The Oldest Woman in the World

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 71, 17 November 1883, Page 3

The Oldest Woman in the World

At Auberine-en-Royans, a village in tbe Dauphine. situated between Valence and Greuoble, may be seen an old woman living in a hut in a narrow street who has reached th■extraordinary ago of 123 years. She has no infirmity except slight deafness, being in full possession of he' mental facilities. According to her marriage certificate, she completed in January last her 100 th year siuee marriage. She was a ••centintere" under the First Empire, and had two eons killed at the battles ofPriealanc* and in .Spain. She is supported entirely on the alms given her by visitors, who go from great ■distances to see her as an object of curiosity, and her neighbors help her to do her household work. She lives ft.mo-t fxclusively on «oup made with bread, to which is added » little wine, and sometimes a little brandy. Dr. Bonne, who practices in the neighborhood, states v&at she u> never iIL H«r ekin is like jpju^hment, but she ia comparatively upright, and is of scrupulously clean habitg.<-»Londoa Laucet.