The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
CURIOUS RECORDS
MADE IN 1909 BY ALI GLASSES
OF PEOPLE.
New Standards Established by the
Champion Preacher, Drummer,
Once Holder, Life Saver,
Smoker, spanker, wildcat
Fighter, etc.

Brooklyn Eagle, tr
In diverse AMI curious fields tho record
breakers were busy during the year 1909.
There were many strange and remarks able
achievements outside the domain Of sports
and athletics No review OF the last
twelvemonth would he complete without
passing notice OF some of these high
watermark events. They may serve to
stimulate emclators to eth greater deeds
Of ise. At any rate, they are full Of nu-
man interest They illustrate singular
phases of life, possessing that attractive
quality wnicn seems TO adhere to odd or
unusual things In the MAD Of the average
man or woman.
Stories OF love at first sight certainly
have a perennial interest, elso the liter
pages Of our magazines with their pro-
Inc output would experience sad slump
In the market, but no such decline APP
peared IN 1902. On the contrary, the love-
at-first sight record was ruthlessly shat
season 80 conducive 70 affairs OF the heart
when Madison Ormsby, aged 50, went
down to Kansas City from Omaha, and,
met Miss Jessie Turner. who evidently
Sun a retained irresistible charms, notwith-
wound up on Times relentless reel. They
met by chance and were introduced by
q mutual friend: swhereupon they liked
away to the court house and were mar
ttSd just db 8UOn III Luby CUut0 keI the
license and line up In front Of the Judge.
ats just thirty minutes since first we
met" said Mr.. Ormsby, as pleased as
Punch. and here we are w,th the knot
tied. Whether the knot remained tied
does not concern this history.
1t was In the early weeks of the year
that the sad and strange romance of Miss
Mildred Deuel. Of Richmond. Va, set q
new mark for those important Stages Of
life which most women reckon by years.
foH ana - Aan ~v.ta ~hA
maid. wife and a widow. and the
romance which long had filled her dreams
lad been realised and ended. In a San
francisco hospital she became Mrs. Rich
ara Miles stanton, while her husband was
service OF his country In the Philippines.
Ciasping each others hands, when II was
too late to summon minister. the young
couple took the vows Of matrimony under
q civil agreement, which was duly wit
messed BY relatives OF both and few
minutes later Lieutenant Stanton was
dead.
The tiniest bride Of the year appeared In
Ct. Louis. in April. when Miss Bertha
pounds. and attired in short skirts. eioped
vita Frank Mccoy. nearly twice her age.
and became his wife. The year still was
young, and so were Miss Rose Mason
and her hance, Michael T. McGovern,
when they appeared before the clerk in
Chicago and established new secord as
youthful applicants for a marriage license,
which they obtained. The brfde-elect was
Is and her cavalier two years her senior,
their combined ages being ~.
The record for the oldest married couple
In the United States was claimed dur
ing the month Of March, by Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Gum OF Harrington. Kan.
They had celebrated their diamond wed
seven years OF welded life TO their credit.
The husband claimed to be ia years old,
while mis- wife was also past the century
mark. The most unique record In this
Ane. however, probably belongs to Mr..
and Mrs. John Isrns OF Washington Coun-
~. Ia. who, few weeks ago, told their
friends that after seventy -four years OF
married life they could look back and
find they never had a dispute-much less
q quarrel. They have ten children. thirty
six grandchildren and sixty-dve great
grandchildren.
Speed records In divorce asses are not
unusual or startling In these days. but
when grounds and speed both are con-
tionabiy was the case Of John w. Lang
ley OF Columbus. Ind, who was granted
q decree In less than fifteen minutes,
separating him from his wife Msny, he
alleged that she had q habit OF taxing
darning needle In bed with her ana jab-
bling him when he fell asleep. When he
protested she would get out Of bed, plant
herself in a rocking chair In the middle
Of the moor, rocking violently. and bring
Ing her heels down with a bang at each
top Of her voice: "oh, won't It be Joyful
when we part to meet no more"
Strangely enough. 1t fell out that the
champion offlceholdsr, whose fame spread
over the earth In 1902, was not an Amer
icaa, whose country Is supposed to be
the Mecca Of oficeseekers, but an Eng
lishman--a conservative OF the conserva-
ttve.-who is said to I'LL more positions
to has inches than any other man In the
world. William Eaton Of lnbrook. Hunt
ingdon, holds some fifteen positions. pub
lie and seml-public, ranging from parish
overseer to church organist, most OF
which have salaries attached. He is not
of the resigning breed, hut has held Office
for half q century, and has assisted In
the work Of every government census
since 1850.
TO . Georgia Clergyman belongs the
proudest record in the work OF the church.
Rev. D. 8. McCurry of Gainesville, who
Is now u years old, has been doing act
i've work in the Baptist Church In that
section for forty years with wonderful
eGnrgy. In that time he has preached
Z, 800 sermons; to reach his appointments
and deliver these sermons he travelled
80, COO miles, equal to two journeys around
the earth; ne has conducted oil funerals,
baptized 401S persons and married GIL
couples.
Who was the record-smashin drum
mer whose colossal achievements were
her aided to the four quarters OF the
earth? So many travelling men lay claim
to mighty exploits on tho road that this
may seem a hard question to answer Yet
few will hesitate to yield the palm TO
Levin Lake. a citizen OF tho little village
OF Oxford. Miss, on learning of the big
things he has to his credit Mr.. Lake
Is the Oldest active travelling man in the
United States. being still In the harness
at the age OF So. representing Armour q
Co.. in Mississippa. making towns by
day and night trains, and covering an
average of 1000 miles a month.
For thirty-four years he has represented
this single Chicago house; has never made
q sale that proved a bad account; was a
traveller on the first railroad train ever
run In the United States; never took a
drink OF liquor. played game Of cards
or tasted Tobacco: has not eaten more than
two meals a day for thirty years; is the
Oldest Mason in the State Of Mississippi
Arthur Egan, champion swimmer. who
has saved lives in many countries and
received medals from various life saving
societies OF America and Europe, set a
new mark to his own enviable record
In July. when he rescued Carl Simon from
drowning In Lake Michigan, at Chicago.
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