The quarterly report of the medical officer of health for Dover contains the following paragraph:—“ The death rate is 17 per 1000; one old patriarch died at the ripe age of 98. This old gentleman illustrated the adage that married life is conducive to longevity; as he enjoyed the society of four wives, and became the father of twenty-eight children.
A Fifeahire man recently took his child to the minister to be baptised, who asked him if he was prepared for so solemn and important an occasion. * Prepared ?' he echoed with some indignation. ‘I hae a firlot o’ bannock bakin’, two hams, an’ a gallon o’ the best Highland whu«ky ; an’ I wad like to ken what better preparations ye expeck frae a man in my condition o’ life V
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Globe, Volume VI, Issue 617, 10 June 1876, Page 3
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130Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume VI, Issue 617, 10 June 1876, Page 3
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