The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
From the London Standard.

From the London Standard.
The parish of Bolton, In Yorkshire, Is
famous, so far as we know, for only one
thing, that being that It is the birthplace
OF Henry Jenkins, who was born in the
year 1900 and died In 1869 He was brought
up to the business of a fisherman and fol-
lowed this calling for upward of 40 years.
Many times he was brought up as a wit
ness in trials at York to speak as to
things which happened long before other
witnesses fathers were born: and his
memory was wonderfully fresh. At DIFF
ferent periods two or three men. each up-
ward of a century old told the Judge that
jenkins was an old man when they were
boys. jenkins lived through about the
most stirring times that English history
can boast Of Popery was established by
law when he was born. He saw the papaI
supremacy thrown off, two Queens be-
headed, the monasterles dissolved, and the
Protestant religion set up. Then popery
was established again. In his time. the
King OF Spain was crowned King of Eng
lana, third Queen was beheaded the
whole navy of Spain destroyed by the
English the republic of Holland formed
and the Protestant religion firmly settled
In the country. Subsequently the King
OF Scotland, whose great grandmother had
been married during jenkins lifetime, was
crowned King of England and his son
was beheaded before his own palace; the
commonwealth was proclaimed and the
royal family proclaimed traitors and final
~ the prescribed royal family were again
seated on the throne. Thus he lived dur
ing the regions Of eight monarchs of Eng
nnd, not including the commonwealth
This, however, does not beat the record
or Thomas Parr who ran him rather
close IN age, and was coexistent with him.
In he
eigns, being born In 1883. and dying in
1873, which makes MS age l52 years. When
ne was 10 years old he married his sec
ond wife, and had one child by her. This
child himself reached the age OF 10 years.
and had a son who managed to dodge the
scythe for 12 years. Thomas Parr was !.
laborer Of StaffOrdshire. and followed his
occupation of filling the soil steadily for
the space of 1870 years.
The next best of these two Methuse-
labs is $50 years. This was Thomas Con-
nj of Burythorpe and he had a theory in
longevity. 1t was moderate eating ire
mendous amount of bodily exercise and
gulping down q raw egg every day. a
regime which seems to have suited him
admirably, If we are TO Judge by results.
Another who achieved a ripe old age on
a similar theory was PARIS grandson, re-
ferred to above. He attributed his l27
years 20 total abstinence and regular ex-
ercise. and precisely similar was the
course followed by owen Carollan. am
Irishman, who lived for 1875 years at Du-
leek. near Dublin, only In this case the
regular exercise was replaced BY hard
work. But ii does not follow that this is
the only recipe for long life, for coun-
trymau of his, hailing from Kerry and
named Mccarthy, used to drink rum ana
and whisky as we take tea and coffee II
It did happen that he descended to drink
ing claret or beer, he invaria bly, supple-
mented Il BY drinking an equal quantity
Of spirits by way OF a wedge" Yet he
kept doing this for a period extending
over Ill years, and died at the age Of JOS.
doubtless from the injurious effects Of It.