The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-18
AS SPRY AS EVER.

Mrs. Dunlap, of York County.
South Carolina, though SO years old,
picked 1,40o pounds of cotton last
fall.
Ceramic" Mcclure lives at
Beattyville, Kentucky, at the age of
90 years. She retains all her facul-
ties, and delights in riding horse
back.
Mrs. Mehnert, 90 years old, has
kept the Golden Trumpet Hotel at
Reichenbach, Germany, for eighty
consecutive years. She is still hale
and hearty.
"Uncle" Daniel HolcomB, who
died at Tariffville, Connecticut, a
few days ago, went daily to his
traps and handled his own game.
His age was Sc years.
Henry Gleason, of Pierrepont, st.
Lawrence County, New York, aged
80 years, chopped down a maple
tree three feet in diameter, and
sawed it into stove wood last week.
At the age of II years, Mrs.
Christian, of Claiborne, Louisiana,
picked 1872 pounds of cotton in one
day last season. On another day
in the course of the forenoon, she
picked 125 pounds.
In spite Of his 70 Januarys, George
K Shoenberger, the Wealthiest man
at Clifton, Ontario. was married on
the 18th, to Miss Ella Beatty, whose
Mays have passed into June %
times. Several of Mr.. Shoenberger S
children are older than his bride.
At WhitesYille, Del, a few days
ago a company assembled to wit
ness the marriage of Johnathan
Dennis, aged ninety years, and Miss
0ma Elliott, aged fourteen. Neither
preacher nor groom appeared, and
the party dispersed. On the follow
ing day the company met again and
the two extremes met in matri-
mony,
The Cincinnati Enquifer says
Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards aged 10l
years spent yesterday at the house
of her grandson, A. j. Edwards, No,
Is Plum strees,e7l route to the home
of one Of her sons at Lafay cite, Ind
She is a most remarkable old lady,
and, although totally blind, still
possesses all her other faculties.
1t gives the Franklin, New
Hampshire Transcript pleasure tC
record the following: "John w
Remission, eighty-four years Of age.
recently drove an OK team a dis
lance OF one and a half miles
loaded it with wood and returned
home, having accomplished the
task in length of time Of which
would have been creditable to {
much younger man. His wife, Mrs
Remission, who is eighty-seYen year!
of age, spun and doubled and twis
ted three skeins of yarn Ill. one day.
Living near Blue Knob, KY, is 4;
remarkably aged and well preserved
couple, "Uncle" Johnnie Hill, ageC
ninety six, and his wife, Fannie
| Hill, aged ninety seven. The.
have been married nearly
eighty years. Uncle John enjoys til,
company of young people, and, al
though he does not work himself
every morning, no matter VIVA
kind of weather, he goes out ant
superintenGs the feeding of hi
stock. His wife is very; cheerful
and bright, superintends her house
work and does some of it herself.
Ruth Humphrey, widow of Ebe
Humphrey, of Canton village, i
now living with her adopted daugh
ter in East Granville, MaSsachu
sets, at the advanced age of 10
years, 6 months. She was born il
Southwick, Mass, July %, 1779
Her Tooth birthday was celebrated
July22, 1879, by a large assembling
of friends and relatives. AS tn
day was very pleasant, she walket
out into the open air to mingle witt
her visitors, and this is the onl,
time that she has left the house TO
the space of eight years. She i
quite feeble the present winter, anC
her mental powers seem to suffe
with her physical waste. She
still able to be around the house
portion of the time.