Daily Republican., 1883-05-08
j. y. 1899.


j. y. 1889.
The natural and reasonable inference
is that these letters and figures were
cul on this tortoise by the late cx- Prcsi-
dent buchanan himself. AS the posi-
ton OF the inscription Indicates, the
reptile was nearly its present size when
it was placed un il, and aS that was
lust fifty years ago, "" are fully juSti
fled in assuming ii lmu>t be from - to
i0n years Did now.
Bat if we do hot know much Of the
carrier years of Jimmy -!uSuamrd
by til" present owner, torit is Il female
We II" know Il good deal about her
life during th" thirteen years past, dur
ing which her hun" has been on the
premises Of Mrs. Ewing, residing ON
the corner of North Queen and Lemon
streets. The finder gave Jimmy " to
lllS lady thirteen $cars ago, and tlIerr
she has lived happily, we suppose,
ever since, as her treatment has been
.! the kind"Nr, Jimmy is visible
only during the Summer months.
Ii the cold weather comes early in
tn" faI she digs her way eighteen
inches "r two feet III the ground in De-
tober, bat If it remains warm and pleas
AN SIT" stays out until November en-.
luNing the pleasant sunshine
After She rrfireS for the scaSuu, moth
ing is seen OF her until mild weather
come, along in the spring in April or
May, when she rrnrrgrS from her
lyh"rnacuum to spend the summer
l. a cours" Of uninterrupted enjoyment.
81" made her annual appearance on
Thursday and seemed none The worse
ur her long winters sleep. Jimmy"
,nowS her mistress by sight and often
"nes to the kitchen doorstep on a
cclabie visit.
Some years ago, u male companion
amrd Red Eye" was procured to
olacc the life Of ".Jimmy," and they
ave been getting along very well.
Red Eyes" habits are Identical with
hose of his companion. Four years
90 this aged but happy pair succeed
II in raising small family of two,
nd the four are doing as well as Che
)nlanS can be expected to do under the
circumstances. Strange To say, all four
woke from their winter nan and
romptly presented themselves to their
Npectant mistress on the same day.
Red Eye, 50 named from the color
t his eyes, is somewhat larger than his
but whether older or yonnr-
r there is no Lneans Of knowing. Od
: they evidently are. they are in excel
mt health and if they have not yet
,npIetch Their centennial hid fair to
o so unless some unusual catastrophe
vertakeS them.
just Il few word, more about these
'ptileS, Though loW in the scale of
nimal life they are very interesting.
hey seem capable Of hecumiug attached
those who have long had he care of
lrm. The amiablc White Of Sclborne
axes frequent mention Of one In his ,
'Ssession and which hc had known !
wards OF forty years. Like those de-
rlbed above, this one retired under ,
ound iii November 20 appear in the i
ring. Although il had raraparr /
ut would have resisted ne weight uf !
ihdrcdS of pounds, il always seam. !
red to shelter Wlrl ii began to rain. :
was dlnrnaI in il, nai.ia an, never /
fred abroad after dark, "
1t ate nothing for some weeks after l.
ming out i'll III" spring and nothing 1
r some time before it., retirement in
e iaiI, although Il Vuracion. feeder ,,
'rlng the summer, II was iilattentivr =.
strangers, but shnilIrd towards the
ly who had 50 long cared fer il with
'kward alacrity. Thls'urtoIse weighed .
In"thing over six pounds. To prove
ey are not such stupid creatures as q
= supposed, this one would in the +
Il prop himself against the gar g,
n wall to catch the full force Of the a
II 5 rays TortoS"s are, perhaps, the $,
ngest- lived Of all existing ere e,t,,res. ii
ceeding even the elephants in this II
rticular. :
There l., still tu be seen at l.amberll 81
,jarc, Euraui, the shell Of a tor, ,i,c :,
Olsht tur" it, 1923. II lived to 1850 \.
, period or III years. Anuthcr was ~
II IN the garden of the Episcopal paI-
,. 81 Eutham by Bishop Land in 1923
1t died IN Ilii--l1I years. one was of
.pl At ,hr Cathedral Of Peterborough, "
lose authenticated age AS shown by |tl
,aihulral records WaH .!2t years. W
ir II the Bishops, whose iuCurubrncy II,
,lul -iXlN '!lr-, testified he saw no VI
rb." cnanG, ~ aII JuH' time. 1t ont -.
'rd no trM .r than ,n,"u b'hop, vino y
IRE the wi'rr thrr /. weighed ihjl. L..
N uoulds dud cnuJd walk about Nlrn 'lu
) round. un II, hgch. II, sustcnan "
Il care were provided Tor out Of the
.Hwlral r,'v'lli".,
TWO CEnrHENrIu ~. rs. cA
1prakiug Of tine ID. j." tanIr To II at
member Of he Lancaster ca
+, he recalled u reception given in tn
ncaStcr, years ago, to Justice Wood ar
rd. At that tim" the " i. y. ~ (Joln to
rr) whisky was very popular, ald
was manufactured 1T what was
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