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ILLUSTRATIONS OF 
Mr. Locke mentions in his journal for 1681^ that 
in that year he saw a woman named Alice George, 
who was then 108 years of age, who was born at 
Saltwych in Worcestershire ; her father lived to 83, 
her mother to 96, her mother's mother to 111 ; ^^she 
never" adds Mr. Locke, " took any physic but once, 
about 40 years since." 
In 1774, died John Tice, of Hagley, in Worcester- 
shire, aged 125. He was born under the Protector- 
ship of Oliver Cromwell. When about 80 years 
of age, he was so unfortunate as to have both his 
legs broken by the falling of a tree, and a violent 
cold afterwards settling in his head, rendered him 
very deaf. At the age of 100, when sitting by the 
fire-side, and alone, he was seized with a fainting fit^ 
fell into the fire, and being a cripple, could not 
extricate himself ; but a person accidentally going 
into the room, preserved him from death, though not 
from being much burnt. With proper care, however, 
he soon recovered, and took his customary walks. 
But the greatest misfortune that could have befallen 
him, and which he did not long survive, was the 
death of his only friend. Lord Lyttelton, for after 
that event he never left his room. He retained all 
his faculties to the last. 
Thomas Laugher, aged 113, was living in 1813; 
he was born January, 1700, at Martley, in Worcester- 
shire, where his father died at the age of 97, his 
mother at 108, and his son at 80. He remembered 
Queen Anne going to Parliament, 1705, on horse- 
back, seated on a pillion behind the lord chancellor. 
