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Show LIS T SE IE HUMDRED YEARS ILD Grandmother of a Utahn Celebrates Cele-brates an Unusual Birthday Birth-day Anniversary. On August 10th, Mrs. Charity H. Stevens Ste-vens of Oxford township, Michigan, celebrated her ono hundredth birthday. It was a notable event, nearly 1200 persons per-sons visiting tho Stevens homestead during tho day, which opened with a drizzling rain. Rcriiiniscent addresses were delivered by Congressman Sam W. Smith of Michigan, and other prominent promi-nent speakers. Thero wore present descendants de-scendants and relatives from half a dozen States, including Utah. Mrs. Stevens is widely known m aud rcspectod for her estimablo qualities, and is a writer of ability. Though feeble, fee-ble, sho is still in perfect physical and mental health, and may add n number of veara to her long life, which began during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States. Sho walks without assistance, and prides herself on having no uso for a maid in caring for her apartments and person. Somo thirty-fivo years ago, Mrs. Stevens Ste-vens delivered a congratulatory address at the eightieth birthday celebration of "Aunt Becky" Delano, a pioneer of Michigan, who moved from central New York, where, when a girl, sho was a schoolmate of Josoph Smith, Sr. Aunt Becky described Joe as a "pesky littlo brat,'" who was "up to all sorts of didos" that kept the school in a for-ment. for-ment. His favorito pastimo was "playing "play-ing pins," nt which he skinned tho other oth-er boys of all tho pins thoy could steal at home, and stuck them in his "roundabout" "round-about" until it looked like a veritable coat of mail, Tho game was played on the depressed crown of a hat, around the edge of which a number of pins woro laid. Then tho hat was gently tappod, to causo tho pins to roll into tho conter. If ono fell onto the brim tho player lost his chance. Whichever player brought them iu a bunch in tho center with tho least numbor of tap3 won tho pot. Joe worked an "immortal "immor-tal cinch" by fixing tho pins so they would only fall into tho crown, aud thus developed ag an cariy pioneer in tho sure-thing business. Tho advancement that has beon mado in tho art is shown by comparing "playing pins" with tithe-taking. Aunt Becky was not struck dead, but lived ten years, after uttering this blasphemy. |