The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-11-07

Perhaps II IS true that only an expert
or q philosopher sseuld dras e7neiasions
pretend o. be neitheroaen nor the other.
yes tbink familiarity with the f4c.-
saths-ed ab5rt thess hBnirels Of oid
people viii exruse anything on my part
THAI might az irst thought look Ike pre-
sBuption. What I haze tried % learn
frou the vast amount of Information that
has been collected about these examples
of long lie are thesa things
What Is tie inflen-e % the different
occupations upon the length of iife9
Does the physical build o. q person
have anything to 10 with the length %
lslslifse
Fex pf the people accounted f1r By this
s,eus1= are employers. useless the house
wives be eaHeI such, sad in New-Eag-
and certainly think they cas not be-
The occupation thai claims ul9=- Of the
men Is farming. which Dependence
90 circumstances and nos men Of the
men aal women alike. throughout the
l.s,. they are EXCEPTIONS who hEve not
5ae1 weighted with responsibilities. BOT
responsibaities which, b. bsiuE borne
without intsrmisslon, have become a tx
Ell hab.. The fact that - ia4uy oftaese
r.e0le are not employers. considered IN
c0nianctio0 With iae 1ac. that the great
mass Of mankind Is made up of wse--
WORKERS. points toward very important
e3uelasion- L seems evident either that
@ g.an with the clements Of long hie
within bim + more independent IN bis
r.ture Or that spirit ai independents
tsterei for wears tends % probing exist
suce. Is nee h 10 collection of si.ttistlc=
% prove that, in mos, eases, one who
sorks duru1 a bong period f1r another
las a weaker iniivilu4lity than be Nho
j. ~ employer. The braun 0f the sa-e-
Forssr Ray Rei-s ana measure - la...i
and his phys5cii strength may osas ,relt.
Is his who taEes tie Tisk of profit and
. loss upoa hiu-cls. 0uf IN N-a England,
. .t ieasr. hss lsie Is nos 81 long - the as
erlgs. au,l 70 r. rare. astiIe statistics show.
that be lives beyond the age q eighty
TINS Ie=al. can not. certainly. be iae in
any considerable degree % smount oi
labor. to irreuu'ariiy. or ia any degree
whatever % s4re--sul lposeilto Be sodead-
Ey I'm its ef-ct-1r % wznt Of neurisiiu, !,
l,ol
doabi a,ss ifaay wel.-inf5rmel PER
s9u aili rlai,n tiiat sanitary coaiiliqus
nave any inluenee. csraiaIy not e he
kuoEs asta1rA IS & DO Of tie c1alitions
uajer i.ie iuik ofthee people whom Ee
are considering Size
very lew Instances are given where oe-
rupafisns were -hansei excerpt in the
T eases oftte Mariners aho have mostlg >
+ Iecome farmers ID small say TIE lie
[ II nearly ali these people has been wh-i
Is usualy considered @ ui71otoneus one.
+ with rszui.r hours u steady iabor and
moderate,y sure ref1ras Fex appear %
f. have tazen any risss ils. iifs. ami vliis
most or item hase carrisd more than iias
average -Enziander'- share Of msa-
rll AMI physical b1r.iens, these burdens
Z haze been So eTenly distributed thn0a-il-
a1t life that the strain hlsnot been iersy-
Surely the housewife has sIore ears than
-he woman who a1rss in shop OF a. a
house-servart, ard vet her cares arr -
similar dag after dag and year after year
that they beeome easy - bear- - ai=1
with the t.rmer compared with thecisfk
OF iaill-hand. Few n al the iisf have
been either more OF iess than moderately :
.s,lcrsssi 1l-slfcassf1 ABOVE the ager lze.
b he snre. bat they have achieved Meth
er noioriety nor wellsh- They have IN
Gct, been pissed ABOVE tie Wrestling woT-
~ Of sant. ani have, oa the other hand,
escaped the sofening Of the tissues ard
ainiiessaess Of parpo-e that zeneraliy ar-
company wealth easily and Fapiily OBJ
tained
I Ihaye alluded to The flcs that IN the