The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-26
MAS OUR OLDEST IROHMASTER
REMARKABLE TRAITS OF THE
LATE CHRISTOPHER TUG.
Rode Q Spirited Horse TIN He Was ~ and
Blind. and Retained His Mental yisor
to tho Last-His Rules OF Health

PrrTsBuRo. Jan. 25.-Had Christopher
Tug, the oldest iron manufacturer in the
United States, not been stricken with total
blindness four years ago 1t is believed
that he would have rounded tho century
mark. As 1t was, he died last Monday
In his ninety-ffth year.
His father lacked only a few months OF
being a ~centenarian. and his mother was
90 when sho passed away. His sister,
aged %. is living at Dayton. Ohio, and a
younger brother OF 80 resides at Mount
Holly Springs, Pa. His son. Charles IL.
Tug, still continues the business at the old
stand and impresses one, despite his 20
years. as being no more than fifty.
Christopher Zug was a remarkable man
In more ways than In point Of years. At
tho age Of SO he mounted the most spirited
horse in Pittsburg. riding four miles from
his homo 10 his Office every day. ruin or
shine. 1t was only when he lost the sight
Of his remaining eys that he gave up eques-
TRAN exercise.
Trained to n life Of business responsi.
bllitics, he always found time to read scien-
tifc and literary works. A member Of
no church, he was an earnest believer
la the Deity and practised the Christian
| Nuluc OF CIlhTIlys hlfloukH DIOuo VI iS
o~rigin-he was o. Swiss ancestry-he re-
calle1 frequently the days when an a young
man no drove a Conestoga wagon along
tho National pike, having as his friend
and partner Jacob Painter, the ~progenitor
Of one of P%i,tsburg's prominent families.
II was said that Mr.. Zug was the bugbear
Of some OF the social leaders Of 'Plttsburg.
He hadn't a spark Of malice In his COM
| -n.t,la- l,,t kx Al haze n habit NJ rbttrk-
ling when the social doings Of people were
referred TO in his hearing. and an account In
his presence Of the pretensions Of this
| family or that was as likely NJ not TO be
commented on by him with a reference TO
| the time when the head Of the family drove
a wagon on the National pike or whipped
| up a mule on the canal towpath or worked
In some other humble capacity.
Mr.. lug was born July 10. 1901. In
Allen township, near Carlisle, Cumberland
county, Pa. He was a son OF Jacob and
Margare. Zug, and hs ancestors came from
Switzerland to his country In 1877.
His grandfather. Christian Zug, settled
near Lititz on lane bought from the Pcnns
| and still held by the Zug family. His father
was born there in 1897. His parents were
| married In 1893 and settled on n farm IN
Cumberland county.
There Christopher and his six brothers
and sisters were born. The parents were
In good circumstances, and Christopher
received his first schooling in a school
house on his fathers farm. He came TO
Plttsburg In 1885. after having been In the
dry goods business In Carlisle.
He was a carrier IN the National pike,
kept books for n wholesale hardware house
and finally went 20 work for Hogc 4 Hart
man. hardware manufacturers. In is48 he
formed a partnership with other Pittsburg
men and engaged In the ir n business.
In 1856, the firm became 2ug. Lindsay
4 Co. and In 1885 Il bccnm" Zug a Painter.
In 1864 Charles II. Zug was taken in as a
partner. and In 1905 c. II. Raid. who had
been with the firm for fifteen yeare. became
For years the plant on Thirteenth street
has been known as tho Sable Iron Works.
In theee DAYS 81 trusts the firm has had
many opportunities to join n combine,
but Mr.. Zug expressed the hope TINT u
would always preserve its identity. lie
died wealthy, though his fortune may not
! comparc IN size with those acquired by
other iron manufacturers.
Though Mr.. Zug's longevity might be
| considered hereditary, he himself would
probably ave nscribed II 10 his mode Of
lie. He was n great believer In hygiene
and the bath. While not q crank on the
subject Of vegetaranism, he did think
that Americans ate too much Ivnat. and
following ont his theory lie nbstaIned for
long periods from the use Of flesh food.
As sciehce Iehtnen n'rc h"Su' ,n'P'nIc.
proportions OF mt,scle hhu isI mo nfa'
producing io3hs M nng aner.a Holns-
VIM ihs u's. VI ~ ~ /" 800
Observer q dln"rsht rsxlmeh P.o ~
very lAst week OF ~. Nv" 'Veiy iun',l"n
OF his BODY ppera'ed I~HeC'lf ~" nd
always had remarkably good health. aud
u was oilly w the Ahs' W. N'"re 'nn, !"
was o"n-ldefaoiy "ehkehed 10y w" d''acA'
OF IN" grip
he vac hpl a cram = laNHl' ruD-
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but adopi'h l~inlinN'h bfh'I'fr p r"haH
Ne vas c"h.lh''n I'lat ,RN sulu'i Nv '-mi
s'nuu"n. fi- fanny wa I,u'h anl'y'
when 10" hdnlf'n kNat"lm'lS "a W.
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