Article January 18, 1900 Issue

Miscellany

George Blakeman, who died recently at Ansonia, Conn., was the oldest man in the state, being in his one hundred and first year. He ascribed his longevity to his total abstinence from medicine of any description. In spite of his years he was well and active until within three weeks of his death. Every pleasant day he walked half a mile to the postoffice, and on Sundays he was a regular attendant at the First Congregational Church. He read the papers with the aid of ordinary spectacles and frequently entertained friends by singing oldtime songs, still retaining a good tenor voice.

When a boy Mr. Blakeman was of delicate constitution, and at the age of twenty-one years, after long periods of medical treatment, was weak and sickly. Disheartened by his failure to regain health, he took what at that time seemed a desperate resolve—to eschew all medicine thenceforth. He has never touched it since.

In a recent interview Mr. Blakeman said:—

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