Show may you live longani long and prosper who w would hot not gladly k join with tho poor old vagabond of the cats mi rip van winkle in his hearty toast what else do most men hold dearer than life without on t life all other things arc are valueless life only make mak e happiness possible still how few are there who with goldsmiths parson know to husband out lires taper at it tho the close and keep alib flames from ria wasting eting t by jy repose unfortunately a majority seem to agree with gay and think that L life ire isa is a jest and all things show it I thought so once but awil now I know ita it yet there aro arc persons cither either possessed with extraordinary physical vitality or with a moral force enabling them to lengthen outlives out lifes mingled yarn beyond the average age of such people the N Y sun has lately compiled a long list which we publish below sirs mrs sybil Tic kiler of cornwall all conn was years old oid on february r ath emily ayers for forty years a sera vant in the family fam I ay of IV W 13 wyatt I of baltimore died recently ag aged ged the rev edward palmer of barney well ell S C cutill still preaches every sunday although lie is is in his ninety third year A lady who died recently in newburyport newbury bury port mass A lass in her year was attended by a physician for the first time in her life in her fatal il illness liless at iho the date of the declaration of independence andreas Biscon Bisco nair nir of saranac NL Y was ono one year and a half OU old ho he is in tolerable health mrs polly Cleve landof morrisville Morris ville NL Y is in her year and in good health and mrs beghon of portland maine was on dec 12 when caroline carolino taylor was sold as a slave to col david sloan in charleston S BC C in 1795 1793 she was as 22 slie she died recently in township undo davy colson living on oil col jordens plantation Ilaw kinsville ga gaissl Gai is sUl years old when lie first rode a mule to mill the revolution Kc I was not over I ono one of tho the american seamen seized by the english and confined in dartmoor prison in 1812 was david wingate who died recently in rochester N 11 II at 92 the oldest person in tho the state of indiana is father rather imhoff of luch rich mond who is now in his year ho lie has a good appetite but his mental facilities faculties are aro bailing lai ling when mrs mary winn died recently cen aly in philadel philadelphia ph ia at ab she e left surviving her children 35 grandchildren 07 great grandchildren and and 24 great great reat gr grandchildren the dominion of op canada div gives es a pension ision of 25 to louis Watz IV eau an all indian chief born in canada years yea rs ago he ile was commissioned by queen victoria aas as chief of the ban oga aia in the tile war of 1812 james isom spent his time in a mountain 11 cave in making aking saltpetre salt falt petre for the manufacture of gunpowder forthe for tho american army he ile died on jan ath at richmond lUch mond ky aged ed samuel beckley died recently at flint midi mich in his year mrs caroline Ca carey at buffalo Buff illo aged mrs airs ann danny at smyrna del in her year and mrs catherine branch in boston aged ill tho the oldest married couple in rhode island arc are cromwell and deborah gorton Gor ll of east greenwich on oil the of aprillar april Aprill mr lr gordon will bo be 92 and his wife has completed her year they married sixty seven years c a rs a aso o num NUMEROUS amors s h have ive been received by us its which arc are of no mean intrinsic value still as news of the day lay local and f foreign ortho orthe comes crowding in upon us wo arc oace compelled to lay aside articles which bear keeping doctrinal disquisitions political programs literary sketches and similar contributions have to yield precedence to the current events of the hour especially as is our advertising id patronage increases wo we are under the necessity not only of condensing bensin the indispensable but dropping i ft a good alc deal al of the accidental matter our correspondents have bavo one resource to secure a fair chance for seeing their contributions adorn our columns by being brief omita ting all ornamental diffusiveness and and rhetorical rhapsodies the tho shorter a communication is is tho the sooner it will vi ill bo be published by us and the sooner read b by y the public A MODEL CITIZEN has turned up in san F francisco ran cisco ft a man inan who idio is wil willing linc to sacrifice his time on the altar of his country from the S F examiner wo we learn that an all individual what low appellation for so high spirited a danl who evidently thinks there is something to bo be gained in serving on oil tho the united states jury has lins addressed the tn following note to tho the united st states ates marshal SAN SAX FRANCISCO cal mar blar 1932 to the united stales states marshal SIK sin I have been a resident of this city sinco since 1872 and I am surprised to know that I have never once been summoned monc d for jury give this roan man a scat seat on the jury by all means nay make him grand juryman for life that lie may study and apply the laws of the laud land and the statutes of william and marv KLEIN the kentucky aitro astronomer nomer says that another great comet will astonish the world in the latter part of this month a appearing near the great bear a region that has been fruitful of comets |