The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24

even white. Barney enjoys life, ard says
he has no desire to leave 1t yet.
Every minute of my life / have en-
Joyed," he said yesterday Eyes. L viii
| be l0S years old tomorrow am in per
feet health, never had to have a doctor.
and don't want one. / have happy and
comfortable home and plenty of work 1
could not be happy now if 1 did not come
to the park every day"
Barney and his wife make their home
with their daughter and son-in-law. H D
Cohen, at No. SAP Fulton street. For MANY
years they kept house a. No. 1854 Warren
street but last summer Mrs Morris lost
her left leg through blood poisoning fol-
lowing the cutting out of a callous place
On th1 ball of the foot For some time
she was helpless in St Peters hospital
and the home had TO be broken up Then
MRS. Cohen persuaded her father and
mother to come and live with her.
EATS ANYTHING THAT'S WHOLE
SOME.
Barney knocks off work every night at
D CLOCK and goes to his home on Van
99erbht avenue car. He takes a hearty
dinner, for his digestion is good and he
believes in eating anything that is whole
some, After sitting by the window for
Whlie, where he conjures up memories
on on the old days, Barney goes to bed. If
IheSe reVerieS are broken into it is often
iound that the old man is dreaming of
happenings Of fifty or seTenty-five vea &c
ago He likes to think of the old days,
ana 1t would be hard to convince him that
the world today is any better than it
was when he was a young man. or late
years he cares little for what is in the
newspapers, as he says he does not he
HeVe them. In politics he is a good Dem
ocrat, and has never failed to cast his
vote each fall. When asked what he
{Lhought OF the Ice trust, he replied that
he did not believe the stories that are
being told about 1t. He thinks that the
papers of today are too bad to read.
Yes. one hundred and eight years is a
man yesterday as he walked along. pick
ing up stray bits of paper. IT'S easy
to live that long If God will help you
Always trust Him. And always have
good time Don't forget that. You must
have good time If you want to stay long
on the earth. And I'll tell you sir, l was
good man in my time, always ready for
sport.
81 never tasted tobacco in my life-no
nor wanted any of it. 'Tis a waste of
time. Whisky L never tasted but once;
that was more than ninety years ago,
when | was lad But L hate it, and
never drank again.
HAS THE RECORD OF HIS BIRTH.
81 was born on June 10, 1892, in the par
1sh of Central Port, County Cavan, Ire
land: Yes l have the records that show
It, Worn and yellow they are-more so
than l. Until l was thirty-years years
old [ lived on my fathers farm Fine.
rich land that was, and good people were
raised on it, too Then l came to Brook
lYn-SeVenty-tWO years ago. I was a
coachman frst-for many a year-and
then drove a hack of my own I wore
out three good coaches that were built
for me-yes, and a couple of secondhand
ones
Those We're wild days then, and many
a brush l have had with the rouehs of
the town and the highwaymen Of the
country round here It's all built IN
now. How changed 1t all is! Life now
isn't what it used to be. And yet it is
They We're always fighting then. and
they are fighting yet War is a terrible
thing, but | tell you there is going to be
more of it, my boy"
Barney in his day was an athlete. and
could run and jump or fight with the
best of them. He still sits and chuckles
over some victory that he won. perhaps
seYentyfive or eighty years ago
Today he will stay at home, sitting in
his chair by the window, receiving the
congratulations of friends and rolling
back the panorama Of his memory which
contains the happenings of a century
Tomorrow he will be up at o'clock
and few hours later will be hard at
work with grab hook and bag in Pros
pect park. where he has been employed
for eleven years. Barney has been the
same man for five years, scarcely a
change seeming to have been wrought by
the passing Years in that time. His com
panions jim the park believe that ne has
found some charm to stay the ravages Of
age. and look up to him with a reverence
ulSin to awe.