The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-04
QUITE ABLE ~ THEIR AGE,
Come cticut Farmers OF so and 90 Who
Can SIM Make the Hay Fly.


HARTFORD. Aug Ca stranger. strolline
along Bloomfield avenue at Windsor recently.
saw an exhibition Of old.fashioncd hayine
that surprised and amused him. Two hale
and gallant old gentlemen in n smooth open
lot by the roadside were swinging the scythe
like sixty. but they We're good deal older
than that. and the stranger was sure Of it.
Accusing Windsor wayfarer. he pointed to
the bayfield, and inquired: Who are the smart
old mon over there. and how old are thcy?"'
WALL" replied the Windsor man. they are
the boss hayers about here. One is Mr.. Prem
ticc Of Court street. and he's "a last March {;
and tho other is his neighbor. Mr.. LanGdon Of
Maple avenue. and he was 81 bout two months
ago. Hay 1t yet? Wall. Course they kermit
hay it as they used ter forty years ago. but
you kin bank on it there amt no young fell
lows round here that wants to buckle onter n
snath aud folcr EN- all day now. lookin' Just
as they do this minute. Yer hear me-"
As genuine old style Connecticut "hayers"
Messrs. LanGdon and Prentice have quito q
reputation all about Windsor: they have the
ld-fnshioned. easy swinging style with the
scythe. and tho swinging gliding. swift gait
to keep up with all day. The old men are not
only ncighbors; but long friends, and they
Wore moving the Frisbie lot in Windsor Mt the
mutual resolution TO .. try the old scytho" and
see whether they had forgotten tho way to
There's nothing very wonderful, however.
about rugged old fellows doing mons work al!
them In the Land OF Steady Habits There arc
many octogenar inns and u few nUnogennr iuns
who labor all day all tho year around and
ever. only the exgencies Of the ha, ing season
Thsie IS EphrSim newell Newell Of Eli nston in lofty
Tolland county, for instance, who became rs
event by taking down tho old Newell cradle
Ior fore q the aay Sad one Of his n$lsh.
bors. speaking Of the old mans vigor: why.
he not only cut the c,leanest clip oiali tho men
Graded right around men who are not more
than one.;;half his age 1t was II boiling hot
1t is n fact that the best rye GRADER in New
London county is man over 40 Years Ga io and
o! 40. In the same county is Francis Ercwn
OF Norwich. who is 80 years old and who a
c TnaG tn s'Fs % .ys
eightieth anniversary Of his birthday. and tn"
Of his house alone. Then there is Deacon Ben
jamin Brown OF Brook lyn village in the same
rsEy: k M is = years DID, and his fricnds
that would arpall some OF tho modern dudes Of
got hove out" tho Brooklyn folks put it;
lie Tell on u hemp Of stones; md WAS bruised
would have hc"n done M by tho accident. hut
tn" Deacon was u work about his farm day
or two Inter.
But old Mr.. Lyman Tolcs Of Tollcs Station.
Terryville. ~ perhaps tho ni.tlest Did boy in
the state He is over 20 years old. and was
fields Of his farm. whore the temperature over
topped the number % his years by more than
and steps anout as hriskly rs hoy. At Plain
vile Is Michael cullen, who rides bicycle
ike the wind. but no is young, OF course.
being only n. He goes 10 and from
his business daily on his wheel. and. ordinary
riders nre not anxious to tackle i'm for q rum
ming boat. In tho same town is Mrs William
Newton. who rides horse daily. and her lar-
dihood and ambition are worth noting, DO
cause sh., is r. Al tho village OF South XII.
the measles. and the joke OF it IL he has all
thore arc in Connecticut, Therefore he would
like to know how hc got them. He's got EN-
mid. hOMnNNr.