Show AGE CANNOT 1 I MODERN INSTANCES TO POINT MORAL OR ADORN A TALE I 1 the tl oldest oldest ruami olda t lik IA hairr irr 3 er ind of arcus ii I 1 former in america proof I 1 that Lone 1 I Iner corl hahe wr lv by Ani ciftan press A alsol ationo cot lell ruell greel at wrote bli gried dilphia 1 anti anil the arse dom lis etien rach each had numbs rol more thau four booro aco rosears ro years and acl t us lit at fourscore fours coro ond ten lu had but begun lis lia of 0 ilan chaucer at W m ith tho the nightingales at sl ity wrote tile ClInter bury at Weli our to tho the latt last complete ullen ahrn mra ears acre bast eat rhese are r indeed but aler show new how fax far tho the gulf fuu edream of our youth onay may alv I 1 oto tile arctic v rilious of our 11 alic e where tire little elbo than lite life irack arvi vc Lon Lone fillow gOlow exceptions edict indeed they the were but he be P proofs r blots clots multiply daily that such basei casei iro so rapilly ra pilly that they will 1 F N V PETER WILLIAM BROWN soon goon cease to bo exception wept ions s t hat peorl work le be his year that americans nud englishmen live much longer than ban formerly is rot cot now questioned by tiny statistician england hasa has 1 city inkyu nearly 90 years old sir prove walli lied died tho the other d day ay iy at the ago of ir was active till within a few weeks or of his death and the united states now boasts of the lawyer oldest wui wot king icing farmer oldest circus performer abild oldest postmaster in the wol id of these more anon to properly introduce them it is well to preface a fen fan facts on the question what do mankind 1 in general consider old ag age it is now considered by all antiquarians that w wj wa j moderns modems are not only better fixed in every way and rather more moral than the ancients but we are arc larger stron liget sc and more tenacious of lif life consider the heroes of the olden time howy they died alexander the great at 3 henry V at 34 tho the clack black prince died long father did anaf and evet even a mode modem it died eight 0 days before the completion rf ft LIS his year when all england WJ wa wondering how bow he be lived so long ion I 1 the ancient iii historians did not colle condescend to tell us about the common peo pie but from what they fay of the hin lains we must conclude that commoners wei v eie e very hort obort lived king david for instance was so completely worn out nut at 69 that bedclothes would not leep him warm and they had to resort to a lecul 11 I 1 A j N e na 0 11 y ilir specie of massage mas ina sage mige an ani and I that nil ol 01 sustained hini him a i few months month solonika Solo Solon niri ioa became king kill when a 1 boy had 7 too wn aj A j f before lie was SU and died at 52 2 or 1 l all the army looked ou on wi wn amazement when Mis nisi appeared ui oil hoac back at SO compare alette i N ith modern mou monarch ircia frederick william villiam was an officer in alu batt battle leof of eiloo in 1615 wib crowned emperor at versailles in lb ibal il and it betins ins but yest yesterday erlay that lie died rung zobe the last of the gleat moguls 10 4 of the akbar dynasty lied died it at 91 a deign of furty idine years preceded by at long ions and vc very ry raivo career us as prince aud soldier imiri lori XIV took the crown at 13 and died at al 77 7 hain haling been king sixty four rais cats und henry HI who ou all other sove sovereigns rei ais in fit that tbt particular reigned fifty six years yet hoaas ho was only 65 when ho he died wo we will not count george in for his illi lill failed fidell in middle life yet lie died in tile year of LIS his life and the after taking the crown As to queen victoe lt ii the she is ia a mere girl only 73 last lait may site she has been queen fifty five firo years her health is excellent and her constitution i good and bythe by alie table of pro elio diio is entitled to thirteen cen moru 3 without accident slie will fa far r exferd tile the reins of henry III and george gcorge III or 0 louis XIV and it is time to como come to the modern ind men of to or about baill iu in irin firm health are by no ito means rire rare at ac indiana street chicag Chic acu 0 o lives lii es peter william am brown the oldest circus ul in thu world he ai was bu burn buit it in lot logdon aal nov IS 14 17 19 N went elit into the lins I 1 ill US as the jil infant tant clunis chei clu tib nib on oil hii hi 3 fat faglier lier is head on tho the fil slotted lutted show horse borse in ci al feared before the royal family as a bareback rider zt a 10 and continued in ill life as a till i seventy one i ii i years year fitter I 1 lii first appearance apie apI arance learance lie ile quit iba abo sawdust arc iia however in carly tie bo hood and was one of he rayfl coyol jockeys in 1113 then lien vitiated ill all alij I 1 L capitals of europe in turn was in ill cow when u the inhabitants first ned after he great ire fire and was waa riding f horses in beilin bel lin when the lie rows of lite die batt battle leof of waterloo arrived to the rill ring for a few years caino caine to tile united states with the ho original ozi ginal fraik ii i founier circus and with it crossed tin ill texas to mexico IT in jb alia early forties once more lie quit t the ile i jno ins anil and served as advance agent to for r various shows was jenny linds interpreter intern reter for a few months after if ter she camo came to arm r ica and ami ahn nent linck back to the taw baw dust ani and stuck to it till in ili makins making a over several cal kiels etc lio lie slipped t then lot in thought etwas it was time to quit at the aap r of 03 lie is in almost perfect health and lie ho anil and his aged wife once an caum S trienne of note roz e among the pl pleasant pleasana easaya est people in ili their neighborhood john Date Einan sinan of welt west milton union county I 1 ila i is by far tho the old est merchant erchant in in the susquehanna r 1 gion and the oldest postmaster in the lio united states if not in the world ile ho was born aug 30 1910 was married in 1831 and appointed postmaster pot master the first there it at west milton in 1885 ilk 11 lias has held licud tho place ever since and was notified by tho the washington authorities a short time ego ago that hit he was the oble it s in the service ile iia owned the farm on oil which the villace villi ie of west milton wn built and there the riis fir store which is now ran by his son lie and his wife celebrated f their sixtieth wedding anniversary in fit 1891 on which occasion their four cons anti and thre alir e daughters were present they have lost none by death there is a 1 dispute as to who is tile oldest lawyer in active practice in in ahe I 1 lie united states but lis bis friends cla claim 11 i that lionor honor fur for air robert II 11 folger fol r of massillon M 0 lie ile was born in ili cheter county pa in ili 1812 1512 was admitted to tn the lie bar in island and locatell loca teil at lassil lw where he has sino since remained he is a conof son of the once buted i hayhow fay liew folger tile lie man mail who discovered Ils cOv the surviving mutineers muti cers of the british bhim county bounty in their island I 1 ie c treat and lias has in ili his hii possession the logbook of his bis fathers ship the topaz t aff ea 1 Y 1 f I 1 roburt r n folger with the entry of 0 that discovery made by his father lie he is still in practice colonel richard IV thompson of teri teno e haute ind was admitted to the bar in 1834 but lias has not been in ili active practice for some years yeara the oldest inin inan in new eng england ijohn francis lu maistre laist rc andas and as ho he did it good deal of farra farni woi k till six yearn year ago lie must lie be bet down as tho the oldee farmer he was born on the island ul ui jet geisey sey apt april il 4 1784 and is therefore i his year at the ago age of 15 it lr emigrated to st Vr arness Vc ness quebec in I 1 ISA ber lie narried and when his wife died I 1 ii ISS 31 lie he went to vermont to live will liis bis daughter his ageos age of itself malci malce him a curiosity but still more tile the ri re kable preservation ou of his at lie ho could coall do a good half day s in tile the field but has tailed failed fat fas siu since cothen then his hearing comes and go as ho he gayb and until this ye year ir ho he read v glosses leois he is still straight and tolerably v vigorous orous his vraner a ther died rt at but his father was li at sea in early manhood our publio public men we can boast some N veterans indeed iri decd simon cameron died june 20 1889 aged SO 00 years men months tha and IS 18 days hannibal Hain Han lii ilij died at 82 tho the author luthor of the ilora tariff i still at ai jobush john anci livi man has bien bi bt en extremely active in roll poh ties and law fur for forty eight 5 3 ears fir fie hns has served four years in the th cabinet m sr in the house and twenty right in tit lb m nate aud ami if you want that ho he is ib still vigorous you mn can pi go plenty of them from the democrats ii i ohio aud and the adverse faction of act i X 1 4 4 to r 11 1 I F I 1 I 1 1 01 1 11 3 V P 1 1 11 jolt lr LE MAISTRE laicans thom thiro is no evidence that he thinks ot of retiring davis avill ncr ne er a stal wart inan and anil was ailet it 1 ug but a good lisk isk I 1 in 1611 4 7 yet ho be lived ten tell 3 ears beyond the isiam Ws allotment really there is no bo tort L of doubt that vo a ivi i aie much longer lived than were the lie ancients J 13 PAUSE palte I 1 |