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o. hundrsdl nd sixteen years cld /! Is
Lensas GriAsy of Lodi, Clio, i; said W
lknvs been born in 17S0. Hs has voted fol
every President except Washington. He
bad objections tp, the Father Of his Coun-
Try. What thasS objections were he refuses
tosay. He has but one arm, but still reads
the nsy.papeY. dislikes To- BE- bothered
with visitors but consents Like = sensible
kold gentlemen, to talk with newspaper
pen. They speak of putting him to death
by bringing him down TO the Centennial
Exhibition, probably from an idea that he
his lived long enough. In the same coun-
ty with Mr. Griffin, reside Captain i. NJ.
Bates and his lady. Their aggregate.
height is fourteen feet and eight inches.
They are known as the Kentucky Giant
and Giantess, and formerly travelled as
such with Mr.. Barnpm. They have retired
from public life, and have beautiful farm
proportioned to their size. So that county,
with the Oldest old gentleman and the
tallest.couple in the country, may well be
proud, especially as the former, by not
voting for Washington whtn he had a
chance, won endless renown. ~
Eov' The Lynchbry Viryinian. a-y .
A friend writing us from Washington
county, Va, informs us that there is a
woman by the name Of Mrs. Nina Gobble,
living it that county on the Rusiel road,
II miles northwest Of Abingdon, that will
be 1O1 years old on the 30th of the present
month. He saw her first in the fall of
'73. She informed cur correspondent that
she had walked half mile across very
rough and steep spur Of Clinch mountain,
three weeks before he saw her, with the
aid only Of her staff, and returned tie
same day, and was but little fatigued. He
saw her again in May last-then she was
quite feeble, but able to walk about the
house and yard with the aid of her staff.
She is very reputable woman, and a
member Of the Christian Baptist Church
an humble and consistent Christian.
Her children, grandchildren and great
great-grandchildren are, most Of them
residents of the county.
From the Norfolk Vayinian.
w. II. Faulk, keeper of the Norfolk
county Almshouse, yesterday reported to
us that there is at present in that institu-
ton negro who is upwards of l02 years
Of age, having been born i'll May, 177c.
His name is Solomon Bourne, and he was
slave, the property of Mr.. VIM.
Harrison, of Brandon, on James river. He
is blind, but can make his way anywhere
about the premises. His wife, Patience, is
with him in the Almshouse, and both of
hem agree that she is four months older
han he is. She retains her sight, and can
get about very easy for SO old person.
They were married at 25 years of age, and
nave lived with each other ever since, or
or II years. If living they should by all
means be carried to the Centennial.
Hayuna Correspondence N. Y, Times,
An old gentleman, Don Rafael Gonzalez,
Who died recently in Calientes, in the
Vuelta Abajo district, was able to cele-
rate his centennial with five years to
'oot. He lived to the age of 105, and had
wo sick spells-one when he ran nail
nto his foot, and the last, which took him
o much by surprise that it carried him
IF. He had ten sons-seven married and
hree single. The married sons gave him
% grandchildren, and these in turn had
66 children to these last four children
AVE been born. So, upon his death, Mr..
GONZALEZ left 279 immediate descendants,
our of whom were great-great-grand-chil-
[rer.
A Determined Suicide.
New York Herald Of Yesterday.
A most determined and desperate attempt