The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-31
ssPE OLD Age.

A Msrylsad barn colossd woman.
living At syracuss. has hair - Whit -
s,o~ But. then. she has paced Gen.
tufy of life. bring 10 her lo2.d yesr.
She il cripple from . fail sboa, year
Ago. bu, otherwise ~ veil - sver.
Alrhmyh NJ. Joseph Sssarl !. IN her
- ye1. she !. visiting her daughter
in Troy. " Y. All d lights ia short
pI-ssn,e tri;rs- She il 90 exeslssut
d -.I,b. has go Il syesigh.. snd resds .
ge.as deaf. She 10 Of sc'ivs tsmPers-
ne = md never idle.
]. yivsnii-rs of the great Napoleon's
arnv lives l.. Paris ssed 80. Madame
y ter went With tie soldiers TO spain.
i;.iy. G,rm,ny. AID Rrssia. sad was
~ ~. b,tt'e, Il Ldpzg Wsgrsm
sni Aus.er,iiz. She has had small
p-n ION .isce 1915.
Tn- daughter 81 Mrs. Elizabeth Bow
man. who died ct C,rydon. Ind re-
c.s.tiv. in bss f04th year. witnessed
many sacsaatsfs between tbs pioneer
and redskins. - her parents moved
into the country of the Shawnee In.
dams when she WAS little girl.
.Au.t Polly Jerome Of New London.
Conn, disd rscsssly. sgd los ysass
Hsr mental qustitiss wsss bat little
cloadsd; she vas NOT afflicted With deaf
n~ss. - psopls Of hss sgs usually ere;
YES slwsys cheerful end contested,
sud enjoyed the compsniooship OF
friends
For sighty.six ysSrs Col. William
Wright hes been . resident Of Ksn-
lucky. having rs.idsd IN the colony
three yvars bsfoss Il vas sdnitted - .
stats II. was gsllsot soldisr 81 the
var II 1912 and laid dawn the harness In
the bonn. VI his nephew altar life oi
VI years.
Mrs Mary Jane llosslle Of o. ego
N. T.. died Oh June 8. after 1O6 yssrs
~ life She wss married seventy 1--we
years $50, sad has been the mother oi
fifteen children. Her husband died Ia
1864. sged 10. Up to few days be,
fore her death she was physically anl
mentaliy active.
IN early womanhDod Mrs. Levi. 81
LsncSstsr. Pa. WAS . slave. Al the
csntsnnisl celebration Of her birth, On
Saturday svsning. 300 psrsoos. white
aud coiofsd, called and o2ersd their
congratulations. A brass hand gave
the venerable woman . sersnade. 6hs
il very active and csn sss the smsllest
objsct.
Aberdeen. Scotland. lost . brilliant
lawyer In March, IN the person u Ohaa
Winchester. juss - - bed sntsrsd biz
Tooth ysar. He Was probably the oldset
advocate in the United xingdeni. BE
took qaist bat effective interest 10 the
progress and prosperity Of Absrdsss
and was . clAssicsl scholar.
Fer forty years csntsnssian soldier
whs recently died in Russian village
was stsns blind. He eoatinusd hia
business Of tailor up 10 the time Of bis
death. threading bis needle BY means
Of his tongue. His sense Of tnuch Wa
% acute that b. could distissuish the
denomination Of bank notes With bis
fingers.
At the Goth anniversary Of the Ban.
gor, Me-. Theological Rsmioary, held
recently, DR.. Pond. President Of tha
faculty, who 10 In HE both year. and
has BEEN connected With the seminary
since 1882. spoks 10 trsE bling tones
and moistcned eyes. He 10 still in fair
health. bas believes this 70 be the last
anniversary be will witness.
When Mrs. Elizabeth Dowmaa, Of
Corydon. Ind. departed this life few
days ago. she wss the sldsst inhabitaus
Of the State. She was . naive 81 Penn.
sylvania. and reached the sstoundise
age of los years. She was the mot her
Of eleven children. the grandmother oil
forty -nins. tbs great gsasdunshss II
one hundred snd nfty-Evs and ~
grsat.srcat-gfsndmothsr u thirty
three.
The ninssissh birthday of the Rev.
: Htasts Van SAntvord, ID. D., Of Nsw
Baltimors. wAs recently celebrated. He
% veil psssesssd. both physisally and
mentally. Tbs doctor istheollees liv,ng
alumuus 81 Uoioa Collieo. irum whieh
he ersdastsd more shaa nfty yoossagn.
Hs has ; rich huaos slsays d Con.
nsnd. and says be b 'liviag "a borrow.
Cd time
New Orlssss hes % cid 0srnsu
woman. knewa - 'Gross9uttsr.' who
hrcams esntsnaSien last Chriskwas.
Hsr cosnioal ssnsies ahsut old tmes in
uermany create great merrimeut, ed
the usighboss asck 10 her house "a
listen 10 theu. She ssws aud reds
without the cid Of glassss. She had swo
husbands and brought up sixtees
children. only one Of whom Il girl.