The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-09
GREAT LONGEVITY.
A Venerable LADY, 101 Years Old.

New York Herald
WILTON, CoNN.--On the 25th of
April, 1882, Mrs. Clarissa Raymond COM
pleted the tooth year of her age. The
occasion was made one of domestic fes-
tivity, and each Of the many present ex-
pressed wish that the central figure in
the pleasant throng might live to see
many more birthday anniversaries. De
scendants to the number of more than
seventy, representing four generations,
besides large number Of friends, called
to offer their congratulations. Mrs. Ray
mond, Notwithstanding her great age, is
still comparatively strong, and should
she live until tomorrow, 18th, she will
complete her l0lst year. The records of
rare longevity present few instances like
hers, and SHE will enter the second year
of her second century with as fair
promise of tarrying with us as when,
nearly one year ago, she celebrated her
centennial. ..ut..
4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MorHER.
Mrs. Raymond resides with her only
daughter, Mrs. Nathan C0mstock, q Well
preserved matron Of n years Dwelling
in the same house she has her grandson,
Mr.. John Comstock, who is IS Years old,
and his wife and their son, aged about
80 years. Mr.. Frank ComstoclS, Of Nor
folk, calls often with his two children,
that they may spend the day with their
Observation-Disclosures, These, when
together, present the spectacle OF five
generations under one roof. The aged
lady takes the children on her lap, and
| through memory wanders back far into
another century to tell them III her
quaint, but none Che less interesting,
way about George Washington's inaugu-
ration as first President of the United
States taking place in New York City
when she was 7 years old; of his death
| nj Mount Vernon, when she was II years
old; of New York City sevohty-twC
years ag6--a mere viEige Dis compared
/ with what it is to-day LII the outskIrt,
Of which, in what IS now known as Hes
| ter street, she dweIt during the, War o
/ 1872; Of the fears Of disaster which Thu
] presence of British forces on land anC
British war vesselsinthe harbor excited
and encouragement to hope for the sue
cess of the American armies aided b,
the city militia Of which her HUSBAND
was alhember. '''' s"'''
Il RECOLLECTIoNs OF THE PAST. nei
Her memory of the past is wonderful
: and if the children could understand sh
|. might tell them of the choir in the Pres
byterian Church, North Stamford, Conn
| of which she was q member eighty-fi
= years ago, when she was l6, and san,
: counter (contralto) from books contain
. ing "buckwheat" notes before churc
= organs had been thought Of, pitch
I pipe being employed to get the key .
= "Old Hundred" "Mear' and the al
4 them "Beforc Jehovah's Awful Throne,
S while the man who performed on tn
= bass viol (the only instrument above
5 in the sanctuary in those days. was SCI
: ond only in dignity and importance t
} the preacher himself Few advance $
: far in years without losing some one G
3 the senses, but Mrs. Raymond has thei
/ all, seeing unassisted by glasses, hoarin
the slightest sounds, her perceptive fa,
e ulties enabling her to take part in COZ
& versation, comprehending not only ii
meaning of what is said to her, but d
tecting the nice turns in story, il on
be told, and laughing as heartily as Il
narrator ut the point where the jol
comes in.
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y Mrs Gen s. G French says; "My de
/ lit boy Robert was at deaths door wi
u Cbofcru LlfdntUm, and | never forget Il
q gratitude eve pr MoFFETT for saving h
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