The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-18
William Middleton.
% Year Old Young
Man, Enjoys Beach

-, IN american continent
ne Is William Middleton. who with
~. nis enarming wife have quarters in
ene atlantic apartments. and if thera
are any health resorts anywhere de.
string 10 contest this claim his friends
want 10 make il plain that all chal-
lehses VIII be promptly ami properly
disposed OF. p'of1'is
MT Middleton's summer or North
ern home is in Montreal Canada
where be has lived most of his lilo
ana where he was born now moro
IMAM eightyfour years ago. M one
would guess him to be more than fifty
or sixty years old, aud he masses
easily every day for forty He * con.
s,antiy boiling over with good humor.
likes pat joke laughs heartily
stands erect. carries bright eve
moves quickly. has no use for wrin
kies. pitches a good game of horse
SHOES. Sand is apparently as vigorous
as the ordinary man, half his age.
Nnen asked: How do you account
Tor your boyish spirit. your alertness
ana your young looks and feelings at
yonr ageYy he promptly replied:
by living morally. taking salt
water baths, staying outdoors, attend
Ing TO my own business and keeping
on speaking acquaintance with my
own conscience. Even now about all
the bad feelings | ever have | charge
10 smoking. have always smoked
and / get a good deal of comfort out
OF il. and at my age will not think of
giving II up, bnt If | was young again
and know what | do now, | would
never start"
When asked about his early life
Mr.. Middleton said:
Il started out from Montreal in
1868, soon after The rebellion. for
California. making up my mind 10 get
there somehow Ii took me six
months 10 get as far as Arkansas.
and two years to get to the end of
my journey. | stopped for a time in
Nevada For eleven years pros
pected for gold and was able TO save
twenty-one thousand dollars while
out there Then I started for Aus
tralia. where I stayed for four years.
and continued to look for gold. While
there | added ten thousand dollars
more TO my savings Then ! proceed
ed on my trip around the world. re-
turning 10 this country by way OF New
York. Ny father died when | was ?
years old. and my mother when ! was
2 wears old. so that | had to start out
looking after myself when | was
prettv Young. NV only sister died
three years ago. and my only brother,
| David. is now living in Central Amer
| lea. | married first at Montreal when
I | was quite young man, and nine
children blessed our union. My wife
died many years ago and ] married
again about ten years ago, the last
time In Huntington. Canada.
with reference TO his business ca
reer this marvellous man. who has
/ truiv found the "fountain of youth.
aid he first engaged in the oil REIN
ing husiness npon his return 10 his
nld home and continued al 1t for ten
vears bnt that he was finally com
| nelled TO sell out as the result OF the
nsual squeezing process 81 the stand
ard Oil company.
"Since then" said Mr.. Middleton.
have heen in the warehouse and wood
a,,vare business. | have one. OF the
no warehouses IN Montreal and have
s,orahouse for anything and every
1 ,h;np 4 am also still in the Dusl
ness of manufacturing TUBS anu pam
for the big packers we use ior lhi'
purpose elm. maple. pine ana III laSe
most any kind OF wood Is acceptap l'.
We turn out about S2oo'ooo worm PEI
year -, so ooof
many years" suggested Mt Mlinle
jton .'As long as siStY-hVe years AK AK
! I came down to about forty hiie'
north of Jacksonville ana housl'
GOOD bunch Of lumber whieh W.
shipped 10 scotland % ne nsed III ~
shipbuihding business otr;s,
Mr. MIDDLETON Is OIL 9coteN IT, 1T,
narentage. belongs 10 the FrespF tel
isr church and had no way OF seeu =
ing an education "Bui. saiu ne,
have always been able to DO my oNi
aguriugr He has never been mo- ,.e.
man three months sick IN an ms M
sna about eight weeks oil that 'i' i
Tsas while he was stricken Win u
,eIlow fever. This was whlle ne y"
ling around Cape Horn. lie -
sset and / inch high. bulh rom u
,,ound M like real athiete ana SAP
ha never wanted to hght, Dul va
never obliged to run from any IN. nSi
-, Davtona Beach he says u,
4; the sixth winter nave Sp =
have visited all OF the Florida : )
sor,s and, Of course. tnls y M :
, Sui, or / would not continue 70 eon,
hers / take a bath in the ocean ever o'sl
n n day. and lay lot OF my soo
sasIings TO that. know ! nave pc. PEE
,ra,tIy benefited by the me lime
snd salt water here. have gotten gotten
-, 10 il that during the mia ii mn,
'n " North | feel that must COZ con
spu,, as far as Atlantic tlty 'oi
oounIa of weeks OF baths.
from South Dakota the ioilowl !,
vsry congenial parry arrived today day, a. !
80 very busy enjoying the Deaul !, \
o. he Triple Cities. They are ~
~ Mrs 5. r. Nngent MI ana pa
A craft. c. ". Nugent ana =;
Fms Of Mitchell. s. D. When ash i,
- ne Non-Partisan League hif. llau
s,raneth in their state, Mr.. Nus *
said. mo. not in our state, pu. n
80 n,entv of them mp IN Noitn
H1'o ha,t 10 hank failures 10