The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03

Lambertson is over ninety. AMI gets 10
aud out Of wagon without any assist
apce.
Frank Golden. who was born in 1908,
states that he was never sick in his lie
until the grin grabbed him and gave him
8 tight squeeze.
Warren County has a number OF veneer
able citizens. prominent among them be-
ing Isaac Wiiarick. who has filed every
office in the gift of the rural voter except.
Governor. Heis father of the well-known.
Senior Vice Commander of the New Jer-
sey Department of sthe Grand Army. He
is ninety and still gets much delight out
of political discussions. He is an old time
Jacksonian Democrat. John T. Blair, who
owns more railroads than any otner man
in the United States, lives in the town
that is named after him. He is now
reaching the ninety notch and is still hale
and hearty. His wealth Is fabulous,
aud there are more stories current about
his parsimonous habits than any other
public man. Warren County has an old
fashioned lady who has just recently con-
Guided that her chances for marriage
have passed, and she is reconciled to pass
the remaining years of her life happy
spfnster. She is Miss Rachel Smith, and
is over ninetY-six years old and still
cheerful. Joseph Wildrick is 3d. Mrs.
Hester Tnsman, Of; Walter Wilson, 80;
Mrs. Bloom, 80; Matthias Vass, a veteran
of Fort Sumter 81; Abram Swisher,
well-known veteran turfman, So; Eli
Forth, Sc; Andrew Teel, commonly
SO; Lavina letter, Susan France, Harriet
Thompson and Ruth Wise, four maiden
ladies, have all lived over eighty years.
In Morris County lives Samuel Swayze,
now ninety. the pride aud glory of Ches-
ter township He is able to read without
the aid of glasses. and reads considerable.
He has q wonderful memory and plays
whist for pastime. Trenton justly boasts
of having the oldest base au crank in the
county. He is old Charles Lyons, the
veteran of three wars, and now turning
ninety. He is overcnarged with war
"reminiscences, and any rainy day he can
be found in the New Jersey State House
fighting over the battles he had with the
Florida Indians, the Mexicans and the
Confederates- He is magazine of base
ball lore. He attends all the games in
Trenton, and occasionally journeys TO
Philadelphia and New York to see game
when his pocketbook will permit. He
takes bet or two and can stand loss
herofcally.
VIGOROUS OLD MEN OF PROMINENCE.
The State of New Jersey lays claim to
the honorable distinction of having more
vigorous old men of prominence than any
other Eastern State. They are men still
active who have accomplished much work
and whose reputation for remarkable
deeds and mental vfgor has gone out be-
You'd the State. Abraham Runyon,
father OF ex-cnancellor Rupyon, of New
ark, Essex county. is now ninety-one. He
is known as Father Runyon, and was
horn on the old Runyon homestead at
Greenbrook which for two hundred
years has been in the family. The ex-
Chancellor's family is noted for its ion
gevity. His father was eighty-four years
OF age at the time of his death, in 1885,
and his mother had attained her ninety
first year when she died in 1861 OF his
five brothers one lived to be almost ninety,
another reached eighty-nine. a third
eighty-six and fourth seventy eight. The
only one who died In early life met with
a fatal accident while in the best OF
health, at the age of thirty-tvo.
The venerable DIR. James McCosh the
ex-President of Princeton College, now
called .the good old man." is eighty
years Of age, with strong mind and still
interested in the administration of
Princeton College. In Trenton the well
known Dr. John A. Hall, pastor emeritus
Of the First Presbyterian Church, is
getting ready to observe the fftieth ami
yersary as pastor of the church. He is
now eighty-iYe years old.
One Of the well-known old men in New
Jersey is Ex-Governor Rodman NJ. Price,
who. Notwithstanding that he is seventy
five years old, is still vigorous, aud he is
now promoting several gigantic schemes
de has just been awarded neat sum by
the United States Government for money
loaned whilezhe acted as Purser of the
navy on the Pacific coast In 1910. He was
born in Sussex county on November 5th,
1876. He is said to have been the first
person to exercise judicial functions
under the American flag on the Pacific
coast. at Alcalde. He was made Navy
Agent in 1S48; from 1851 TO 1853 after hts
return to the East, he served as a member
lSof Congress from this State He was
Eovernof from 1854 90 1851, and in 1861
was an influential delegate to the Peace
Conference.
KEEP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SISTERS.
In the New Jersey Conference there are
several remarkable specimens of we'll pre-
served manhood. Rev. Allan Thompson
Is ninety-ive, aud recently on the floor of
the Conference he stated that he was
still good talker and a good walker.
Rev. Clifford A. Lewis of Burlington is
another old fashioned minister who IS
over ninety, and who, when addressing
the Conference recalled recollectious of
his early work, and stated that the first
counsel that he received from the presid-
lug elder when he started out as a circuit
rider was, Brother, If you want to sue
coed in this work, keep on the right side of
the sisters"
The Oldest practitioner in the State
courts is ex-Chancellor Benjamin Will
Hanson, who was born in 1907. He oc-
casionally handles case In the Supreme
Court ana his presence Is sure to attract
large number of lawyers. He was Chan
cellor of the State from 1852 to 1859, and is
the son ofex-Goyernor Williamson. When
last before the Court, the opposing lawyer
who was sitting in the library talking
TO Colonel Morris Hamilton, the old
librarian, made the remark t'Guess Pll
go up stairs and watch Benjamin, it would
be just like MIN to play joke or two on
US. One OF the characteristics is that he
will never argue case on Friday.
David Neighor OF Hunterdon County is
said to be the oldest ex,Assemblyman in
the State. He is ninety.two and still
bright He and the venerable Robert
Laird, one of the quaint characters Of
Monmouth County. and ex-United states
Senator Catteli are the only three men
still living who sat in the historical Con-
stitutional Convention in 1874 They are
now classed among the distinguished old
men Of the State 80 q
Hoboken Counciimen7s Caucus. %;
At caucus held at thee hoslss OF Coun-
Gilman Erlenkotter on Fridaynight, 4the
new members of the Hoboken Council
made slate 1t is said that Councilman
Erlenkotter will be made chairman of
the council; that Philip Kirschner the
present assistant city clerk, will be reap
pointed, and that Charles Fosdlick will be
appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Assistant City Clerk Darcy.
Andrew Miller will be made postmaster
for another term.