^unless — unless you count whisky. 



JOHN WAGNER, the oldest man 

 in Buffalo — one hundred and four 

 years old — recently walked a mile 

 and a half in two weeks. 



He is as cheerful and bright as any of 

 these other old men that charge around 

 so persistently and tiresomely in the 

 newspapers, and in every way as remark- 

 able. 



Last November he walked five blocks 

 in a rain-storm, without any shelter but 

 an umbrella, and cast his vote for Grant, 

 remarking that he had voted for forty- 

 seven presidents — which was a lie. 



His " second crop " of rich brown hair 

 arrived from New York yesterday, and 

 he has a new set of teeth coming — from 

 Philadelphia. 



He is to be married next week to a 

 girl one hundred and two years old, who 

 afill takes in washing. 



They have been engaged eighty years, 

 but their parents persistently refused 

 their consent until three days ago. 



John Wagner is two years older than 

 the Rhode Island veteran, and yet has 

 never tasted a drop of liquor in his life 



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