Show THE OLDEST MAN thin THE statement that a man lives who was born before napoleon bonaparte and fought him all the way from montenotte Mente notte to waterloo will be received by many with broad incredulity it is like taking us back to a period of the worlds world Is history which we are familiar with only through books legends and relies relics and bringing us face to face with a generation long since passed away yet such person lives and gives promise of holding out for several years to come his name is nagy Fere ferencz Fe renez he is a hungarian and was born in being thus years old he lives now in barez hungary when the great european coalition was formed against france in 1793 ferencz enlisted in the aus aug trian army and served without intermission ter for the long period of twenty years being engaged in all the great wars of napoleons time among them the famous fields of leipzig Leip austerlitz marengo wag ram and lastly waterloo his has been a wonderful experience he has seen the government of france changed a dozen times it was a kingdom when he first knew it then a republic a kingdom again a directory an empire several provisional establishments a republic under louis napoleon an empire a war council of safety and lastly a republic his own government austria has dwindled considerably in the presence of the nations and the map of europe has been changed so often that we doubt if even he would recognize the old one it is a ripe old age to arrive at ani and a great period to paw pass f r through feren ferencz ez is the oldest man in the world so feu far as any records go |