St. Paul daily globe., 1889-11-01
THREE OF THE EGR EATEsT.
Old Gabriel, the Oldest, Mr..
Rockefeller, the Richest, Bob
Carlton, the Hunter.

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Carlton, the Hunter.
The oldest man in the world, the rich
est man on earth, and the greatest hun
ter in existence. Three characters of
more interest could scarcely be grouped.
"Oid Gabriel" the first, is 80 years of
age. He is an inmate of the county
pOOrhouSe at Monterey, Cal. The exact
date of his birth is unknown, but suffi-
cient evidence has been addueed to
prove the truth of his being from 145 to
$50 years old. 1t is well authenticated
that at the landing of Junipero Sierra at
Monterey he was grandfather, and
when the first chapel was built in the
site of the present Carmelo mission in
1771-72, he was present and assisted in
erecting the adobe walls. "Old Ca
briel'' has never used liquor or tobacco.
His diet has been of the simplest and
plainest food, his habits, including that
of frequent bathing, regular. Probably
the Oldest man in the world is an In
dian.
Standing between the pauper, who is
the most ancient, and the old hunter, is
this man of to-day, in the flush of man-
hood-John. ID. Rockefeller-wh0se in
come is S20.000,0C0 year. He is the
president of the Standard Oil cOmSany.
He was educated in Cleveland, o..
where. thirty years ago, he was the
proprietor of small refinery. From
this beginning he has achieved his
enormous wealth and power. He spends
great part of his time In New York,
where the offices of the company are
situated. and in other places besides
Cleveland, but is still superintendent of
the Sunday school of one of the Baptist
churches of that city, attending its ses-
si0nS whenever he can do so. He has
long been an earnest worker of the Bap-
tiSt denomination, to the interests of
which he contributes literally. Mr..
Rockefeller has made a splendid contrl-
button, said to be millions of dollars, to
the Baptist university at Chicago, plac-
ing this institution far beyond the pos
sibility of its being pinched fol funds.
He is quiet, retiring man. domestic in
his habits, and the head of household
which is said to be model in its SIM
plicity of life.
Not so old as Gabriel and far from be.
ing on a financial footing with MIR.
ROckwefeller, is Uncle Bob Carlton. of
Arkansas. He claims to be the greatest
nimrod on earth. However that may
be it is conceded that he is the greatest
squirrel hunter. He is 126 years of age.
He was born in 1868 in North Carolina.
He remembers Marion and Sumter. and
can tell many thrilling stories of Rev.
olutionary times. He says ne helped to
make Washington president. He has
voted a straight Republican ticket ever
since the formation of that party. He
moved from North Carolina to Temes-
see in 1915, where he lived prosper
GUS farmer until 1882, when he
came to Magazine, Logan conn.,
tY, Arkansas. "Uncle Bob"
has in years gone by followed the black
smith trade. He is living on his farm,
spending most of his time in fishing and
hunting. "Uncle Bob" is great squir-
rel hunter, often killing as many as a
dozen OH a single hunt. He is strong
and hearty. and has remarkable eye
sight. His gun 'Old Trusty," is large,
od-fashiOned rifle which has strange
history, having gone through the ReyO-
lutiOnary war. 'Uncle Bob's" favOrite
position in shooting squirrels is to lie
down on his back, and he rarely fails to
kill his game.
He takes great delight in counting his
children and grandchildren, the latter
of which he numbers by the score. Most
of them have settled around him, and
Bob is quite happy, hoping that he may
live to see another Republican president
enter the White house.