Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-12-18

lutA Stlt loI ilit pHl STEFAN, WHO eN
pected could not live three days to al
end. However, they resolved upon Tho
letting of blood to prevent the coming
of fever, as often happens in such eases
/ was so confident that the regular life
which had led had prevented the con.
tracing of any i'll humors that | op
posed their prescription. | ordered
them to dress my head, to set my LEG
and arm, to rub me with some specific
oils proper for bruises, and without any
other remedies | was soon cured, to the
great astonishment of the physicians
and all who knew me-
! lie argued that a simple and fru0a
diet, like that which he practiced, had
the happy advantage of being easily
adapted to rich and poor; but his dis
position Of the mendicant is rather
amusing:
"A poor old man, if he have no
means to buy meats, could easily live
well ON bread, broth and eggs, and
there is no man, howsoeyer poor he
may be, that can stand in need of these,
unless they are downright beggars of
whom ! do not pretend to say any
thing. The reason of these being so
miserable in their old age is because
they were idle and lazy when young,
and it is better for them to die than to
live, for they are a burden to the
world.
Another excellent habit of Cornaro' 5
was that of making himself useful to
his neighbors and the public. He says;
81 walk out in my gardens, along my
walks and canals, where | always meet
with some little thing or other to do,
which at the same time employs and
diverts me. | sometimes divert myself
with sport that agrees with me at
my age, namely, in going out with
a setting dog or with terriers. Some
times | walk TO my villa, whose
streets terminate ut a large square.
Through this villa runs river, and
the country is enriched with fruitful
and well cultivated fields. This was
not SO anciently. 1t was marshy
place, more proper for frogs than for
men to dwell. | thought it advisable
to drain the land; so the air became
more wholesome. Several families
have settled there and rendered the
place very populous, where, | may say,
that ! have dedicated to the Lord a
church, altars and hearts to worship
Him, which reflection is great com
fort to me. Sometimes | pay visits to
friends in neighboring towns, who
procure me an acquaintance with the
ingenious men of the place. | dis
course with them about architecture,
painting, sculpture, mathematics and
agriculture. | visit public buildings
palaces, gardens, antiquities, churches
and Notifications. When | am willing
to be alone, ! read good books and
sometimes fall a writing, seeking
always an occasion Of being useful to
the public. " In his eighty-third year,
so sprightly was his mind and gay his
humor, that he composed a comedy for
the stage, which, he says, twas divert
ing. without shocking the audience.
The retention of all his powers to the
last was certainly remarkable. In his
year he records that he was
and brisk, slept well, relished
all he ate and that none of his senses
had failed; that he had still lively
fancy, a happy memory aud 4 sound
that his voice was more
tuneful than ever, so that he could
chant forth his morning Office more
easily than in his youth. He delighted
in children. II meet not on y with
two or three, but eleven grandchildren.
the eldest of which is eighteen and the
youngest two years old, all born OF the
same father and mother, all heallhful,
of good parts and promising hopes |
take delight in playing with the
and often make them sing
and play upon musical instruments,
and sometimes join in concert with
them.
Though he lived so much longer
than the generally allotted years OF
man, he knew that the springs of life
must sometime cease to flow. He
looked forward to his end as an event
through which he would pass without
pain, and he was not disappointed.
His granddaughter relates that, feeling
that his last hours were approaching,
he disposed himself to leave this life
with the piety of a Christian and the
of a philosopher. He made
his will and set all his affairs in order;
after which he received the las sacra-
ment and expected death in an elbow
chair. In short it may be said that,
being in good health, having also his
mind and eye very brisk, little faint
ng fit took him, which was instead OF
an agony, and made him fetch his last
breath.
As sometimes we have seen wan
lering cloud of mist dissolve away into
he clear ether of the upper skies, so
.he life of this genial, happy old man
faded gently and peacefully away into
mother life,
'Unmcasured by the fight of years"
He died at Padua on the Goth OF
April, 1866, and was buried in the /
Church of ST. Anthony on the 9th Of
May following. His wife survived him /
.or some years, reaching 20 a good old F.,
are, and her death at last was so tran /
luil that, rs the nun records il: "She |
left this life without being perceived. y
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