The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13

,,a nsIon &c Le.eeps h hack ltom M
, t. e.ney ~ the East, and = q bif q
u$oed BY Il. Some negnnn. ~. s"..s.
ss0 much the habit Of sayinr thef III
100 perennially young. Nhaf 49, -. Z.
lsoo q! occasions. The truth = ~ r.
;ee1le feeble and fhtigued. Gtili H.
~ Ie.son to e0ppose that he INV m
nve % 80 HE Panama Conal 0ni.,,sS
oo maybe . score Of yeass thereafkee
.oI npe Old sges here are the ruIe rsfhs,
toan the exception. Only . fev d..
ec8O the United Agr.eulturists s>ve
Ie,tlvnI In honor Of . worthy memhs.
OF mose OF their sooietiee-a mssnhs.
wno ned attained the aee ninefv-ose
sno seemed likely to 90 % to The hnn.
oIeo w1thout any pofticu.aP trouhle I
1oteo elmoat - striking an insfance n
longevity one evening In the cose ef T
venerable man who came into the nar.
1 H Ola house where I was 1t dinner.
aeenng that someone had been shown
lido the salon while the companv ~
SUI dining, the host sent the servant r.,
zee VINO 1t WAS. and she returned saving
that 1t was ''Old Father X" The h1Sf
laughed. "Get chair for him" he
saSd, land ne must have some or the
pudding and glass Of dessert wine" So
tnere came In wrinkled personaee
who conld not have been less than IS
u ne was day old. He saluted ~ xrace-
,uIy - u ne had been thirty, and while
ne joined In the dessert, he remarked
tn:t 1t was r]eaeant to sec such eood
tnlngs TO Ell, for be had not seen MANY
OF tnem lately. How h that, Mr.. X:s'
inquired tho master Of the house. II
thought your old cook who has been
Tor ~ o ex 80 l%aany year, we renowned
Govesnment. you see, won't let me
sIone. ana keeps me trotting round the
country districts organizing primary
scnoo1. l think l shall have of9ani1ed
- many - 5000 by the close Of next
week. Its rough work; have to 20 to
Peeeents. houses, get very plain food
and put up with poor beds-rravel
nignts ~ country wagons, etc. But
tnlnk It Keeps up my health" And he
d1d look Infinitely better ut for the most
irving OF al! labor than the young dan
que OF the boulevard appear. A. We
!e!t the table the host said that the pa-
tr'arch had been q celebrity ~ long ago
2: 1870: and, although, be had outlived
not xea ansP ;SaS !. had eer..
$50. sssSssS VIC ssce1SSty VI Ae00ClO u ~
compared to that of tie aged
Hugo: On Sunday night Of next week
there Is to be = supper ut the Grnnd H0-
tel in honor Of the one hundredth rep
Of Ninety-threc 1.-THE play
taken from the poets striking, almost
grandiOse sketch-fOr It can scarcely be
called novel; the Gaiety. There
will lie numerous company Ot brilliant
actresses and most of the leading litera-
~ mel. Of the capital. Such suppers in
begin ut midnight. Now do
you fancy that Victor Hugo will hest
late to go there because he happens to
be In his eighty-first year: Not at all.
He will very probably walk down there,
II the night is fine, from his house,
which Is ut least two miles away; after
supper he may go earlier than the 9TH
,rs, but he will be ut WORK ut seven.
Now what is the secret Of the splendid
health Of these men: They treat their
,t0machs rs If they were sacred; they
never eat nor do they by accident drink
hat which Is not good for them.-EH-
cu,'d kings Paris Letter IN the Boston
Journal