Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-27
IS he The OLDEST NAN?
NOAH RABy, OF NEW JERSEY, AGED
1913 YEARS,
Probably the Last Man Now Living who
Really Saw washing ton-liaIe and
Hearty and Constantly Uscs
Tobacco.
From the Commercial Gazette.

is Noah Raby. of Piscataway poor farm
| IN New Jersey, the oldest man in the
world? If his own story of his life. which
ne tells with an air of the most profound
Son',Guoh, be true, he has passed his
/ l2Sd birthday. and no one living has knowl-
| edse or any facts to the contrary.
III was about eighty-three years ago. ac-
cording 10 his recollection that Noah
kaby, ordinary seaman. received his dis
charge papers from the stanch frlgate
brahdywine. which had just finished a
eruise OF Inspection of the various ports
OF the United states, and was then docked
| az ,he Brooklyn navy yard. The day
himself to New Jersey, where he Joined
mniinseii M @ TO farmer, aud for money agreed
be sSaNe bss asa as a. hired man, Since that, time
daries of New Jersey For more than half
( s a. uentufy, with more or less stcadiness, he
and then, twenty-eight years ago, beins
iiuli iiuli Si years and decidedly averse to earn
Town I'N at the poor farm in the township Of
istia'aw99y, nsii not far from New Briins-
To-day ne IS totally bIind Imie bat bpaflsea his Ewes
though sunken. have the sparkle of ore
wm9 SnS hia can see perfectly. His body Is bent
than ~, those of many man not yet 80.
uttered with a whistling accompaniment,
iamsb inut ms ,. voice is strong and full and his
thick ildS an, and luxriant. his, whis kers are
stil almost Jet black. and he can dispose
9L Of solid solid drink of good rye. whisky with
baa lnS r,ss, SSrt r,. OF smack that betokens the
father to have been an Indian. his skin
is white. and his features are of a pro-
When | told him a few days ago that
! wished to write of his life FOR the
6sR a s"ye whsh sydfnGs sada Of tSn hf
! intended, to have him Photographed,
Sf,d So that all the world might see how the
joy , VIII"
an ohi aecent nah EriafGICns suh" he cried in
hhd his lone 5ne soiary sea yet grsaty influenced BY
R fS 6S pig what stfs pS hfSfd 1, f e
sb?qt M%!,t 17yi,, myyssf; Where was born? In n
county, jess ovah tn vaginny line two
or or three rec Years years before the revolution. Il
she was a South Carolina white woman
name Ne. sarah oLy, Raby, and NAH father was
suh-a native of this country, name An.
Grew nr,."r lass; Nah father and nah mother
nsSsre nsSsr married, az sub, and | didn't have
went to school at all. but / learned to
read read the old Testament and the New
much, though. There amt anythins nythh
write, l can't even write my own nartn name. 10
Well my mother she lived in a house
nG and Hf p5ih pes poles % @ orhea at the
poor and she wanted to get married. and
l had to go somewhere. So i was bound
white headed farmer named Mills iii az Field gti
and and, | stayed on his farm till was 81. MR.
ing but he didn't do it--too stngy, maybe
but n, was powerful fine man. He
had had big, big farm just over the line. in, vir-
or slaves. one of his slaves was the
strong stEonsest otr man ever saw: Mr.: Mills was
he wouldn't sell; he didn't believe in SELL
ing niEgahs; sub. but he was willing to own
ligon, sub, but he was a good man. and
he always treated everyone around him
II began to smoke. sub. when I was
! Years ola, used e iishtH H my Sas mothsrs aDa@s
and put coal on It and take few whins
No, 1 don't rickollect that tobacco ever
snr aae me Ss TSs don't bahn think it has
on to lis years now, suh-pipes, cigars and
stogas. sub but no cigarettes Never. sub
I've drank whisky, almost as long as / have
was never overcome by whisky suh what
YOU might call drunk. but three times in
/ was about 1s or II the first time-jess a
hoy. Well. there was going to be an eclipse
believed like, enough, the world would all
made up my mind II the end was a-comng,
/ wouldn't know anything about 1t. Well, |
sub. young Mr.. Mills and me and an old
eclipse. The niger stole a shilling and he
asked me to buy some whisky at the
whisky to no Niger in them old days, |
and I got big black bottle full. / took
one big drink before ! gave the bottle up
gracious. they were great big drinks land
that settled me, sub. I was drunk on my |
nu then and / had down |
in the bottom of the OK cart and lie there |
all the way home, and young Mr. Mills,
hit the oxen once and me four times with |
The OK CAD all the way home. Oh. l was |