The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-22
TIE COUNTY HOSPITAL.
An Interview With Uncle Patrick Clark
Aged 100 Years.

| An 1nttFftGW Win tuCAC otANA NANA "A
AGED 100 Years.
/ Your reporter the other dav paid a
visit to that useful and somewhat inter-
esting institution, the county hospital.
The hospital is used by both county and
citv, and is in charge. Of Dir. f'has.
Holmes and lady, than whom none
/ better could be found for such charge,
a fact fully attested by their popularity
with the patients, and the excellent con
dition in which the hospital is kept.
The hospital is situated adjoining Mr..
Holmes residence, two miles from the
city, in a building erected especially for
the purpose, and has been under the
supervision of Mr. Holmes for the rast
two years, and he was awarded the care
of the county's sick for the coming year,
ut the last meeting Of the board of COM
missioners. The board paid visit 10
the institution in Il body several days
ago, and were much pleased at the clean
illness and order mani rested. The hos
pifal has ten cots, which are we'll and
warmly furnished. Every patient has
his own cot, towels, soap. etc, and the
beds are well kept. At present there
are six patients, none of whom are dan
gprously i'll, and all are constantly inn
proving under the skillful treatment OF
Dr. II. W. Foster, the attending physi.
elan. a kind hearted and skillfuI practi-
TONER.
Yonr reporter had the pleasure of
being invited to dine with the patients,
and found the food Of quality vastly
superior to that Of any institution of the
kind ne has eyer visited, and unlimited
in quantity. among other blessings,
the patients bave an unlimited quantity
of good, sweet, pure, fresh milk, and the
finest of gilt edge butter. The patients.
one and all. are high in their praises
of Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes, and lately were
thrown into much CONSERVATION by
report that there was soon to he a
change in the management of the hospi.
tai
Among the residents is
UNCLE PATRICK CLARK-AGED LOG.
Mr.. Clark was born in County Galway,
Ireland, on the 10th of August, $780, |
and is therefore LOG years of age He is
of course somewhat feeble at times, but |
for one of s,.Ch extreme Old age, Is gen.
orally very vigorous both physically and |
mentally, but as he is very much ayerse
to talking Of himself, and to having his
name appear in print, your reporter
found it very difficult to gather the in
cidents of his long life. r.
Mr.. Clark came to the United States
in 1851, anG first settled with two sisters |
in Lowell, Mass, and from theEce re.
moved to Missouri, whence he removed |
to Nebraska, and finally settling in Mon
tana about 1864 He was first engaged |
in the freighting business, and then for
a time was at Banncck City in the mer-
camille business, from which place he |
removed to the Gallatin valley about |
1879, and has remained here ever since |
Feeling his age at last, he concluded to
find quiet, comfortable place, in which
to pass the remainder OF his life. and so |
came to Charley Holmes, who takes the |
tenderest care Of the centenarian, and |
he wants for nothing
Mr. Clark was in the Daniel O'Cennell |
uprising of 1916 48, and both he and his |
father were sentenced to transportation |
TO Botany Bay, The sentence Of the
elder Clark was carried ont, ard he |
served seven years-his full term, His |
son, however, was more fortunate, being !
saved from q similar fate by a Miss
O'Flaherty, daughter Of captain in the
British army, and an attendant upon the
queen, who interceded in his behalf, be- |
cause the elder Clark had once saved
her fathers life Mr.. Clark was never
in the arms, being considered 100 old at
lllt COMMENCEMENT VI tlAC " dI w TLlIA5G |
As before stated. the Old gentleman is
generally, physically, yet strong, and as
evidence of that fact it is stated that he
recently knocked down the strongest
man around with his fist for fancied |
Insult.
GODS HALF ACRE.
neatly enclosed By a fence, lies Gods
Half Acre" the burial place of those
who have passed over to the other side
and laid their weary heads and cares
alike away. 1t contains thirteen graves,
each surmounted by neat, white paint
Ell headstone, placed there by Mr..
Holmes. giving the name, age, etc, of
each unfortunate.