The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-19

Mrs. COrneiia Il. HOlIeman.
coaching from Mrs. Holleman in mat
terS OF diet. But they can get point
ters on disposition, on interest in on
temporary affairs. on the live sort
or living that makes one vounge the
W4lter grows ones hair. No doubt
the secret lies in active interest in
what IS going on about one. healthy
activity in the affairs Of ones neigh
borhood, a careful sitting Of the good
that there is in the world a~upropriat-
Ing to one self the thoughts that
make for cleanliness Of mind.
For her face has the serenity and
the peace Of one who has lived rightly,
II n who has no fears for the
death that is inevitable before many
years. Asked what she has to live
for. Auntie says that she is only living
Tor death. She does not say it sadly,
Joyfully or ~resignedly, simply newt
ably. Before her hundredth birthday
she looked forward to being 100 years
old 1t was a milestone set by hun
dreds Of friends Everybody wished
that she would be 100 for that was
considered the goal. Now, tina care
fully fostered ambition has been real
lied and it would SEEM that there is
nothing else to live for. But there is.
Where there is no bitterness there is
AO hAuA - 0Sdlh. AHA l l1Olit-
man cherishes no bitterness or
grudge.
Mrs. Holieman is a wee person,
weighing about 100 pounds. Age has
not stopped her shoulders. but she
leans forward from the waist. For
perhaps two Or three years she has
not walked far from the Broughton
home. She confines her walks for ex-
ercise to the porches. She uses he1
cane always-in fact, she sleeps with
it in bed beside her. Il Used to lear
it against the bed, but sometimes il
fell down, and now I keep it in bed
with me-" she said.
He Nightly Prayer.
Her most fervent prayer at night is
that she will not disturb the Brough-
ton family in her night wanderings
For she sleeps much Of the day anG
often cannot sleep at night. SHE
comes down to breakfast and dinner
but the evening meal is brought t
her. "SOmetimes l wake in the nigh
and forget that l have had supper
But l hate to disturb anybody
Something to eat is left in her room
all the time, usually something sweet
SO that if she is hungry in the nigh
she does not need to ask whether i
is supper time or not.
MIS-. 11C11Ct11d1 C1lti INdoS l.
Bible along with the daily press. Ant
she memories poetry-is simply car
ried away with it. She is particular,
; fond of hymns. and often repeat tn
ones she likes most.
Mrs. Holleman's memory for event
Of the past ten to twenty years i
, not good, but her recollections o
dates and events of the first half 0
=, the nineteenth century are clear a
crystal. Particularly we'll does she re
member the date Of her marriage t
O. l.. Burch, just twelve days in ad
vance Of her twenty-first birthday, !
October, 1888. Three weeks from
!. that time the stars fell, and a grea
: sight it was. she declares.
{ Mrs. Holleman was porn near Hart
: ford. Conn, November IL, 1912. Sh
= was christened Cornelia Richard
Lewis. She was one Of twin sisters
j., Her parents dying in her early child
er to Cane Creek. twelve miles fror
,Chapel Hill, in 1880. Her twin Sis
ter later Mrs. William J. Louge.
, mother Of Mrs. n. B. BrOughton. wen
U TO live with their uncle, John Levi!
Of Chapel Hill
Two years later the twin sister
q came to Raleigh mi entered the mil
linery and dressmaking establishment
Of Mrs. William Thompson who's
q nlace vas on Fayetteville street, nea
MORGAN. and they lived there unit
y 10sa when Miss CoEnelia married {
s I. Burch. MI. and MrA Burch live
in Raleigh. Pittsboro and Oxford. ~.
Rurch dying In Raleigh In 1871. !
1879 Mrs. Burch married "yatt :
Q Holleman. He died In 1877.