The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-04
BLUE NOSES LIVE LONG.
VERY Old PEOPLE VINO ARE STILL
ACTIVE IN NOTA Scotia.


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A Woman OF 81 who Goes Fishing and Ops
of Oh who Tried Bicycle RidinE-A sena-
tor In His NInety-fifth YeRr-ModerRtion
and Easy Living Secrets OF Old Ago.
YARMOUTH. N. s., Aug. 24.-The nelRhbcrinR
towns OF harrington and Shelburne. In this
province, have been engaged in n friendly dis
cussion of the question which possessed the
greater number OF very old people. Finally IL
WINS agreed In a protocol drawn up by a few
wise men that the competitors should each fur
nlsh q truthful list OF It's Oldest citizens. and
then strike an :averaRe, 30 rs to settle the
matter. This was done, and harrington won.
II beat It's comparatively youthful rival hollow.
for IL showed an average OF eighty-three years.
while Shelburne's wns only seventy-seven. Tit
victory was the more complete as ShelburnO
has the larger population.
But tho settlement OF the question between
the two towns served only to open a discussion
throughout the Maritime Provinces. Many
very old people who are still active and hearty
have been brought to light. Here is one record
from a DiRby paper:
Mr.. Andrew Sampson. the oldest man in St.
Andrews. and probably the oldest man In New
Brunswick, died Wednesday at noon. Mr..
Sampson was born In Ireland and came to this
country when a small boy. He had no positive
record OF his age or date OF birth. but In his
younger days he always said he had a slight
recollection of the Irish rebellion In 1893"
The Weymouth paper text produced the
following:
There Is a man In White Rock. whose name
is Robert Cross. who reached the age Of 100
years in July, 1893. He is said to be In good
health and lives alone. taking care OF himself.s
White Rock is only q hamlet, but. neverthe-
less, it has an old lady OF "a among It's inhab-
itants. and another Of oil who lives q quarter OF
a mile outside it's bounds goes fishing tor
trout every day, rain or shine. The Yarmouth
NeDs reports this incident:
An unusual sight was seen at Beaver River
last week. Mrs. Russell Richards. a lady Of 99
years. on q BICYCLE.
The Yarmouth Times says. regarding a VIII
lage in its vicinity:
There are living in Milton to-day nifty per-
sons from the age of 10 and upward that aver
age 70 years. and sixteen from 80 and upward
that average, s5 years. and all within a radius
Senator Wark of Albert county. N. B.. is in
his ninety-afth year. but that does not prevent
ties. g is one OF the most regular Senators
IL the House. and when II is explained that
that the joar 9pSnfS from IN Ne Aew d9 Bfun 81 Ttnte e. H %
tawa Is a long one at all seasons, 1t will. be seen
that ho se this dat + Is sq a bI|.1 much and T Rbs sea RI Sst9r Sb lsss
were bis eolleaSues-one of them is 70. the
ofhf 4 a9o old f foPEs are roasting their shtDs at
home fn0 they we're afraid to come out in a little
The Senator calculates that he will live to the
age OF l35 II nothing happens. as he feels like .
Every man between the ages OF 81 and go. no
matter how much property he may own, has to
Worth Of service. < man - cam here rom m
Tusket. ton miles away. to do business in 1898
a4a 1 ess ssK not. p h pss sa M Roil a sa1; over sixty"
no %oh come, nonsense said the collector: who
You CAM be more than bD"
The man went to his safe and took out papers
age. and also That both hi his f at srS and \ y moth or
were living In Tusket.
wb bt R sasce be %s2 siE ISS1 that b M Sir dannis y THI gaSa::
Canada. is in his seventy-eighth year. and. that
gray. He is a Nova Scotian and Just as active
as q man half his age.
this MSis sqifi fae!PP roTi1es hSSe SfeR f BUY nene fo 81
them is altogether satisfactory. As a rule. the
Of Ash and live much in the open air. 4 man
or woman with a corporation is very rare, in
Offset these conditions the winters are so long
and severe that the INHABITANTS are termed
most Of the time, especially in sumner. FosS
are thought TO be nphealthful, but the Blue
them wholesome. The notion Of a Boston ply.
sifiSn who hSS been sojourning in these parts
IT think" he, said, that people live long
because they eat and drink with moderation
ana, take things easy generally. / have seen
business men in this section-grocers, haber.
d anS Gnw and oi sueh1g9 to their doors. glance up
their bicycles. take a twenty-mile spin through
the country. return. open their stores and re.
Now. there is Smith yonder. the halter. Were
he living in New York his soul would be rent in
his internal competitor over the way; he would
rush after the street car, he would run up the
elevated railroad stairs. he would, in a state OF
excitement. jam himself in a crowd at the
BROOKLYN Bridge entrance. and he might con-
tract heart disease as n consequence. Here he
lives and acts like a philosopher. and is conse-
quently able to do business at the age OF 20,
with the prospect OF living fifteen or twenty
years more. Competition may be the life Of
trade. but 1t is often the death OF the trader"