The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-30
SOME STRANGE RECORDS.
Played Piano Twenty-seven Hours.
The Longest Billiard Game.
From Tid-Bits.

From Tfd-Bits.
Quite the youngest chauffeur in the
world is a New York infant, who is only
just 31a years old. Ills father had built
for him petrol motor Of IA horsepower,
and limited in speed to seven miles an
hour The child operates this himself,
while his father accompanies HIM ON
bicycle.
The oldest inhabitant in the world $
n giant tortoise from the Seychelles. II
weighs go pounds and is known to he
over $50 years old. Very probably its
age is somewhere about 300 years.
A distinct record il that held by the
Rev. e. Clapton, vicar of Stebbing, Es-
sex. On recent Sunday he assisted to
ring peal of 720 changes on the bells
before church. After this he conducted
the whole service preached the sermon
and played the organ
The record in families is that which
eliminated In remarkable marriage at
Worcester After a courtshp of a week
Mr.. Wolf Berenson, who is SO years old,
was married to Mrs. Annie Goldman Il
lady 81 year younger. 1T Is stated that
Mr. Berenson has children DO grand
children, II great-grandehldren and
great eat-grandchild He has two chill
dren In Poland and two great-grandcnil-
dren who are serving in the Russian
army. The bride has children and 2S
grandchildren, and altogether, it is said
that the family circle numbers no fewer
than 124
There are ten Lincolnshire agricultural
laborers who are the fathers of $50 chill
dren. The Lincolnshire Agricultural so
ciety awards prizes every year to such
race benefactors as these. In one case
competitor had 20 children. OF whom Il
were brought up and Il were placed
out In another case there were 10 born.
of whom 10 were brought up and II
placed out record in this direction is
held by Mrs. Mary Gillespie, woman Of
Sc. She had thirty children. made up of
fifteen sets OF twins
A man has lived for eight years in his
wife's tomb. thus making a record. This
Is Mr.. Jonathan Reed, known as the her
NIT of Evergreen cemetery, Brooklyn. lie
was retired merchant, and finally died
from a stroke of apoplexy in his wife's
tomb. He had lived there for eight years
and always refused to believe that his
wife was dead. Indeed. he contended that
death was a wholly unnecessary and quite
avoidable experience, which was the re-
suit of the lack of vital heat. and could
he easily renedied by artifieiai means. IS
he was wealthy enough to indulge in his
pet theory he had constructed for him a
mausoleum with elaborate heating facil-
tiles. Finally he was found dead on the
marble floor.
Very remarkable is the record which
belongs to Mary Diekerson, an old lady
of 70. For the past 20 years she has slept
standing. The whole night through she
remains in an upright position, leaning
against a wall. The reason for adopting
this course is that she finds 1t the only
preventive of terribly disturbing dreams
which are the result of the habit Of taking
morphine. Even now II she wished to
sleep in bed she would have fearful
dreams
All piano-playing records have been
eclpsed by the playing of NJ. Gardner, at
Marseilles. He played the pianofor TWEEN
ty-seven hours. His first rest lasted ten
minutes, during which he swallowed some
soup and poached egg. At other times
he took kola and lemonade, and was mas
saged for ten minutes. After this he
went on playing until another rest. when
he partook OF two eggs and wing Of
a chicken, washed down with glass Of
Bordeaux and cup OF coffee. When
cramp seized the artists fingers they
were Immediately massaged, and some
more kola and a glass Of champagne
were given TO him. Towards the end OF
his task the nianist's face became very