Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-13
EX-SECRETARY COLMAN.
Distinguished MissourIan Chats OF
Health and Happiness at 81.


Il. Hill Of Augusta. In II recent issue
of st. Louis paper there vas the
following very interesting interview
with this remarkable man:
With every mental and physical fac
ulty perfect, with eyes bright, speech
effective and ready, motions quick and
precise. step elastic and form erect,
Missouri's former lieutenant governor.
Norman jay Conan, IL. b.. IL. d.,
officer lie meritc agrco IL, frs, United
States secretary of agriculture. father
of the United States experiment sta
tiorS, oldest c.litor in continu pus ser
vice ON one paper. is bowling along
mcrrily toward his Slst birthday May
16. 1905, he will be 81 wears old, and
niddlc-;,gcd. inca of today, who recall
hir: us, in their buyhood DAYS he
judged the tipttinG events in the long
since diSin;intIed ;tnI,itht alter Of The
long deceased st. Louis Agricultural
and Mechanical Fair can detect rot the
slightest chang. in his appearance or
manner in the forty years that have
aged the town Of St Louis into a world
metropolis. Whit" haired, whit beard
ed, slight in form ana quick in action
Cltstl vi
and bright of eye, he is the very same
today AZ then.
"Why, if | could live my life over
again. knowing in the beginning what
| know Eow, I could if no accident be-
fell me. live tn be 100 years old" he
answers the man who asks him what
fountain Of eternal youth he has dis
covered.
ITS not IL single precept | have fol-
lowed" he continues, unless you can
call sane living Il precept. | have i'll
my life simply exercised the reasonable
care of q reasonable man. have profited
by my cWn experiences and the eXper-
FENCES Of Others, and as my organs
were sound and my physical heritage
perfect l have preserved my youth and
vi~or.
''Don& worry is the first essential to
long life. Worry kills more persons
than disease. l have had my misfor-
tunes. J saw the war wreck NY jour
nal and ruin NY nursery business
Death has carried off friends and some
members of my family cast the
trouble out of my mind. If you can't
cure a trouble you can end it BY refus-
iiS ~ tIlilIh ctDpul II. mere 40 use
crying over split milk Don't get
angry. Don't harbor resentment or u
spirit OF revenge. BE equable IN every
control Never go to extremes in any
sentiment.
Keep your interest in life awake, is
the next essential to long life and Wig
or. Don't retire from business as You
grow OLD, but, at the same time don't
let your business rid" YOU. Business
was made for man, not man for bust
ness. | am Still the active editor of
Cohnan'S Rural World. now in its six
ty-first year. I am president of the
Missouri State Board of Agriculture, |
am tn" father and an active member
of the Missouri State horticultural So
cicty. | am Il director OF the Missouri
State Fair, 4 director of the American
TrOtting Association and Il member of
its Beard Of Appeals and q director of
the American Trotting Register ASso-
citation. | have Il 2iD-acrc farm at Crevc
Occur on which | breed trotting horses.
There are = fine animals there now.
bred the stallion the United States
Government selected out of field of
farm at Fort Collins, Colo. These
things give me Il better hold on life
than many men of 80 have.
"Chi!dren also help to strengthen a
mans strip on life ] myself am u
greatEra,dlather. My great grand
child is Lawrence LgGett, my daugh-
tcr'S grandson. Man is not following
out the laws OF nature or Of good cit-
zcnShip unless he brings up Il family
and takes an active interest IN it."
At this point u friend straycd casual
~ into the Office and interrupted with:
Morgan put up Il good fight against
Attell last night didn't he. Governors
Yes. and Attell is Il good fighter, too
1t takes Il good man To hold him tu Il
draw"
Yes, | like to see Il good fight ol a
wrestling match. | so whenever can.
1t makes the blood run faster, but I'd
rather you wouldn't mention that
said Gov. Colman. rcsuming his discuss
sion of the philosophy Of longevity
with just q. touch Of sheepishness, as
though he had been detected in an act
unworthy a PHILOSOPHER. 1T pulls you
out Of the groove you've been running
in he added. lifts the wheels of YOUR
wagon cat oi the rut There is no
spcedier way to an carly grave than in
Il rut.
IN" next essential to vigorous long
life is to unbend periodically. Camp
out, hunt and fish. | do this regularly
aIp president of the Coman Hunting
Cluh, made up of a number Of expert
hunters. many of them almost as old
as | am. We have no preserves, but
we go where the game is. We've just
got back from a hunt on the Black
River close to the Arkansas line in
Missouri. We got seven deer. No. |
never killed a bear. | never met up
with ore. | don't know why Missouri
has two bears on her seal. She hasn't
any anywhere else. I've killed wolves.
No. We don't kill foxes. We let them
get away. after we run them. so we
can ruin them again. I've killed cata
mounts aud bobcatS. The reason more
hunters don't kill deer is because they
wont stick to their stands and because
they haven't good hounds. We have Il
fine pack Of deer hounds. I've hunted