The sun., 1901-12-29
AUNT ELIZA" PINKHAM.
Names smart Old Lady Who Died Last
Week at the Age OF 100.

MlLLBRlDGE, Me, Dec 20 MTS' rhId
Pinkham. Names oldest woman, died at
her home here this week at the age of l0e
years, lacking two weeks. For a long time
this quiet town noted solely for its lumber
business, its herring factories and as the
landing place Of n steamer. has taken pride
in the fact that in it resided the Oldest
woman in the Pine Tree State.
Aunt Eliza, As she was called, was known
far and wide as "a fine old lady and there
arc men here well along in years who can
recall that when they were small children
she was known similarly. For the last
twenty years Aunt Eliza has been considered
a wonderfully smart woman and OF late.
summer visitors have marvelled that q
woman past her hundrdth year could
knit and sew with such skill and show such
lively interest in the affairs Of the world
as she did. She was horn Jan. 7. 1900, In
Washingt county, and twenty-four years
later the year Maine became a State. she
married John Francis, who had been a
soldier in the War Of 1912. Al the time OF
the second struggle with the mother coun-
try Mrs Pinkham was living on Deer lsland
with her grandmother and not unlike many
another girl Of the period, she was Obliged
TO do the work of man at times. She
quently went as far as Grand Menan in
company with vessel full of men, doing
her trick at the wheel and handling fish
lines a. well as any of them.
Mrs Pinkham's maiden name was Eliza
Scot; and during the summer OF 1910. she
helped her mother do the farm work while
her father and brother ran n schooner be-
tween Maine and Boston. That year she
earned her first money and promptly in
vested il in pair Of stout shoes As the
old lady told of the incident:
Il had been down to the shore % dig a
basket Of clans for mother and was coming
along the beach AZ low tide, when saw
something Tapping about in a shallow
pool Upon lookin z. | saw three large
fish hustling about and promptly hooked
them out with birch withe and started
- carry them home. Further along, |
met the Captain Of an English brig, then
anchored in the port
How much will you take for your
salmon. my pretty Yankee asked he.
Don't know. What will You giyeP l
answered
Fifteen shilings and a kiss to bird the
bargain, replied the British tar.
He paid me in coin Of the realm one
golden half sovereign and two silver half
crowns but ! shant sav whether he gave
me the binder or not bat leave II 10 you 10
gle-~ suppose ! nave worn OUT moro
than lOO pairs of shoes since then, but the
ones | bought with the English money
woie the stou'esr and best fitting boots |
ever had
After The death - Mr. Francis the widow
moved to this town. here she ma rTied a
s,cuud time Mr Pmkham, the second
husband was a shipma-irr and we'll 90 do
a. one time but l0s' hi- vessel and died
sDon aft"rvard several children had
been born 20 the couple. but of them all,
only one. Paul. survives, and he has been
blIld tor ihr ias forty years
Paul PlkhHL 10 another ~ Millbridge's
buarf- fuT hr b. the only blind boat builder
M Maine. and - -iill able 90 DO all kinds of
work about y'-s'H The son Wout fishing
iui i,iug after hif fati,i'- d.ath iu 1900 /
and Was daiug we'll When Ia" Logan losing
BIZ sy"righi ~" ftI'k 90 the fishing
-muuk even after becoming blind. and .
rf.rin-d 'u ha'" 90 difficulty u getting .
ai.sr
-lir sails by instinr th" nalghbors
sald. but vIvilrf o Na- ln-tiuHi ur not, .
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