Show irishman years old walks mile for pension london ireland famous breeding I 1 ground of hale and hearty old in men en I 1 has produced a lie ile Is william smith of Dro marn county down who has celebrated his ono one hundred and twenty floth birthday he was middle aged according to ordinary standards when he went off to fight in tile the crimean war ills most strenuous exercise nowadays Is walking a mile each friday to receive his pension pe nalon ireland has produced many long lived persons but women in the british isles as a whole are much longer lived than men there are arc about ten times as many female centenarians centen arians as male clergymen and peers seem to live longest in these modern times of rush and stress but even the oldest of them are young young compared to thomas carn cam a londoner who died on january 18 1588 at the venerable age of two hundred and seven at least this Is a record said to have been inscribed in the parish register of st leonards church shoreditch Sho reditch which was destroyed by fire students of longevity say centena rians hans come from long lived families where the tiling thing Is a habit they disc discount aunt tho the many pet modes of ity 11 v ing the prejudices for or against tobacco alcohol tea or this food foad or that to which old persons often attribute their achievements la in piling up birthdays |