, 1875-08-19
AGED ONE HUNDRED AND NINE.
a Queer ola Eltizcu of 'Eroy-s-EHls
1lnb1tA ind Opinions.

1nntltH ind Opinions.
7foy ITtss, A"q. II.
fIe Is right hero III l1oy. and ha name Ia
John Henry Blackwell, and ho las sceu l09 Hutn-
mera {Nhen August III ont) aud 1Os winters. lIe
was. therefore. born in tho spring. John lIonry
lives In Il little old house IN tho hollow, beside
babb1ing hut nasty tittio brook. just OF Lincoln
ayeuue, under tim iIll, Tho house - al old
atyle fame, with wooAen shutters, aud has
stood where 1t now atands aboi,t forty-ilTe yearH.
Noitlltr outside nor In has eyor lJccn tnnieHtea
by painter. Tic house ia wonthor. beaten Ike
III osuor Ior BLACKWELL owns it)' aud lookH aa
If tho u1A aud downs OF this wurld Lad htu
no effect upon it. John licnrv lives all Rlono
In tic lIouso. It cannot 10 called bactl-
olors halt BECAUSE John Henfy is nut h Gacho-
lor, lie has been married, hut it was bo long
ago tlat ho ilna almost forgotten how IT fcelH4
lis jlo,,ae IL mt n hail either. 1t ts nnrn like
doh or hermitage. No ono ia over .nsite'l iato
tue place. aud ono IL oyor al!ownd to Iook into
it uEleas iln docs 70 Htcatlliy. John kee; tho
doors and windows securely fastened, and at
night llo never HE. light uh!eRA Ao Ia look
ing for something thai haa ba0u mBlaid in
thu chnatn Of dsortler that cxistB there. Then
ho usos q talIow candlns lilo In nut very Hocla-
prenout generation ls pack of !ools. aud 4e q
w1nc man. Tue first statement ma. be NIL right
but there is room for debate on tho latter:
john Henry il an 1rishnan, nni has
hecn In tlns ConNtry blSty years. 1Io
iisod in Now York fifteen yoa,r. aud
lotnemberg tito city when It wny. he anys,
no bigger than Troy. fie Inns lived III Troy forty
five ycarH, and rncoectH Troy AZ small country
three SOM aud ono daughter, but they ha,a gouo
to tho otor world, and NOW tile ol nun In anno.
Ito has lived nIuue for twenty-five years, ever
sinco his daughter died. whu WAS e. years o!A.
lie has no relatives nnw, having ontliyed tho
wloIo OF them. grandchildren aud all.
A hnnt Utuatr " ktI IrAf tina knI1nr-
Ing business. and has worked IN different cities,
but within the last thirty years l1o has lived In
q very mysterious way. lie docs not work,
hut goes away sometimes for weokB at = time,
toriounty M hp goes nlld socnls to have
money. OF late yoats |,e has turnoi hin at
tcntiou somuwhas to the study OF medicine /;
aud not only the study. but the practico: lIo
always solicit sria! Of his sks anr ouo whom
ho Hoes sick nr suffering. INSTANCES hnVu 1eeu
known Hhoro 1.o has reIesed pain and cured ILL
l,css, bit in moro cnscs an oppo6iso eifecE has
fulluwed. .....-.
Blackwell seems "a vigorous aH a man OF TO,
In fact, he IL the tyre of very lively old man
lilo eati walk mile without cnt,0 fast ns
almost ANY ono 75 srars younger. lilo never rades.
lie lii = thorough pedestrian. lio w2s never un
street car, ind only orco on ra,lruad. Then hn
wont to Albany on tho carr, POT lost there aud
walked back. lie thinks jaekasses superior to
horses for general use, anu often Expresses sur
prise that tnny arc hot In uso Tho old man nay not
10 awnro Ut It, but tho jackasBcs aro jnHt As It'll
u,eronH as aver, they have two legs. though.
iuetoad Of four. and aro l,aIly. BLACKWELL will not
ride behind liorho. IL IL aGanas hin principles.
lie bslievos In ancient instead Ct modern clyiIiza-
tiou. Tho good old Oriental times arc tho times
for tim. 1le believes In nn oyo for All eye. and
\ lootn fur tooth. lie Is cnpohol to lawyels,
and puts no fAith In neHsphpcrH. lieltEiu1sly
speaking, John Ilousy Blackwell IL o Protestant.
He Rcarte!y ever goes tochurch, however. bus t,e
evidently reads tho Bible, AZ ile il conyotsant
with tta passages. lie has M fear Of .l"ath, aud
aeta ~ though he expects to live fosoyos.