Eureka Reporter | 1905-02-17 | Page 5 | Passes Declining Days in Knitting

passes n ng days in eting gen edward F jones soldier statesman manufacturer of scales and ex lieutenant governor of new york state made famous by using the phrase jones he pa s the freight in advertising his wares Is blind and 77 lears of age he has taken up 1 nitting not merely tor the purpose of away ats time but that his restless spirit and eberg may be sat and that other unfortunate blind persons like himself may be helped in their affliction mr jones was lieuten ant governor or six years beginning in 1885 A ear ago he finished writing a novel using a typewriter for the blind he lives at bingham ton all school children of that city who need glasses are supplied at the general s expense