The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-02
GhEAr lONGE ITY-
A Testrabl- Lady One Hundred and
One Years Old.
StrOng oS 10 and BOdy-Ths Ueusuei
SpectarI 90 Ftys GeEeraiiohs
tnuer One s@o0f
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49, RI Herald.
WLTON. Coma, Pill 54.--On the 25'h OF
April. 1852, ST.. ,is,iSs Raymond con-
pIeted tn - Lun1rrdtl year of her age.
The OCCASION "a. .ls.e one Of domestic fes-
y, and each Of the many present ez-
les d q wish shat 80 central figure II the
tss5 Mt thro0c might live TO see many more
O.. LAY anniversaries. Defendants to the
rl~sr of more tan seventy, representing
r senerations, s'des a ll-ge number OF
friends, ca 81 ( oGsr their congratulations
Mrs. Raymond, Notwithstanding her great
age, is IL co I Para;ivsly strong, and should
he live until tomorrow (25th) she will com
plete her en- hvndrsd and first gear. The
records o; rare longevity present few in
stances Ike here, ard she will enter the sec
end year of her sec5nd century, with Is fair
q promise ~ mr. ing with Va as when, near
Iy one year ago, she celebrated her centen-
aisl.
A GREAT-GgEAT-iRl - 0AOTHER.
Mrs. Raymond regicss with Der oll5
daughter, Mrs. Nsthan Comstock, well
preserved mstr1u ct elvcntv-seven years.
Dwelling n the sane house she hes her
grandson. Mr.. JOIN Comstocs, who IS fifty
eight years old an his wife and their son,
aged about thirty years. Mr.. Frank Com
stock, of Norwa,k, calls often with his two
children, that they may spend the cay with
their great-greG.-grandmO These, whom
together, present the spectacle OF i've gensr-
atoms under one 700. The eyed LADY takes
the children on he- lap and through mem
DRY wenders back iaT into another ce3tury
90 tel them IL her quaint, bUtncne the less
interesting y ~ about George Washington
inauguration AZ iFeJ President of the United
States taking D.. e.. 10 New York CRY, when
she was seven yes Gid; OF his death at NJ
Vernon, when size was seventeen years old
OF New York Cas- seventy two years ago-s
mere vilisge as impaired with what IT, IS To-
dsy-;n ne outskirts Of which, II v hat is
now known a. lies er street she dwelt dur
ing the war Ok lSl2; # the {, AIS OF disaster
which the presence OF British forces on land
and British wac vrJ-els in the h8r6or excjt
ed, and Of the ercousgeInents 10 hope for
the success Of the American cause through
American armies, aided hy the city milius,
OF which her husband was member.
RECOLLtCTI0Es or TRE PAST.
Her memory of the past is wonderful,
ana IL the Cbiid5su could undefsle1d she
might tell them Il the choir il the Pres BY
terisn Church, North Stamford Conn, of
which she was d 1se,uber eighty-6v year.
ago, when SHE va sixteen, and sang counter
(COut-dltO) from books continuing buck
wheat notes b-fOTe Church organs had been
thought OF. 9 ca.tIpe being employed to
get the key ii Uld Hundred, i" ''Mea-." nd
the aathtn GVf.Ie JehOYSh's Awful |
fhrore, while ihe man who performed on
the lass VOL tbe only instrument allowed |
IA the sanctuary ia those days, was second |
only IN GgGi;y anc importance TO tue |
preacher himself Few advance so far il |
year without losing some ore Cf the senses |
but Mrs. Raymond mss them ali, seeing I'M |
assisted by gij So, hearing the slightest
souncSl her peIcepLisc faculties enabling |
her 10 take part n conversations, c9mpre-
hendiGS not only the meaning Of what is |
said 10 her bat 6clecung the nice turns IN @ |
story, II one be told, and laughing 90 heart |
~ aS the narrator at he point where The |
Oke comes in.
sTRON MENTAL FACULTIES.
The clearness OF her mental faculties, ana |
the accuracy With which she fixes date. sLd |
states facts may be illustrated by the TO- |
lowing circumstance: Mrs. Benjamin. |
Whitney, Of tais place, who is IesrIy
eigh5y.tiye yesrs old, applied, under the
new law Of Congress, for a pension, her
hush md. long siL &C deceased, having ssrv q
during The War q 1872 IN : Connection
regiment. SEVERITY years ago town lecoIdS
were not Kept = t.h the faithful adherence
TO detail nov. v men the com pany TO
which Mr.. Whitney belonged wss mus
tered out the simple verbal IL
formation was impaired to the Mon
that their terms Of service had expired, aud
that they were at Liberty 10 return home
These factx-ali thst could be found IS hear
= m m H. - - .ct.z
record that She was the second wife OF de-
ceased-were forwarded TO Washington, but
she Department. declined 10 grant pension
in the absence & documentary evidence, CT
some stronger proof that Mr.. Whirey had
SERVED Mrs. RAJ mcrd, who Nas then verg-
ing pom herhUndredth year, was consulted,
and was fOa 4 tEal she had known wel
~ applicants kusbsnd, remembered his
S"lt~tmsat II STAFFORD, Conn his depsr.-
u,e iJr he seat OF war fCOm New Haven,
-t,d Of bis et1rn and muster ont Names.
iatcs and places. and an outline o. the Lar
Fstions Of comb =. with British forces, WI l.
1. told ia her aeeriug after arriving home
sene given, AID his e ideDce, from source
50 authentic arc Trustworthy. had its effect.
The pension, with beck pay. was granted.
INDUsTRIOUs AND HAPPY.
Whenever Mrs. Raymond reeds-and sbe
does so rarely of ja;c-it is from library
com nsIslng ture1 oOJES-lne BIDle, q WOTk
entitled The Lie o. Jesus Chus'," IN large
type and printed more than q hundred years
ago, and tae New England Primer" but
she listens and understands when others
read. LII she woke ia1d she GEES few IDLE
mOmsns) il is wish the knitting needles, IS
shs flds time end 81 - Incluanon, and she
will bequeath 10 her Successors many
an object IS souvenir made
with her nwn hs1d5 since she pissed
her one bunds, dta year. a strict adherence
TO the rule, adopted % ber fully half a cen
tury ago, Of "Eae,Y to bed and early TO ri.e'
has secursns 70 her pluch of her present
physical strength, aad as a consequence
each day IS incidents, 10 master what they
are, c1niGce to her pleasure end peace Of
mind, morning dawn bringing gladness 10
her heart, evening shadows and fading hight
teaching tEsir lessons. which, it may De.
suggest the hour of i0al deps TUE, toward
wbicl she l0oss, not in fear bat in conf
dence, praoar-f q calmly waiting.