Show A QUEER CENTENARIAN From tho Chicago RecordHerald There died In New York the other da a most remarkable woman Mme Avon Do Vermond This lady was born in Germany on October 15 1800 At the age of 30 she married a French soldier who during the Napoleonic durinI wars had been quartered In her native town and who had seen her aa a little girl and loved her Quite romantic Few men take the trouble to go back after the lapse of fifteen or twenty aCel But the strange and remarkable features of Mme DC Vermonds case were not con cerned with her love story The fact la that she being 102 years old didnt die In a poorhouse Nor docs it appear that she had all her life been addicted to the use of whisky and tobacco I may be difficult for the reader to believe this but the good old lady eeems to have had ixcmplnry habits notwithstanding her great age moreover her c1t declining years crs were passed with members of her ownI I family Instead of upon public charity After this encouraging case almost any of us may be justified in endeavor eldc ing to live a hundred yean |