New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10

his sturdy, we'll knit frame carries him many miles
in the week over the grounds of Prospect Park.
where he is laborer.
HE IS AN EARLY RISER
Each day at 4 a. m. Barney is awake ard anxiouA
to be up and about. II is with the greatest Diff
Guilty that good Mrs. Morris, who is his third wife
and many years his Junior keep the spry old
man in bed until o'clock. BY that time he Is
always up. and many mornings he ia starting for
his work Prospect Park by o'clock For this
wonderful old man loves his work. and 1t is his
proud boast that he never was late in his He
Better that should be ahead of time than that
any should be kept waiting on my account
he says.
All day long Barney works in the Park. and as
he moves here and there, removing the traces OF
careless pleasure seekers from the greensward his
bright face wrinkIed though 1t is BY the hand OF
time. beams with the satisfaction that comes from
Rarney;s pet and he takes as much pride in its
beauty as the most careful householder does In the
why Barney owns half OF the Park in his
mind said his wife the other night
BARNEY ENJOYS LIVING.
You would not say that this little old man is per-
haps more than sixty you watch him at his
work He +, abou, feet inches in height, rather
bent but with a why looking frame and rugged
appearance His eye is clear and his head Is
covered with hair which Is not even white Bar
ney enjoys life and says that he has no desire to
minute Of my life = hqS Ss s sn9ye ia he he
morrow I am in perfect health. never had 10 have
eo GG}Tr home and plenty Of work Yes my
boy. work is great blessing l could not De happy
Barney and his wife make Their home Win ,hs ss
daughter and sonin-Iaw n - S0feh h at 10 20 q
So Warren-st. but last summer Mrs Norris lost
her left leg through blood poisoning following the
cutting our Of oag E pafe lilies. on the P Of t9s
foot For some time she wa hIp'sss ~ ., ~ TS
Mrs Cohen persuaded her father and mother TO
come and live with her.
EATS ANYTHING THAT'S WHOLESOME
and goes to his home Vanderbilt-ave 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 while
where he con1ures up memories OF the old days
barney goes bed If these reyeries are oroken
into II is often found that the old man Is cream
M M ' 10 thiTk Of the old days and would be
hard TO convince him that the world to-day Is any
late years he cares little for what is in the news
papers as he SAYS ne Ices not oeeTe ba nsn n.vsr
failed to cast his Zach fall When asked what
ne hSsTe the Stories that are being told about
He thinks that the papers OF to-day are 700 oad 10
Yes. one hundred and eight years Is long time
my by SAD {Rf up straw bits Of paper Tis
easy to live that long If God will help you Always
forget that You must have good 1 fine I'll v you
sir | was a good man IN my time; always ready
Il never tasted tobacco in my rfe-no. nor wanted
any Of 1t. IT'S waste of time Whisky | never
ago when | lad. But hate. II, ana never
drank again.
HAS THE RECORD OF HIS BIRTH.
II was born June TO- 1892 in the parish of Central
Port. County Cavan. Ireland Yes. l have the
records that show IL Worn and yellow they are
more so than l. Until was thirty-six years old
lived on my IA theirs farm. Fine. rich land that
was and good people raised II. TOO. Then
| q RroOklyn-seventy-tWO years ago. was
a CoaChman hrst-for many year-and then
drove hack OF my own | Wore out three good
coaches that were built for me-yes and a couple
Of SECOND hand ones. Those were wild days then
and many brush | have had With the roughs OF
the town and the highwaymen of the country
round here. Its all built up now. How changed II
u is. They were always fighting then. and they
fighting yet War is terrible thing. but 7 tell
you there is going 10 be of II. my boy
Barney in his dav athlete. and could run
and Jump fight with the best Of them He still
sits and Chuckles victory that he won
perhaps twenty-five eighty years ago.
To-day 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 CEN
fury Tomorrow he VIII be up o'clock and a
few hours later Will be hard at work with grab
hook and bag In Prospect Park. where he has been
employed for eleven years. Barney has been the
same man for i've years. scarcely change seeming
20 have been wrought by the passing years in that
time. His companions in the Park believe that he
has found some charm TO stay the ravages OF age,
and look up to him with a reverence akin to awe.