The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-19
Earning Her Living at 100.

Earning Her Living at 1914.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, living at
Wheatland, ILL.,, came to the Cape one
morning recently in a skiff to sell her
produce, consisting of eggs, chickens,
butter, ETC., says the st. Louis GLOBE
Democrat. In an interviews she
claimed to be 1N years old. She was
born in Jacksport, East Tennessee.
Her father was Irish and Cherokee
Indian. Her mother was French. She
attributes her age to her Indian blood.
She has been married twice, her first
husband, David Musgrove, dying with
consumption. She then married Frank
Lewis, and moved to Stoddard county,
NO., about 1913. While there she
did a large business in the practice OF
medicine, which she claims she al
ways knew, as she got it from her In
dian grandmother, and did not have
to learn it out of books. In 1856 she
and her husband moved to Alexander
county, Ill, where she now lives.
About 1858 Lewis left her. coming to
Paducah, where he married a girl
and was soon after killed. She had
three children-all girls-who married
and died, leaving two children, who,
with their children, are all the rela-
tives she knows of. She owns her
little cabin and an acre of ground at
Wheatland, off of which she makes her
living. Her knowledge of medicine also
brings her something from herneigh-
bors.
She steps around lively, and looks
good for a number of years yet. She
has smoked for many years, and her
pipe solaces many a weary year.
When it vas proposed to have her
photograph taken she readily ac-
quiesed and remarked that it was the
first time she aver sat for a picture.
She is q member of the Missionary
Baptist Church and is quietly watt
ing for the final call. Sine has quite
a reputation as a fortune teller, but
refuses TO take money for it, saying it
is a divine inspiration, and that
money will not buy it, and refuses to
tell a fortune nnless the person goes to
her confidentially.
The Salesman's Side of 1t.
Lady Shopper:-"Have you any
more of that cashmere pattern sat
ine?n
Salesman:-''The kind we've been
selling for fifty centsi. No, lady, it's
all sold"
Lady Shopper:-'Oh, I'm so sorryl
| set my mind on having a dress pat
tern off that, and I wouldn't care if /
had to pay seventy-fve cents a yard
for it either"
Salesman:-"Let me see! Come to
think of it, we have enough for a
dress pattern left"
Lady Shopper:--A remnant9 Then
/ suppose you'll let me have it at a
reduction"
Salesman:-"Sorry, lady, but we
can't afford to let it go under fifty
cents.n
Lady Shopper:-s'Oh, well; 1 only
called in to ask for a friend. / didn't
want it for myself, you know. Dos
ton Transcript.
The Care of Children's Feet
1t is the part of the wise mother to
carefully watch the feet of the little
ones during their tender years.
Keep the head cool and the feet
warm is a faithful admonition,
especially adapted to the children.
With many WOODEN stockings should
be avoided altogether, especially
when they cause itching or sweating
of the feet. Precipitation will be alb
sorbed by the wool, making of the
stocking a cold, clammy mass, more
to be dreaded than the most tempting
mud puddle.n Equip such children
with firm, substantial cotton hose,
providing wooden anklets or leggings,
if thought best, and their feet will be
warm and dry, except for outward
Wellington. Good Housekeeping.
A Little Girls Composition.
The caterpillar is a craling thing
and hears all ever his back and fan
ME found one down her back and it
made me Grail like everything, birds
cat caterpillers and give them to their
children to eat. / don't see how they
can eat them; they are such horrid
things, they look so ofiy, and | feel
/ don't know how.
C~aterpillars climb trees. The other
day | saw a big, big caterpillar, and
he was so horrid that l took a stick
and killed him with it, and threw il
away to letthe swillman take it home
period caterpillars have 1000 or more
legs, he may not have SO many, and
he may have more the big ones have
more than the little | guess that but
/ don't know.
Caterpiliars eat flies and other in,
sects such as ants, miscatos and Others
like that. Also they eat leaves, plum
leaves, and, in short, all kinds and