Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17

rs, and her mother -.
neiehbofhood Of 1870 vssuea b
mother died from feye, %
eyed LADY has been . rem,,l,.ss
worker, having been compsII.s
cut down trses, cut and ssw ON
harrow. She sAys the FOOD "a
she has done her duty ana oa h,
getting her reward. She nov d
Christiap. She carries q lara = ,auis
her back, which came from s. lsnp
She Gays ehe has been a ton. va
and wonid not eat with H. ma
negroes. 'ae %
She has
A ossA Appe,i..
and drinks . half cup of cos
cannst raise her cup to her m"S.,
ing to her nervousness. She n.y. o
and says she can drink rs ae
anybody. Her health ia ma much
good. She walks about the hOSaen
out any assistance, sleeps Veil e sii
70 to bed at ls O'Clock and Aba =
: O'Clock feeling perfectly br,ssee:. op
eyesight is very poor. IhsS Hs
q nickle but,she could not dis, isaoed b
i told her to state what | was s guy
coald have Il. ~ guess I'm t t u
anyhow, sar," was the renlv Keep /
afflicted with rheumatism ma sss
Weighed I've Hundred 49,
Fsands>
Susan was her christened name h,, .
preferred another as that WAS IVY oENt
and was called "Sookey." Hs .,oaas
lost her eyesight when over hn @Csas
which was restored five yean a ss
wards. She has two daughters "ar,a
Nancy and "Aunt Missy s.:h A Y.
Atty. We told her she ought IA I've
with Barnum, whereupon She AN, s.'s
excited and said, 81 thought Won 800 an.
men was fixing up q scheme 10 ,,k.a'
of with a show, No show In min, :.
have white peoples laughing AZ" II
some difficulty l convinced her 7 S.' s
Register Represe.tativ.
and she said: "Oh, well, den tb,,. =,
right" Her grandson voted for 7. "
his first term and won SlO by mn, ~
his age. She is still bright, 6ut ~
nervous and shows her aye. She !. NJ
courteous-much more SO than "
courteous" white people-and !. -
tertaining, and enjoys company,
Next % BaPaam's Colored We.
who believe was li6l, she IL IN. .,
est woman that ever lived in ~
United States. W
The very aged white lady /. ".
Nancy Miller, who resides with bs,s,
Mr.. Henry Miller, the salconis !.
George street, near the 81. Nicho'
Hotel. She was born at I.ancs,,er y
on July II, l7S0, and will be lui ys,s
old next Sunday. She came 20 ts,'
berland when eight years old and h.
been here ever since. She saw MA
ington when he was here, and h.c,n,
acquainted with HIM. She still sp-,l,
of incidents In
Her Younger Days,
of having carried her shoes 10 chu,,,
in q towel and putting them on hrE,,
entering, etc. She remembers the h,
fire here and talks about Fort Cums,
land and bidding Washington iarexd
She IL now confined TO her room, il All,
to walk over the floor slowly, tut Is ye,,
weak. Last October she made VI,
to her nephew nj Mt. Savage. NJ
eyes are much sunken, her color Oar,
aud she presents every appearance q
very old lady. When young she expsr
enced some sickness, but little Of Ia.
years. She Is
Failing Very Rapidly.
and appears to suffer more from the i.
tense heat than any previous year. A
times she feels very well and lsvg
communicative, and when feeling ",
she talks TO old friends Of their young
days. When ! called on her this ana
noon she Was feeling very poorly Al
would not talk much. Her eyesighl
remarkably good for her age, and Il
says she has q good strong stomach u
n lair appetite. She had eleven CHI
dren-sIx boys, Abraham, Henry, job
and William, ranging from fity.,hr
TO sixty.eight, and five girls, MargAr
Anna, Nancy, Elizabeth and Rosa An
ranging from thirty.eight 10 fifly.ioJ
Henry, aged fty.three, and John, ag
sixty, are the only sons living.
Her parents died when under eigb
each. She Ii the oldest citizen In
county.