Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20
LONGEVITY AND PIONEERS.
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EDS. REcoRD- UNION Il is claimed by
some OF our most eminent scientists, as
well as physicians and clergymen, that the
organic physical construction of the human
race should carry them to the age of 100
years. Il is a very easy matter for scien-
lists to theorize ON any subject, but facts
generally prove the fallacy OF all such
sophism, and show that the average age of
mankind is but little more than 80 wears.
One fact is self-evident, that there is a
great difference in the longevity of different
families. ] believe that some children in
herit longevity from their parents. while
others carry with them the seeds of disso-
luton from their birth. In my opinion
the longevity OF persons depends as much
on their habits Of temperance and sanitary
| measures 70 preserve their health, as on
their natural power of endurance. Family
| longevity may be classed as hereditary, and
| transmitted from parents to their children
| i'll many families.
1t is but short time since that my atten-
| ton was called TO what was considered
as remarkable case of longevity in four
brothers in the State of Georgia, tn eldest
| of whom was 70 years old / do not think.
| Mr.. Editor, that this is q very remarkable
case, as l know intimately family of
eight persons, four brothers and four sisters.
born of the same parents. in which the
combined average age of the four eldest is
over SO years, and of the eight children 10
years, or 600 years for the family. The an
cestors of this family emigrated from Eng
land in 1910, and settled in the colony OF
| Connecticut. In the old French and Indian
1 xya tho dor, If r
| the colonial rights of the Puritans. and
also in the revolutionary war they shed
their blood freely on many battle fields for
| the freedom of their native land They
| have not yet laid down their arms, but are
still willing to battle for the priceless herit-
age bequeathed to them by their revolu-
! tionary sires. The standard around which
they are now rallying is not the emblem
OF war; but it is not less their countrys
banner which calls them to rally around
| the standard of the Prohibition party to
preserve our civil institutions, which thew
believe are imperiied by the manufacture
and sale of spirituous liquors.
| Plymouth Society of California Pioneers
was organized in August last, and now has
a membership of nearly fifty members, and
is III fiourishing condition as regards
| finances The Society has lost two men,
bers by death, but we are adding new
members at every meeting, and at our last
meeting resolved to celebrate the coming
4th of July, with the hope that the parent
society, the Amador California Pioneers of
Jackson, would unite with the Plymouth
Pioneers in celebrating cur natal day. |
am sorry to notice. Mr.. Editor, in almost
every newspaper, the death Of some old
pioneer who helped to open the pathway
TO civilization and commerce on the shores
of the Pacific. 1t is sad to part with them,
but they are falling around US on every
side. But our old pioneers do not pass
away without leaving an imperishable
monument to their memory, in having
added one more star to the flag of their
country, which is the brightest gem in her
banner, crowned as it is with a golden
| diadem. Who let me ask, Mr. Editor, will
take the place of the pioneers when they
have passed away? The only hope of the
| pioneers is in the Native Sons of the
Golden West, that they viii cherish and
preserve the civil institutions founded by
the pioneers, and carry forward the noble
work SO auspiciously commenced by their
sires. E. S. HAIL.
Plymouth. February II, 1886.