THE OLD MEN OF THE AGE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1766, 14 February 1888, Page 3

THE OLD MEN OF THE AGE

M F> rdiuand do jL'i.s«'pa oelobrated tbe antiivorai^y of his birthday oo tho lsKb <> v uiber. nd entered upon hiß 88 year FK. oau look around hlra and see bat very tn*. «non of anything like equal eminence who aro as old aa he. The Ger.nan Emperor Is 90 ; Dr Dollmfcer is 8* ; Meltbe and Oaiioroft, the hstorlae, are each 87 ; Komith is 85, and Profeeeor Ovftn ii 8< ; but It is n<it ea»y to extend; the hai. Yet It is astonishing to note the! la-gri number of living great m^n who h*ve pq»i>ed the ordinary li-nlt of Oilman life. Of sovereigns, t^e p p« ta 77. and X.. % VVi'iixm of the Ni he 1 .nds is wo 1 1 <>v his 71i f year. Of ettt^soie", Mj OltdsLone i- 79. vi r B i^ht ie 76, JP- no BiHmarck If 72 M Juice Orevy >s 74 ' L<on Say and M Lar. yer are e*oh 71 Lord Skiborne ia 75, Sir R. Ale ck ia 78 Lord Grinville is 72. Of p^nera.H MaoMahom is 79, Lul ceof Is 78, and B ztineandCiatdini are eaoh 76 Of p"et°, Lord Tennyson is 78, Mr Browning ib 75 and Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes is 78. Of musicians, M. Verdi ia 73. Of epgineere, Lord Armstrong is 77 and Bir J oho Uawkahaw U76 Of painters. Meisson'er is 72 ; and finally of -bowmen, Barnu v is 77 P_rh ps ho vever, M Ohevr< ul, who i<_ fa'ry ► tartvd on Ida 102 nd year, ougnnot to he omitted I any omh, the <a a lo ua is far from hi g a complete one As it etaudu it ia aoffioient y reroorka->le We have imntioued the names of H. perHona, the av^ra^e ago of eat h b ing ov -r 76* It may he doubr>d wl.oher m tbe history of the world 32 men of a* oonsi triple celebri y nnd of as great average length of life h_ve before ever been al.veat one time