New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18

GUS as a girl. She has never lived off the island
and still occupies the house that was punt OY ner
father eghty-ive years ago IL standsi hush wtn the
pavement on secluded street On one side Is an
old-fashioned garden, and around the diamond
panes of the low windows chambers grapettyihe ,
with full clusters. Over the fireplace IN the living
room are tiles EsOp's Fables, Illustrated III arr ar
chaic enough to turn the head Of brc-a-brac nun,
ter with envy. Mrs. RS conversation s ike Old
WINE brisk and sparkling with a flavor not 10 DC
am Indebted to Mr. F. c. sandford, for com
narrative table giving the ages of the lnhabtants OF
the island when they exceed sixty years give
the results by decades. Ous OF the entlre pOpuIa1
ton of 100 $50 are between the ages OF Sixty ana
seventy; / 80 between seventy and clghtY; ~ ne
tween eighty and ninety and 10 between ninety
and 100. That is, AGO. or IL per cent OF the popl-
laiOn. have passed their slXtlcth year, ms WOuld
almost seem justify the assertion made by visitors
that the old people are Obliged TO 60 over To me
mainland to die. the atmosphere here being per-
petual elixir vita" Yesterday drove over the
hills to the pOorhOuse to see relic OF NapoieOnlc
dayS-RobeTt Radcliffe, an English sailor, now
eighty-iive years old. He gIgman on board the
ship Northum bertrand. 81 George Coekhnrn, CHARGED
with conveying Napoleon to st. Helena IN 1912
The old veteran glOwed with enthusiasm, as he de-
scribed the Little Corporal dwelling with inii-
mite relish on how "BoDapar!y punched my earonce;
| was lad OF twenty then, SIR; aud asked me IN
English now ] liked saIiOring, ana whether IneJ
gave me enough to eat. Aud when we crossed the
line, SIR all the green oncs-3OO Of thcnl-were
brought out, well atheTed with sySb and tar
water. ana shaved with half OF an iron hook. Inc
LADIES liked It immensely. How did he loOkf Well
III tell you. tie WAS luI hSul6e, You hHON'
wore short clothes and an old green coat lie
never spoke TO the English officers but took MS
alrng3 on the nam deck with General las CaSas or
Madame BertfaI d." 1900.
Sir R,tullfic was Wrecked on Nantucket in 1870
and in 1916 mad acquired considerable property as
q master rgser. But II all went IN tho big hre
sir and her. ] am arIcled to pOOrhouse TIL get
ms last discharge. That can't BE- long, praise the
Inrdp HIS comfort IL well provided for. The
british Charitable Society settled upon HIM last
wear an annuity OF 200, ana ne has many KIND
friends in tie Town WAC Keep him IN tea and to-
baCCO.
1t Is difficult to withdraw from the contamination
of cd Mani ucket, tie first whaling post ~ the
United states, 30 Sew-N3ntuokct, the popular Sum
mcr resort Popular n certainly Is with the class
o! which have before spoken. The arrivals By
steamer now average 200 per day. The hotels are
r.apng rich harycsts TINS month, and the summer
clearinghouse are turuln. WOnld-be guests from
their doors. Visitors will do well 10 obtain en-
trance IL they can, INTO these first families OF Nan
tucket. The hotels are good, but they have no Old
china, delft and porcelain. whose shining surface
shows a maze OF dainty devices. No furniture of
rosewood, oak ana mahogany carved IN the styles
@! "A dcz n courts ana epOchs no slCeDOarGs crowded
with cuTIOs from foreign chimes anu TcdOlent OF
precious associatIOns-aud worst Of an they Wani
romance of the hearth the story OF the house which
the ancient chrOnicer is never tired Of repeating
When the VISITOR has heard Nh. William Clarke,
esd. rs the town crer delights TO be called, an
nOunce that quartet Of eight vii give concert
u the Old south MeetnC-hOuse," accompanying
hi, vocal ciamOT with the braZru dScOrds Ot bell
when he has attended a meat aad furniture auc-
tion stopped at the museum whose curator, Mr..
Joseph SWAIN VIII slaY hIm "a right " whale ana
acknowledge his prOiirTed gratuity in pure john
sonian prOse-whcn he has ridden IN cale>h TO
'ScOusct-Sat down TOa Squantum at south SuOrc-
gone blnc-iiSning and sharkiug-When he has done
all these things he Will tiud himself only on the
threshold of Nantucket trainings"