The Huron Expositor, 1919-10-10, Page 6()MODE
OLDEST LIVING MAN
FOUND IN KENTUCKY
Some years ago Dr. Woh•ls Hutch-
ireon, an entertaining writer- upon
vedical subjects for -American maga-
nes and newspapers. declared that
p-ople did not nowadays live to fbe
n. hundred years old. that there were
probably few centenarians, if any, in
reodern times, and that those svlio
elaimed extremely.. advanced age were
ve n rule people of whose birth their
se. isted no acceptable records. • He
re ,o out a reasonable case. but the
el tim that there are no centenarians
ie eteeme, and not many people will
aept it unreservedly. Even while
the doctor was putting pen to paper
there lived in Kentucky a citizen
who had long passed. his hundredth
birthday, and -who Is now 131, There
is little, doubt that he is the oldest
living human being-, and, there appears
to be little doubt that he has reached
the age claimed. Old men who have
known him ail their lives say that
their grandfathers remember him as a
man when they were bus. He has
in his possession a tax receipt for 0,
levy paid by him in 1809, when he
had to be twenty-one years old to
be liable for such indebtedness. In
fact there is in this case so -much evi-
dence that it is impossible to doubt
the claims of extreme and record -
1 THE MOLSONS---13AN
Incorporated- in 1855
CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000
OVER 100 BRANCHES
Saving requires self-denial; so the
habit of saving strengthen d the char-
acter, while benefiting the financial
and social standing.
Savings grow quickly. Instead of
buying useless things, deposit your
savings in The Meolsons Bank, and see
how quieldfthey grow. Note also the
satisfaction and independence which a
balance at The•Molsons Bank gives.
BRANCHES IN THIS DISTRICT
Brucefield St. Marys Kirkton
Exeter Clinton Hen.sall Zurich.
breitkink age. .
l'he 'aged man is John Shell, who
was born efore George Washington
took his eeat as first President of
the American, Republic. As one
humorist observes, he is so old. that
he remembers when Bryan was not
running for the Presid4ncy, and we
dare say that his recollections as to
prices of bacon and eggs would •be
suppressed as Bolshevist propagan-
da Yet it is only a few days since
he had his first glimrse of a town
with trolley cars and modern dances
and moving pictures. For more than
a century he has lived on the bank
of a Small creek thirty milesfrom
any town and attributes his won-
derful age to the judicious use of
whiskey and the clean. clean air of
the Kentucky' hills. Unfortunately
he does not develop his views as to
what he means by "judiFious," which
at such a time when the intoxicating
e ect of light beer is being discussed,
would be of interest. He 'simply says
that he likes whisky and drinks it
whenever he gets a chance. But he
does not chew tobacco. He tried it
once and concluded that life was too
short for him to acquire the habit.
When Mr. Shill visited Lexington
recently ,to attend. the Blue Grass
Fair, he as one of the most inter-
esting relics on the ground. His
friends. who induced him to make the
trip. discovered„ that he was worrying
about a $300 mortgage upon his home,
which was put there a few years ago
when the old gentleman had ceased
to be as fit for hard work as he had
been for a hundred years, and that
he was behind in his payments. They
knew that he- would refuse any pres-
ent, so they arranged that he should
occupy a tent on the grounds and
charge a small admission fee, The
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four months ago he won a shooting
mateh. He retains a few of his third
set of teeth, but his hearing is de-
fective. He says that he was in his
prime at seventy-five and that then
he did his best work. He never had
a "fuss" in his life and declares that
work, or rather hard work and free-
dom from worry will bring any man
long life and happiness. So will
longevity and the fountain that Ponce
de Leon discovered. Nowadays, free -
dem from worry and, hard work ap-
pear to be antagonistic condition.
Mr, 'Shell's appearance beers out
the reeords of his mature years. His
skin is stretched over his face like
parchment, and is almost as white
as his hair. His hands are corded and
knotted, the veins standing out under
the thin skin, but his handclasp is
firm and quick. He is about five feet
five inches tall, but as probably sim-
mered down somewhat in size since
the American civil war and be weighs
150 pounds, a good weight for any man
of his inches. His eyes are small but
' keen and seem to be set in holes in
his. face, Mr. Shell walks with some
sprightliness though he uses a cane,
and when he started for Lexington
not long ago he rode on horseback
for eighteen miles and it did not
bother him, He said that he often
rode twenty miles to town and back
on the same day, a performer -lace that
-most people would accept as evidence
of first class physical condition. Yet
when the -American civil war was
fought he was too old to take a hand
in the fray though not too infirm.
His father fought in the revolutionary
war, and thus ' Shell is probably the
only genuine son of the revolution liv-
ing in the United States.
Mr. Shell was twice married. His
first wife was known; as "Aunt
Nancy" with whom he lived happily
for one hundred years, which is pro-
bably another world's record. His
second wife iS a young woman, whom
he married a fewyears ago. and he
is also the proud father •of a five
,year old son. He had a consider-
able family with his first wife, some
of whom appear to have inherited
their father's extremely tight grip on
-life, for one daughter _is now ninety-
seven. The youngest, save for the
five year old, is seventy. It may seem
odd that in all these years Mr. Shell
has not been able to. accumulate a
fortune when one reflects how many
of them have teen made in the United
States since he was a bov. for he ap-
pears to have accepted the good old
maxims that lead to wordly, success.
He has male it a lifelong practice
. to rise at four o'clock every morn-
ing and to go hunting when he was
not working. He is strongly opposed
to luxury. of all kinds, and believes
that mankind is seriously threatened
by fondness for a soft existence. Mr.
Shell is an amazing old chap, and it
is not a bad recommendation for the
world that he has lived in it so long
and has found it so fair to him.
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COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT
KINDS OF :WINTER STORES
FOR BEES
result was that when he left Lexing-
ton he had in his possession plenty
of money to lift the mortgage. Apart
from this perplexity about the mort-
gage, now happily removed, Mr, Shell
appears to have no worries, though
he admits that he does not expect
to see his 1g2nd birthday. His eye-
sight is excellent and only three or
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How the last
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BEFORE buying Victory Bonds again you may want to
kilow how Canada used the rn.oney you loaned her last
year.
Canada borrowed the money- to carry on the war and to pro-
vide credits for Great Britain and our Allies.
CONSIDERABLY -more thanone-half of the :Victory
Loan 1918 was spent on our soldiers. This inclusled
$312,900,000, for pa.ying them, feeding them, bringing them
home, separation)allowances to their dependents, maintenance
of medical services and vocational training schools.
4;59,000,000 of the Victory Loan 1918 was paid on account
41 of authorized Soldiers' gratuities.
$9,000,000 was spent at Halifax for reli'ef and reconstructioii
after the disaster.
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Fabrics that are dirty, shabby or spotted
will he restored to their former beauty
by sending them to Parker's.
Cleaning and Dyeing
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Parcels may be ;sent Post or txpresS.
We pay carriage one 'way on all orders. -
Advice upon cleaning or. dyeing any article will be
promptly given upon request.
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cognized that the nature of the winter
stores is an important factor in suc-
cessful wintering, and the experi-
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ments at the Central Experimental
f„ Farm indicate that, clover honey (al-
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sike and white clover) makes reliable
of stores for wintering, but poor results
have followed the use of stores that
granulate hard during the winter. -A
J colony wintered on dandelion honey
came out in spring very weak; - the-
•; Aney had granulated hard and the
bees had uncapped it but could' use
very little of it. In some years a
NI) mixed honey that comes largely from
clover, sweet clover and other plants,
granulates hard -with the same result
,,and causes heavy loss. Buckwheat
honey has been found wholesome, but
some of the other honeys gathered in
the fall have been found unwholesome,
especially in marshy, places in Nova
Scotia, and havecaused dysentery and
death, In one season in INorthern
Ontario, the fall honey was not capped
over and failed to ripen and soured,
causing dysentery and heavy loss.
Honey containing juices 'Collected by
the bees from over ripe fruit, killed
a colony before • spring, so also did
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Other disbursements were not, strictly speaking, expendi-
tures, but National Re -investments.
To Great Britain,for example:
$173,500,000 was loaned for the purchase of our
wheat and cereals.
$9,000,000 for our fish,
° $30,000,000 for other Foodstuffs.
$2,990,009 for Canadian built ships.
$5,500,000 to pay other British obligations m Canada.
Making in all $220,900,000 advanced to Great
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To our Allies, we loaned $8,200,000 for the\ purchase of
Canadian foodstuffs, raw material and ..rhanufacturecl
products.
The Re -investments will be paid back - to Canada in due
time", with interest'
These credits Were absolutely 'necessary to secure theorders
for Canada because cash p‘urchases were impossible.
They have had the effect of tremendously -helping agricul-
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. tural and industrial workers to tide over the depression that
would have followe&the Armistice, had we not Made' these
credit loans.
As far as money is concerned, 1919 has been, and is still—
ijust as much a war year as -1918. Our, main expenditures
lifOr war cannot be completed until well on into 1920. Thus
another Victory Loan is necessary—Get ready to buy.
Victory • Loan 1919
"Every' Dollar' Spent in Canaaa"
Issued by Canada's Victory Loan Committee
ia co-operation with the Minister of Finance
of the Dominion of Canada.
cane syrup used as an exclusive food
for wintering. Syrup made frorn re-
fined- sugar, two parts of sugar to one
of water, fed to the bees in the early
fall, has given fairly good results as
an exclusive winter food, and has been
found to be the best practical correc-
tive for stores that are slightly un-
wholesome. Year after year at the
Central Farm, colonies on natural
stores that have been fed liberally
with this syrup come out stronger in
spring than those that have wintered'
on the natural stores alone. Syrup
made from raw cane sugar has given
less satisfactory results ' than that
made from refined sugar.
conditioner you could possibly have. Endorsed
by Government Experiment Stations.
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A road has been !built in England
with leather waste mixed with tar.
Clamps on the back of a new chair
stretch the wrinkles from trousers.
Recent official figures give the pop-
ulation of Australia as 5,030,000.
Luminous .letters make a new exit
sign for public places visible in the
dark.
Japan has established a school at
Kyoto for free instruction in the silk
industry.
A guard for trousers watch pocket
to prevent theft of their contents has
been invented.
Engineers representing American oil
interestsareexploring Northern Peru
for petr61eum.
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Through the -traffic of the city, over
rough country roads to the outlying
town, the Ford Runabout travels
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Ford Runabout $660. Touring $690. On
open models the Electric Starting and Lighting
Equipment is $100 extra.
Coupe, $976. Sedan, $1,115. (Closed model
prices include Electric Starting and Lighting
equipment). Demountable rims, tire carrier
and non-skid tires on rear as optional equip-
ment on closed cars only at $25.00 extra.
These prices are f. o". b. Ford, Ontario and di
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