The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-25

| daughter. both of whom are still liv-
| ing. The son is aged 81 still as yigor-
GUS and active rs - man OF 30, and,
with his wife and family. is giving his
| mother all the attention possible. The
daughter. too. il vigorous and active
for one of her years. There are tive
generations of the family living within
u mile of each other.
Mrs. Bramble is little below me
dunn height Of slight huild. hut is as
erect rs II miss Of III, active in her
movements. of keen intellect and III
the full possession of her faculties cN-
cepting that of hearing. and il is 10y no
means difficult IL carry on a converse
tion with her with but II moderate Gle
walton Of the voice There is nothing
about her actions to convey an impress
sion of her great age. Her eyes are
clear and bright and her checks have a
fresh look lacking in ladies many
years her junior She is an earl riser
many mornings being up before any
other member of the household and
does her share of the ordinary home
duties. On the occasion az her one
hundredth birthday II party WAS held
in honor of the event, and the old lady
was up ut o'clock in the morning fly
ing around and getting ready for the
gathering. She did not once sit down
TO rest during the day and staid up a.
late as the Youngest that night. She
has been afflicted with serious Illness
but once. and that WAS about two
Years ago. when an attack of the grip
came near terminating her earthly eN-
istencc. She pulled through. how
ever. and seems now to be good for
many years of life.
The Fourth of July was the one
hundred and third birthday of Abram
Parsons. better and more widely known
as ABE Bunter." Abe is u character
of Williamstown. Mass. lie i person
ally acquainted with every living grad |
uate of Williams college
Abe" probably has the hardest head !
in the world. How he found this ont |
is not recorded. but he early discoy
cred that in butting he had no equal. I
and he made the most of the diScov-
cry \ plank which il was desirable
TO split Abe would sever 10y taking the |
heaviest board in his two hands and |
splitting il on his Uranium Tradition /
has il that liuntcr once broke grind
stone into splinters and twenty years
ago there were venerable and trust
worthy citizens of WiliamStown who
Nbu'Ith lhI TIC ltuls ~ Ills It'Ntt W
came known the students and people of
the village would bride him 10 test it.
\ cheese would he put in Il bag and +
Abe told that he could have the cheese
if he could break il by butting. This
proved so easy that thin gl'indstonc
was substituted for the cheese in the
bag. and Eunter shivcrcd the stone
with comparative ease. lie claims to
have killed sheep with his head, and
even t. have battlcd with bulls in this
way. In sober truth it may be said
that those who knew Abe in his prime
would hesitate about backing the bull
with money in such Il contest. Al
though Abe has lived beyond the cen
fury he il much more lively than many
half his age.
1t may be assumed that there are
few persons now living who have. like
DR. W. IL. Moore of ForInby. talked
with person who had spoken to am
other person who was present AZ the
famous Siege OF the Maiden City"
whose prentice boys made themselves
famous in historN~by showing what
should he done when an enemy APP
preached the gates.
The siege of Derry took place in
1853, so that two centuries and four
tdIN IisiNt~ tlil bSttl. anu Nti II IL Cplil- |
nunicatcd to prescnt-day people along
a chain of only three links. The doe
tors grandfather lJoscph Moore of
Bonds Glen. near Derry was born in
l761 and lived To the good old age of
lourscore and five. When he died. in
So, the doctor was sixteen years of
ige. The old man and the youth had
often talked of the brave days of old
md the former took great pride in re-
fcrring to his great-grandmother lEliz-
lbcth Lyon of Malcnan. near Derry.
who was present ut the siege of the
;ity. She lived to the age of % years
being born in 1854 and dying in l;1o
when the doctors grandfather then II
boy of /. years. attended her funeral
This Elizabeth Lyon. ut the age of }
years, was one of those who were
driven under the walls of Derry by
order of the French commander of
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