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Show NEARLY A CENTURY OLD. John Miller, Born in 1812, U Still Strong and Active With Every Indication of Living for Another Decade. (Sunday s Dill ) At Ihe home of his diighler, Mrs Kate Took, on West Plrst South street there Is living; to lay one of the oldest If not the oldest m in In Rait Lake C'lt or the Hlale of 1 loh John Miller was born in Berks muntl Pi In 112, while the iniing American llepublle was mraaurlng Mrenglh for the second time with dreat llrltnln He lav In Ihe rrullo when Coir motion Perry was ttaehlns naval tacllea to the Mis tress of Hie teas on laike l.rle and Andrew Inrkst n was piling ihe wii to Hit Ircelilenot, with Ida Southern sharp shooters at the bnttlt of Nik Orleans Kev was writing ht Immortal aopg Ihf fel ur Kpongletl llnnner and the Ilrltlh hi I Juei burned the Cm Itol at Washing tf n In erltc of the great changes lolltleally and Intluslrlalli of the Intervening years anil Hit gineratlona thit hnve been born an I Riitlirred lo their fnlhtrs Mr Miller still rttilns the faciitlus of mind an 1 Itih tntt. three luart) meals a da, loth chi'wt and smokes tobacco takes n tlrlnli of lieer or whlk when he feels thit In lifeds It, und vnlea tho I)em-eralle I)em-eralle ticket He admits that ho la old enough to know better than to do the list Hit expHlna thnt he was raised in lrglnln whlth is to iuv tho least, nn rxtinnillni. Ircumstarro ,4omc of the stereis of his henttv nil age are his lifelong nctMtj the healthful health-ful character of his occupation an I his chierful dli,sltlon From bojhood up he has tilled till soil and been very f nil of xerclse In the tip, n ilr At Hit age of R3 he was emplovcd on ti farm mill earnrtl hla 110 everj month 1 our j en rn i ago he took a contract Ironi Angus M Cnnnon to chop down a lirae trre nenr South Temi le sinei, nnd he hnl the tree cut up Into stove wool while itinnv a jounger man would have bi i II Inking til out the tnnk I.sxlhniv thr.e m ire ago h walked frtm hla datlKhtirs home to Knrrrt Hale and now on ii li lln tlnv he wilka from light to ten blocks I ir mero pleasure He can traiel anywhere on the street cars without assistance, but usuallv prefers to walk It was In Ihe vear 1M0 that Mr Miller came to Utah Accompanied by his wife nntl two llttlt tlaughttrs. he pushed a handcart contlnlng supplies and a few household erfecta ucro-s the broad pi tins i nil througn tho Hockv mointalns to the rromlsed (and Altl nugh a Latter Day Bitnt he never took more than the ono wife Sho bore him four diughiers thrto of whom survive Thev nre Mis Cook, Mrs llarhira Ilusb an I Mrs Mlna Wilcox Wil-cox nf Siinnvsldo His dnughters being childless Mr Miller h a nevfr had tho felleltv of becomU" a grandfather Tint oldest of the trio la Mrs Cook who Is 51 vcars of ate Health fadi hive no place In Mr Mil. ler i manner of life He Is verv mottr-itc mottr-itc In his use of II pior drlrklng It nnlj for medicinal purposes but ho swallows n large bvwl or strong coffee without milk or sugar nt almost evetv meal lie bade farwell to hlo Inst looth somt rime ago and hus had little use for beef since, but he Is ver fond or fat pork The only sense In which the old gentle man Is defTtlle la his htnrlng and It Is lecessary to shout In order to make him understand a tiuollnn Ills memory Is excellent and hi rrenuentli entertains a circle of Interest!. I llstei ers wllh anecdotes anec-dotes that euro Hum lack to ancient hlstorv One of hla morlcs Is of his first engnrement na a wage urner, when la lored one whole enr nntl recelird ono Pllr of shoes and two piles of pants is compensation Thit was when he was U (T 11 vcars old ...R"5 ears ago Mr. Miller was nulte ill and his death was expecte 1 tUlli. but he began to mend and has nnpnrent ly been growing stronger evrr since He now expects to live tor a veir or two longer and then seems no nppinnt rei. on why he should not round nut the centurv Ihe old gentleman never learned to read and has never tlkin n vtrv acthe Inlorest In general affairs hut llkts to le lold of loeal events mil keeps posted on what Is pissing bv nsklnt; questions He fnrmerlv Ihi.l with one of hla tlnugli-ttrs tlnugli-ttrs at Forest Dnle ml for thnt reason he made frequent inquiries concerning the deielopm ills In thi llnv murtbr case |