The times., 1897-09-19
AT WORK AT 1O5 YEARS OLD.

d nUhA Al lUO EAnO ULOs
The oldest " employein Brooklyn If not
the oldest citizen in that town, is Barney
Morris, who tolls from 8 every morning ua-
til every afternoon in Prospect Park.
keeping the paths ana flower beds free
from waste paper and rubbish. On June 10
last Barney celebrated his IO5th birthday.
and I appearances go for anything he has
many more birthdays ahead. ! + anyone
wants to get barney's dander up ali he
has TO du Is to suggest To him that he IS
too old to Work for hisIiving and had bet
ter lay OF. he says that he never sd " tho
dag he Couldn't earn his bread and butter.
and neve er expects TO see ii. When such 8
time comes, lie says, he wants TO Gie.
Barney lives with his family on the top
floor OF the house No. 364 Warren street.
TIE family consists of Mrs. Morris who IS
his tlitd wife, and their daughter, who IS
twenty-five years old. Barney has three
other children 10y his first and secoud wives,
the oldest Of them ben & the same age a $ the
present Mrs. Norris Morris is Of slight
figare. Aside from his wrinkled skin. the
only sign OF his great age is the absence or
teeth He has Jnly one tooth Ieft He
says IL IS good solid one, and as Gseful az
whole set after one gets ascd u IT, or
hair he has a-plenty. There fsn't a haId
spot on his head. His hair is iron gray
He says it hasn { change it's shade IL twenty
years. His eyes are as good as when he
was fifty. lie never wears giaSses. He
is strong, ana people who have setn him
IL the pari when his lag was full of the
scraps be had picked up, nave maryeled at
his ability 10 carry it.
Barney says that he has never had more
than GoZen p aims in his life. He Cannotre-
member ever being - sick that he had t.,
take TO his bed, and as for doctors
services, he says he has never needed
them, and hopes he never VIII need them
He has never smoked or chewed ana he
has drunk only one glass or fntoxica ting
liquor. That was when he was Il boy,
| and attended z county fair in Ireland.
! Somcb,.dy Ind gced mm % dTins glass or
Irish whisky CT that occasion. ne says,
and the feeEngit gave him cured himof any
desire for the beverage
y went - Father Mathew, my confessor,
after that, Barney said Yesterday. and
1 says. says I: F Father, I've had the potheen
III me, an I never want it again.
Slgn the pledge, me son said Father
Mathew, an never break IL for man,
woman or child So I signed, an I don't
/ know the difference between ale and
whisky his day
oyerin the Tenthwardin Brooklyn. where
/ he lives, Norris is man Of some conse-
| quence. He IS abreast Of tie times, and
! has as lively an interest in politics as any
/ of the young fellows. The McGarrv tends.
which keep UP in the Tenth ward from one
| yeai 5 end 70 the other, rather disgust hilu.
/ He says tits folly people having common
interests 70 fight among themselves In
/ such cases, he says. the enemy generally
\ walks off with he spOils. He reads care
| Tally the morning and evening newspapers.
| BE is q Democrat. ne says, and a green
| backer and silver man from head To
| foot.
/ Il was born in County Cavan, parish II
! Temple Court, Ireland on June IO.ITS2, +" He
said to the reporter. Il stand my years so
/ well that It's hard to convince some people
that I IN that old. I really don't care my
self whether people believe it or not be.
| cause I'm a man that likes quiet life, nd
/ all ask is 10 lie let alone and aiIO ,-ed
! 10 earn my bread and butter TIL lie.
/ Ill be able to do il right up 10 that tine,
too
| left Ireland when ! was thirty years
| old and caIhe To this country. I was pri-
| yaTe fOachman fpr long time, ana then /
drifted into hack driving Prospect Park
was a wilderness in those DAYS | have
driven people out to Jamaica and Hernn-
s;cad ana other places out that way, bus
on tl5se occasions the passenger and myself
aIways carried pistols, and stood really TO
use them, If necessary. There were lots
| of highwaymen on the outskirts OF the eisy
| in those hays, and they thought no morcof
holding up a hack than the outlaws or tue
/ West did Of Iialting a stage coach
In all my time in this country I've
been coed citizen, andonly once was dr.
rested. That was when a carriage cOllided
with mine and got the worst oft. / W as ar
| rested because the man in the other cab
had pull, but the next day beat hirl
in court There isn't much else TO say
/ about myself except that 1 get up at Z
O'Clock every morning, 90 TO bed at every
/ night, eat heartily three times a Ga y. and
enjoy life much as I ever did 1 vote
every election, and never for a man unless
! I'm sure he's good and honest man. like
| Seth Low, ard was a great 4dInirer OF
his father, but I'm for a Democrat this year.
and I hope III the Democrats VIII unite
and give US a good mayor New York