The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-04-11
SAUtz CsHsTrE: ClA2MaS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
More Men and Women Past Eighty
Years of AGE Than Any City Of
Its Size on Earth.

Its Size on Earth.
Ponce De Leon was a chump to
search for the Fountain of Eternal
Youth in the miasmatic swamps of
Florida. If he had possessed wisdom
and understanding he would have
come to Sank Centre. There is "A
tradition current, l do not certify for
its accuracy, that in the cold stockade
days" it was decided that a pro-
gressive town like Sank Centre ought
to have cemetery. Ground was
purchased but the town was SO per-
sistently healthy that they could not
get start. An old ex-rebel was
making himself regular nuisa ace to
the blue coats stationed here so one
night. in the cleaning, they took
him out and lynched him in order
that the graveyard might have a
corpse to start with. There was moth
ing bad labout the old fellow except
his tr~ Asonable tenuencies and tradi-
ton further states he was escorted by
st. Peter through the golden gates
and over the shining fields of
Paradise. He looked askance and
when chided for his lack of appreci-
alton of celestial glories and in re-
Spouse to the query how he liked
heaven, replied 81 came from Sank
Centre, | never dreamed this was
heaven"
[ do not vouch for the truth OF the
above, have quit vuuching, but do
assert that this city has more men
and women who have passed four
score years than any city of equal
size in the United States.
Grandma Jones.
Hannah Woodward was born in
Stuben Co., N. Y, April 22nd 1918,
and will be SO years old her next
birthday. She was married in Meek
lingberg, Tompkins Co , N. Y, Feb.
LIST 1885, to Levinssto Jones and they
lived happily together for 60 years
until Mr.. Jones death twelve years
ago. Grandma has been resident OF
Sank Centre about % years. She is
the mother of seven children. She
has "a grandchildren, 81 great grand
children and 20 great great grand
children. Hazel Wolf living near
town, is her great, great grand-child.
A most interesting picture in Mrs.
Jones' home represents five gener-
ations of herself and decendcnts.
She was converted at the age OF
nineteen and has been consistent
church member ever since. Her eye
is clear and bright, she never uses
glasses in her ordinary household
duties, but uses them in sewing or
reading or in carrying on her very
extensive correspondence.
Morning and noon of we'll spent
life brings peacefully setting sum-"
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. DooIittIe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Doolittle,
parents of Mr.. o. H. Doolittle of this
city, while perhaps not legal resi-
dents of this city, have been here so
much we claim them as our own.
Mr.. Doolittle was born in Wyoming
County, N. Y, on Feb 9th 1926. He
married Jane A. Thompson, who was
born in Oldham, England, April 14th
1925, in 1849, having welded life of
81 years. Four children were born OF
this union, one dying in infancy.
The oldest son Charles j., resides
IN Lake City, Mimi. Mrs. Woodford,
a daughter, lives in st. Paul. The
youngest son, o. H., is a we'll known
resident of this city. Mn Doolittle
has a>remarkable record. He was one
of the men that did things in those
stirring days of old sin the times
that tried the souls of men," As
recruiting agent Of his town during
the war time by his energy and
patriotism he kept the quota of men
full and there was no draft during his
incumbency of the Office. AS the
first supervisor of the town of Geneva,
N. Y, he handled and disbursed
more than $4,000 and no one ever
asked for bond. He served in the
New York legislature and met on
equal terms the greatest men America
ever produced and possesses fund of
interesting "reminiscences that would
take volume to recapitulate.
Mr.. Doolittle attributes his long
life to the fact that he never missed a
service in the Episcopal church OF
which he and his wife are life long
members. That he never voted any
thing but q straight democratic
ticket except in the case of Abraham
Lincoln, that he never INDUCED in
any form OF dissipation except to