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A Californian One Hundred And Twenty-two Years Old

A Californian One Hundred And Twenty-two Years Old image
Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
April
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

tluxas, the Californian oenteuariau, died at Santa Cruz, in that State, two weeks ago, at the age of one hundrod and twenty-two years. In his lattor days ie becaine al most hideous to look upon, being very likt a living skeleton. His eyes being sunk deop into their sockets and his hands had shriveled and sunken away till they reaembled the claws of a bawk. Por tnany mouths previous to kis dèath the oíd man slept upon a aearth, keeping hiiuself warm by a wood re, which was never allowed to go out. A special feature of his case was that his age was well authentioated, as, eighty-six years ago, he was baptized in the Mission Church at Santa Cruz and the record shows hiin to have been thirty-six years of age at that time.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus