New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-21
ASLEEP THIRTY YEARS.
Remarkable Record of a United
States PeRSiORer.

II he lives ANTI April p Hiram Cronk. the only
surviving pers7ner OF the War OF 1872, will be ioi
wears ole. and mathematician IL the little town Of
North Western. \. y, twenty miles north Of Rome.
near which Nr. Cronk lives Eot busy the other day
doing some figuring extra ordinary uTon the time
the Ole man has spent in eating sleeping and dress
i-g during his unusually long Iife.
II Hiram lives tiu he's hundred an four.
argued the prize calculator Of the village, hell
have been siccpin' thirty-four years and eight
months"
Prove it," demanded his auditors in the village
store.
But the lightning calculator kept on. An ef he
lives that long. which amt saying he will but the
chances IS all IN his favor. he'll have parsed nine
whole years in eating and drinking
Prove IT, again yelled his auditors, grouped
about the stove IN the village grocery
Ny II his folks heard you say he'd been drink
Ing nine years wouldn't they get mad?" was the
comment from one corner. but the lightning cal
culator kept right on.
An what's more. ef Hiram Cronk lives TO be
one hundred and four. he viii have spent pracu-
cany four years dressing himsef-pu;ting on his
clothes and taking them or
Cries OF Don't believe IT. Prove it. ana
'Bosh,~ followed this assertion
well perhaps YOU don't believe it remarked
the village oracle. but anyway it's right. It's
right according 10 my figures. and figures don't
lie.
..Nov-. there's the matter Of sleeping he con-
timed Eight hours IS a fair average, haint II.
yen" assented his hearers
Well If a man slept eight hours in one day ne G
sleep $3.50 hours in s55 days or one year Wouloi
he2"
..,rirht not. How about leap year," chimed in
some OF the auditors.
sIFain't saying nothing about leap years oec''Ie
/ tho man Of figures. stands to reason = -, nc.
! sleeps eight hours IN one day. IN 800 ne ea ps
. go hours Wei, then. fin los years he sep io
times that or 3926so hours. That's what hiram
silent come Anil
..y-beV-," exclaimed the author but s'posin
there's been sicsness in the family and -
Amt s'posin nothing q the kind. continued iil-l
the calculator Now. there's tWeh1S-Iou io1'7
10 every DAY halu't there
14s,r't II different g. dog days" piped ~ uinld
little man on q crnckcr bErrel. but the man OF
figures took 10 notice.
So. "a GOES into er2es5 iust 1868 times and
HttIe fraction over. That makes 1858 days to the
scar don't f.? Now; there's 50 days. and Ses goes
into T. s5a Is times and fraction over Z5-let
see as3 days Thirty days 10 the month well can
f. eight months. Boys. Cronks been sleeping
thirty-sour years and eight months come April =.
Gee" was the only comment
somebody ought TO tell him about that" was
the suggestion Of the timid man. after the food Of
figures had partially subsidized.
But the village oracle was not through
NOW. about eating. Two hours a day is time
enough for any man. haint fl. TO eat his three
square meals in? Well. that makes 100 hours for
year and $50 hours for i0i years. Now what
have We GOT
Indigestion" suggested a man near the stove
.GoIc, chmed IN a horse doctor near the door
hours. or. barring small fraction. 3.l63 days.
That's equal - eight years-yes, eight years, and
. let's see"-he figured a sheet % the grocer S
wrapping paper-'283 days over. well. say, eight
months.
Eight year and eight months. Yes. gentlemen,
Mr. Cronk has been s-eatin. and a-drinkin' eight
And continued the calculator, Fastening 70
prevent Interruption nov allowing that the aver
age spends hour a day his toilet, Mr..
Cronk has been spending four years and four
months at hisn.
How I prove st.? Well. this way. it's easy.
An hour day means 3s5 hours in a year, don't Il?
Well. that 81 go hours put IN at his toilet