetcp, giving the incidents in the life Of = a
i i."ie",gan man who, although in pei feet health.
KEPT his bed for nearly twenty years.
Mr.. Samuel Dunn emigrated from the s,o,a
oi New York to Michigan In 1892. and sat,lsa
iii ohe township of Plymouth, WAYNE county
l'iree IN lies west from the village of pvmoutb
"here he resided until his death, which occnri
req IN the month of May, 1873. He was horn
ln lhe year 1872, and was, therefore, eighty
one wears q age at The time Of his death. He
served IN the war of 1872, was honorable die.
charged, and pension was pranted him h,
lhe general government about year before his
ueath, not cent of which, however dil ba or
any of bis family ever recsive. "' Vi
Notnlng unusual In his life occurred during
Tue hrst twenty years OF his residence here. He
was man OF Incorporate habits, and nearly
| every week would 60 the village and have a
| spree. AT such times he was yery noisy brt
not guarrelsolne. The writer of this sketch
mas frequently heard him call out at ,ba daad
oi hIgnt ior some one to ''come and block the
wheel while he was ascending n steen LjIl On
his way nome. On going out Mr.. Dunn wonIJ
~ louiiu standing midway up the hill, stam-
ping aud lreahing like baIiky horse linz
out loudly for some onp TO come ma I'LL
the WHEEL After making two or tlr.n Of.
Temps TO ascend the hill, he womb looL dow,
10 'he 1901 OF II aud take another start After
t"o or three efforts o this kind, he youll H.
many reach the top, when he would want tn
Dst ~ "o-and-six that ha could veil louder and
jump higher than any other man in tha com
munity."
iir M" IN nus woods ii very large hollow trae
ana mere he was in the habit ofgoing when ba
hau MS sprees, and holding what he called his
camp meetings Al such times, the woods
woulu resouhd with his devotions, which were
characterized more Tor zeal than for nietv
After an "unusnal awakening" in tb. bolIov
tree one day, he went to the house. tool, ,In,yn
the bottle from the shelf. took "horn., and
then mate a solemn vow that he would meyer
tonch another drop of ardent spirits While bn I
liVeu, nor ttt'r another oath. And rigoronsly |
Kept his vow for he Immediately went TO he'd |
aill tay there for nineteen years and nine
months, ~
Daring all this time he was Lever known tn |
nave MS clothes oil or to walk a step. AT first
i1l number OF years he was yery taciturn- and |
would not converse with any one, and. whom
ever persous approached his bed, he would |
iurh his head away from them. During the !
latter period OF his life he would converse with
members OF his family sufficiently to make his
wants knoWn, which were few and easily sup
Piled
He seemingly enjoyed the best of health
ahilnS all oil this time, never took any medicine
~, nnt once, ana then only some simple remedy.
HIS appettt8 was good, aud he ate two hearty
meals day, breakflst and dinner. but no am,
per- He preferred hearty food, and relisbed
pork, potatoes and greens, baked beans and
meat. He drank tea and coffee regularly. hut
nothing stronger. He slept soIndly from tan
to twelve hours out of the twenty -four.-De-
tron Free Press.