The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-24
HOLDERS OF ODD REC0pOS
Unique Distinctions Claimed fl,
pie sAIi over the World.
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quite the youngest chauffeur l.
MoIlo Is New York infant who = ui
Just S4s years old. His father NJ On
Tor him a petrol motor Of one and PC
yer horsepower, and limited I'M So
seven miles an hour. The child 90
this himself while his father Op gssi'
panles him on a bicycle. 'eoea
Inc Oldest ina lbitant in the yvo-Is
giant tortoise from the Sevchaliel
Welsns go pounds and is known !.
over lou years old Very probably its
IS someN here about 800 years. e
A distinct record is that held h..
Kew +. Ciapton. rector Of Stebhine
sex On a recent Sunday he assie,,sa z
ring peal of f3n changes on fhe 4
before the church. After this H.
Quoted the whole service. preacbs5 y
sermon and played the organ.
A record in families is that which
minated in remarkable marrise,
Worcester After a courtshin of +.
Mr.. Wolf BeTensOn. who is 4s vesr, We =.
was married TO Mrs. Annie GOldrns.
lady thirty-One years Younger Il. I
stated that Mr.. BerensOn has sewn :,
dren,. siXty-three grandchildren "
teen reat-grandchildreu and one -
great grandchild, He has two chi5--
In Poland and two great grandob;is
who are serving IN the Russian sen
The bride has five children and tz-s-.
eight grandchildren. and. altOpefbs-
is said that the family circle numhs-,
fewer than 12f.
There are ten Lincolnshire agricpl,u.
Iaborers who are the fathers of Ia M
dren The Lincolnshire Agricultural
ciety awards prizes every year to e,
race benefactOrs as these In one a.
competitor had twenty children. Of W..
seventeen were brought ND and tuI
were placed out In another case ~
were nineteen born, of WHOM fifteen ~.
brought up and four placed cut =
ord "a this dsfection Is held b. Mrs M,
Gillespie a woman Of S. She had H.
children. made up Of fifteen sets of ~
A man has lived for eight Years NJ
wife's tomb. thus making a record ~
is Mr.. Jonathan Reed. knoWn as the r..
nit Of Evergreen cemetery, BROOKLYN a.
was a retired merchant. and finally az
from a stroke of apoplexy in his wifs.s
tomb. He had lived there for eight vss-s
and always refused TO believe that Ne
wife was dead. Indeed, he contended thsi
death was wholly unnecessary and Quit
an avOidable experience. which was N.
result of the lack of vital heat and coeii
be easily remedied by artificial means A
he was wealthy enough to indulge IN h
a mausOleum with elaborate heating "a.
cilities. Finally he was found dead ..
the marble floor.
Very remarkable is the record which b.
longs 10 Mary Dickerson. an old LADY !
70. For the past twenty years she h-
slept standing. The whole night throu.|
she remains i'm an upright position. Lea
ing against wall. The reason for sd01.
ing this course is that she finds il the 0t
preventive of terribly disturbing dream,
which are the result of the habit OF tss
ing morphine. Even now if she was y
sleep in a bed she would have fedrtl
dreams
All the piano-playing records have bee.
eclipsed by the playing Of Mr.. Gamle1
at Marseilles. He played the piano 70,
twenty-seven hours. His first rest issisl
ten minutes. during which he sWal0Eal
some soup and a poached egg At otbsf
times he took kola and lemonade. AID
was massaged for ten minutes. After rs
he went on playing until another rest
when he partook of two eggs and wing
Of a chicken. washed down with d gssa
of Bordeaux and a cup of coffee. Thes
cramp seized the artists fingers be-
were Immediately massaged, and Nns
more kOla and a glass of champa &c Tsre
given to him. Toward the end lis
task the pianist's face became Very Cl-
gested. and his hands were very mali
swollen. while his arms had to D
prepped up with cushions. He Wol
wager of go, and afterward eoilsps.
owing to the nervous strain.
Very recently a billiard match y
played in Paris which lasted for twenr
four hours. During the whole period {;
players did not leave the room for mo
than a minute at time. The match toc
place between Jules Cohen and Pier
Jaussaud. and altogether they wake
about thirty miles during the courss
the game