HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1877-10-11, Page 4°menu 11,1877
THAI TIMES
2'he Oldest .vx ut to the Warta,
A morchaut who recently returned
from a tour of South Amo,ica, lute giv-
en
iv -en till account of a remarkable old sant
lie sitw iia the city of Tuica, Chili.whase
OaU1e i$ Felix Itojae, and who has un-
doubtedly reached the age of one lulu
drerl laud thirty-six years.. 'dojos was
burls in 172•O,and at an early age enter-
ed the army, ut'Idtng the position of
Sergeant-Major, in a Spanish line
regiment. 1V'hen Carlos the Third i.-
alu.•d the historic mandate expelling the
Je:tliit ,Rojas tt:ek in charge two mem-
bers «f the order anti carried them from
Lill ire- to Situti;;t o.
Iia served forty-eight years in the
Chilian armies, stud is thoroughly con.
versant with the minutest details of
011ili iii history for a century and a half.
'f;Eat•1 one year ago Rojea was remarkaly
viaoreni for (me of his vo:ler'tbk abt',
though for tea years he has Iwen car.
sled about in a port.lbla cr:ttr, in charge
of two servants. For a voar he i'as
biter) failing rapidly, andnow seldom
leaveshis hons.:,his phvsiei;tlts preserib-
inn alnlo',t absolute quiet :t:l the cioly
nteallti of prolonging" life Oeoaeionally
be may !keel s.ee7 iso itis chair in front
t?f yds retiit'"l), tl, ,7:d "woo n -by pay ; e mile $teghf 'here,
&ti►Il tltt3 grt::tt ,t It -rc Ct. lie F►nkk'S
answered the kind hearted old mother.
''Ire's yeaug and tender. If he has got
such an awful hard face on him. And
then perhaps his own mother is a sit-
ting in her home a mtat,iu for the fate
of her wished sou." And the good old
lady's spectacles bt came dim with moil
tore, while the man in jail felt as if he
had murdered more people than Crazy
Horse.
"Oh, mint more could you expect of
tt man !" hissed a pert maiden lady who
sported two shining curls at the sides
of her face. "Yon might come to Ciu-
ci_n1•tti every day in the year and you'd
never bee a wOinan rutin' round In that
wagon.
"Well, I don't keer," simpered a
rotiy miss who has been casting sheep's.
eyes at the young man in jail, "if he
has been unfortunate, his eyes are real
rusty, anti filet ain't such a mustache
:ts thot in Orrorey;"
Bat the mail flan c )old stand it no
tenger. Ile raised such a howl for the
driver to cattle and get hila out of that
place, that the excursionists moved.
hastily from the spilt, rather undecided
i:l their mints as to whether the man
iu tilt; eage was a minimal or a lunatic.
a pipe, and lets used t•ol;aeeo for olle Soule 111 tithe since a fond Detroit
hundred coat t 1cnty years.
lli t \i'ri ,1!'t 1 Iia' t.t,ttlt 1Eal\:-, blit ha you" mai) of twenty, wits going tato
Nati never iist•tl tit+t'•(`tttelt°d. IIs 3S I•tl1. eouitu 11ptiln.. A doctor. was eon llltc'11,
a large 11311, lit ia; hei.rt,t•lj five fest'.;,nil ho advised t:+tit the cit,n be put
lt' s;Q1t, gpraa tiever •r t5't.i •li.:.1 U\t t th ,k! 1. +1' t' oaf t i\'l1lna-tiC. training
caw lint elven sail t(:':\ II I reit aria 'f ly+" j •'enn man seemed ed to lisle the idea,
enn hell-ltl•ti3l'('rtl 'Et. i1, 1:1a head helms :;,Sial ti.''.• two or three It curbs lie was in
uu+:I ihy large •"+i1al ::tt'1y Fl::tl'!'il, Sin. ,lgll ttt.tnilaaeo at the gymnasium.
Pular ta.) re:Q::tt it a7l`i lir\ti by"C1 to tlatz xllt'7l 17e biss,an to ';row careless, and
ray
'41 in as '5 :: .a of 1111'43'vlt It ;i7iC l!v gait it altogether. The father
situdi tto..l habits tait.t tor(? 1 lilva'r- t\ ilvlt7Rh in oho Ned ,.i;',r s of railing health
to six4h4•0'd:l.7.r' s, 111)111'ti t'r1 1 ti•p a s,s,,, ti, ant to i:iu ilce the son to go back
I fe. s i t1 c td tai llty till 1 tel ri" ' . burs atm glows, once more,he
\v"a?➢ ll:il'itWl.l 1rlti].ab.='itt,1 up it private gymnasium in the
511x(1 for a l:'? part Of that tii:l^e 61301➢ 1 t,4tru, flat bl,"r7tu a course of exercise
ca:a,•i: a 1el tt;1i.l+rr, t11 it 111'3 health was " 11►t11' elf, The other morning he relnem-
seri•*u: ly affected, and lit Bored that he used to be a boxer in his
that he could not survive long. Far young'tl iyz, and he remarked that he'd
sixty years be has not tasted i.ltoxit.at- give ilia -stun a few. lessons. $e was
ing drink', except as inedieine., y balancing himself on hie heel, and feel-
Iu 17811 ho fought a bloodless duel ! iii,• out with both bands. when some -
with a brother soldier, and ten years thing hit him, and half a minute after.
wards lie dimly realised that someone
was bending over him and saying:
'Father, dear father, are you dead ?'
Ile sat ap,lookod around,and boarse-
ly inquired:
'Jim, what on earth happened ?'
" Way, father, I got iu a love -tap oo
your nasal --just a little feeler to see if
you were solid on your pine,
'Didn't yrou, strike a: you
could 2'
'No, not half, .no.• waw
what the boys ca »t:
Your nose wi 'tion
iu less t
The f . gloves
fall from l . 8, an , as be caught
Mile trapeze to steady hie lege, be said:
'Jim, your mother and 1 thought
you worn going into consumption, and
Dr. booked us upin it. That's
why I sent you to learn gymnastics.
Jim, Pm a fool. your mother is an aw-
ful good woman, and if we can get the
doctor up bore long enough to let you
feel for his claret I don't care how
soon I die 1'
father ia-11gi➢:t.i'lig his only son, a
later, in a tzmlha.r (=onnter with an
other antalgouist.jlle was so desperately
wounded that it was two years before
he fully recovered. At ono time 11e
suffered a double f•actare of his right
leg bye cession wagon running over it.
Ile cF11,1 also wounded twice white fight -
lag in battle. Ile has had the yellow
fever, and has been repeatedly prostrat-
ed by the other malarial fevers that
prevail in all parts of south America.)
It seems so remarkable that one should
be preserved to such a remarkable age
after passing through so many adven-
tures and accidents by field and flood.
Rojas is the son of a Spanish nobleman
who fled his country for a political of-
fence, and settled in Chili under an as-
sumed name. The son lived almost
a half century before he found out the
true history of his father, and upon the
discovery he made a trip to Spain,laud
succeeded in obtaining from the govern-
ment the title and possession of valu-
able property which had been oonfisoat-
ed. This is the only voyage Rojas ever
made away from his native country,
The venerable old man has ample
means said is surrounded by a nnmer-
ous line of descendants, consisting of
children, grandchildren, great -grand
children, great -great, and great -great,
great grand cnildren.
The ?beta 2tt cr Cage.
The pouches containing mail matter
are conveyed to and from the post office
in an express wogon, which for the
protection of its valnabe freight, is in •
closed by a heavy wire screen, thus giv-
ing it the appearance of a sago . on
wheels. It was attended by an excel-
lent young man in a navy-blue suit,
who perches inside upon a pyramid of
pouches, and sits there, "grand,gloomy
and peculiar," a monarch male over a
heap of mails.
Ths other morning the wagon was
]oaded—the attendant climbed to his
elevated position, and the door was
locked upon him with a strap, just as a
group of excursionistsfrom Orrorey sat-
uruated thalway, their ears drinking in
the noises of the busy street, and their
eyes d'iselring "he wonderful sigbtstbat
met them everywhere. They did not
miss the mail wagon.
" Man in jail l Man in jail l ' shouted
the juvenile of the party,dancing ttbnut
on the sidewalk and clappingrt• }sitands
in the exuberance of his joy.. 'Fhe•mat
in jail blushed a beautiful eardinal red,
and the sight -seers formed a lino on
the curb atone at what they considered
a safe distance from the prisoner.
" The confounded rascal!" snarled
ed the father of his family between his
teeth, shaking his hickory cane at the
offender. "No venin how many bon
roosts he's been a robbin'. And who
knows, Jerusha ?" he exclaimed, turn-
ing to his aged companion,"mebbe:he's
the same identical cuss that stole my
saddle last winter." And the old man
gave him a look that would have with-
ered a hotel clerk.
"Don't be too hand on him, daddy,"
Unaertakur•;
CONSULT YOUR WIFE.
You aro a man of business, and have
no time to snow attention to,your wife—
few opportunities to converse with her
—at least you make few. She submits
to this unsocial state of things because
she must ; but is she happy ? Proba-
bly not ; uo woman likes to be con-
sidered a cipher. Young wife ought to
be your best adviser. She ought to 1:e
your most confidential counsellor. The
self-conceit of men amounts to a genius.
There are many husbands who would
ii,s soon think of taking advice of their
wives as of their children, but it is.
only the fool who is too wise to seek
counsel. A woman, you say, knows
very little about business ; neverthe-
less, hot intnition is often wiser than a
man's judgment. Your wife is your.
partner. You have earned the m r;ay ;
but she has saved and sacrifi')od..nd
pinched, and worried and'.ad to
help accumulate it. She has (lone her
fair share toward making your property
what it is. She has a right to be con-
sulted how it shall be used. A double
richt has she to have her judgments
we:alied and measured in all questions
relating to the disposition of the family,
and the trniniug and culture of the
children, --Talk to your -wife on all oc-
casions. Wlien you comehome at night,
tired with the wires of the day, to find
her equally fatigued, bring 'to her the
n ws of the day ; bring the latest, fresh-
o'tthought. In buying your evening
p tper, or subscribing for your monthly
magazine, or renewing your 'religious
weekly, get what suits her needs and
meets her tastes. There is more in
that patient, quiet, silent wife of 'ours
than you think; du not freeze her very
individuality by your practical contempt
of women.
HI; Kirkton Hotel, an excellent stand, 1
offered for sale Possession given immedi-
ately Apply to WM BOSS, Birkton
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ufacturers
OULD E WOULD
1'Y eallspecialatteution
to our undertaking depart-
ment, which is snore coin
plebs than ever, as we hat
added several new design
of late The best coilln
caskets ahrouds,and over
1unroal rognisito at ih
.lowest prices. ur no
hearse is pronounced b
competent judges to b
Second to nor a in t✓ i
„---- Province
Emb - of all the Different Societies,:
r r those w
purchasing to do
the inanufactur
dealer who buy:
again must n
have a. pros.
to give the pure
bene5t, which c
to meet the vi
Grangers: OU
ae less than to
lnanufacturers co
ly we can sell che
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ThollizhPricoofrlottr
Does not t,ffect the low prices at which
IL 80 T. 23$ $ 'TT
aro offering their stock of
TINWARE STOVES, Eto.,
at
Exeter & Hensall
which oonsist of all the latest andimproved
styles of Hitchen Cook lad Parlor etores,Milk
esus, pans, and pails of the most approved
pattern, and everything in the line; Also, a
good shloation of handsome
Save troup'hing
as nasal, receives everyatteatiou, and dono
the lowed figures.
ataaving opened out a branch establishment
at Bewail, our friends in that neighborhood
eaube supplied ou the shortest notioe,
Mowers and Reaper
WE OFFER A TRIAL
of our celebrated
Single Mowrs
—AND—
Single Reapers
in;all kinds of Grass and Grain, and an all con
ditions of eoiland surface,
AND GUARANI i1E SATISFACTION
OR NO SALE
We also ober a Trial of oar r'uu- ught Ir n
Two Bar
JOHNSTONS COMBINED HEAPED
AND MJWER
Maohiuoiesupvlied ith
'1'Y !amens,
Two Drag -bars,
Two Finger -bars,
.Four Knives, •
Forked and.Keyed,
Nits,
Self -oilers,.
eto., etc.
Can be changed from Mower
to Reaper
REAPER TO MOWER
Byremovo of four bolts, and in less than fifteen
tminutes' timo.
Please pall at our works and inspect
our Maohiues before purchasing
elsewhere.
' Send for Catalogues.
THOMPSON& WILIAMS
Manufacturing Co., Stratford.
cmazurnikin catoto q -. '
Teas! Teas i Teas
BLACK JAPANS YOUNG IIYSONS
Just received at
IIODGSQ N & M. cl :'.. i E 1'S
Whiob eamtot be beat for price and onaBty.. We have also a ane stock of GENE
G13i)t, l tills
Hans, Viacom, Batter, Eggs, Eto., Eto.
Try us, you. will find us as cheap a5 any store .its Towne
r a.
Farm produce taken iu exchange for (loons
Hodgson 84 A oLare
T)on't Forgot of 1110 1,-;)1:41(.0
ONO nooli NOSITII QF ('l:x'1'lt.\.I. 110113..
AUCTION 8ALl:S PAW: APTLY A Troso2.» TO lir W. HHODGSON
For cheap Gentswatches, t
(lo toS. Jon . is
For cheap Ladies' watches
•, 00 to a Jt. tJ one
For cheap Ladies' silver watci..c6,
(o to SE Jones'.,
For Boys' silver watches,
Go to S E Jones
For endless variey of silver plated
Go to E Jovee.
Go to 8 E'Tones'
Go to S.E Jones
For eight day clocks,
For thirty hour clocks,
RECEJ" 1F ED
ATtj THE
E X E T E
GroceryLiquorand Store
A large stock of
Green, Japan, Young Hyson and
Black Teas,
cis ins, Currants, Prunes
zaumo £pples , Carsnod rRUIT,
Sardiiies, Lobsters, Salmon
Bitter Sauce and Pickles, Brandies, Gins, Wines and Syra
Rye, Malt, Sctch, Irish and Common Whi skies, Tobacco
and Cigars,
W hoesa' e and Retail.
G. A. MACE
Main Street, Exeter.
GODERICH FOUNDRY
Founders, Engineers and Machinists.
afANUFAoTURxRS OF
ENGINES AND BOILERS, FLOURING, GRIST AND SAW MILLS
ti -WAVE AND HEADING AIWHIN ERY
,Askli,
ddling Purifiers of improved kinds.
t noes
Agri' tztttral Implern ent s
COOKING, PARLOR AND BOX .STOKES
Potash Kettles, School seats, &c.
Iron and Brass Castin-ds to'.order•
For sale cheap --Second hand Boilers and Engines ;,Stave an
Shingle, and Heading Machinery.
Repairs on Boilers, Engines, Mills, &o., promptly attended to,
GODER,ICE FOUNDRY and MANUFACTURINt. CO •
GODERICH, Ont.
The -Exeter TIMES, from now till
-13 January,1878, 25 cents..