CENTENARIAN'S WEDDING.
Mr John Burden, 101 years old, and Miss Rose McGuire, the sweetheart of his youth, herself almost a centenarian, were married in the presence of a large crowd, at Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony was porl'ormod in a tent erected over the spot whero the two kept secret trysts when John Quincy Adams was President of the United States. The old man has been twice a widower, but the lady, "though she had many chances," "preferred to wait for the man of her choice. Mr Burden admits being an inveterate smoker, beginning at the ago of 17. and nevor ceasing, so far as he recollects, from that time to now. Neither does he attribute his longevity to temperance. Ho has always '"'liked a drop of beer with. his dinner,'' and lias occasionally at« tended beer feasts. Both hope to live a good many years still, and Mr Burden says he does not feel a day older than 50.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8954, 21 October 1907, Page 1
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159CENTENARIAN'S WEDDING. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8954, 21 October 1907, Page 1
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