Show hil Birt liday I 1 BUND ard P chronicle 1 NEW yon nov 29 up in n gra grand a d street treet at no 38 isaac bradden stein tein ii celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of hie his birth surrounding and admiring admi rinK the bale old veteran ar his edg ton four child renac d eix six great grand children thia this centenarian does not loos look like a man over sixty or evenly seventy years old lie ie is of about medium height and though now thin mast ranst have been in hie his prime a man of stout and imposing build ilia his m memory a mory la is very clear as 88 0 to o events in years gone by but rome somewhat what clouded cloudel aa as to recent occurrences 11 lie a waa was born in grebenstein hese hes e cassel germany november 29 17 ah ilia father lived to be seventy e eight ig t years year sold old branden stein was baroug brought lit op up to be a peddler ot of dry goods and aad followed that occupation till his emigration to america forty uve ova years aeo ago he traveled with bis his pack all over germany visiting frequently the cities of hanover hamburg amburg li bremen leipsic berlin and frankfort the influence of a friend ho he escaped compulsory compa leory military service the veteran remembers bisti distinctly natly the v clait 11 it of emperor napoleon to leipsic it I 1 ter his it disastrous rous invasion of russia Itu seia lie also eg saw w him on another occasion in westphalia tho the capture ot at bonaparte bonaparts his exile to elb ellit his escape and tle the le re establishment ct of the empire are aye all clear in the mind of this hand hondred red year old man he lie did not eee see the bits bitile le of waterloo though bis his home was but a chert distance from that historic field |