Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1883 — The Oldest Woman in the World. [ARTICLE]

The Oldest Woman in the World.

At Auberine-en-Royans, a village in the Dauphine, situated between Valence and Grenoble, may be seen an old woman living in a hut in a narrow street who has reached the extraordinary age of 123 years, She has no infirmity except slight deafness, being in full possession of her mental faculties. According to her marriage certificate, she completed in January last her 100th year since marriage. She was a “cantiniere” under the First empire, and had two sons killed at the battles of Friedland and in Spain. She is supported entirely on the alms given her by visitors, who go from great distances to see her as an object of curiosity, and her neighbors help her to do her household work. She lives almost exclusively on soup made with bread, to which is added a little wine, and sometimes a little brandy. Dr. Bonne, who practices in the neighborhood, states that she is never ill. Her skin is like parchment, but she is comparatively upright, and is of serupulously-clean habits.—London Lancet.