Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1910 — RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE. [ARTICLE]

RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE.

Dietary of Capt. Diamond, Now of California, Who Ha* Reached 113th Year. r SELDOM INDULGES IN MEAT. ttah and Eggs Sometimes on BUI of Bare, Bat Never White BreadNo Use for Stimulants. J- * William E. Maxcy, of Gardiner, Me., is a pronounced vegetarian,., and his life Is guided in,psrrfby another spirit in the says a Gardiner (Me.) dispatch In the New York Telegram. Captain Goddard E. D. Diamond of Oakland, Cal., a native of Plymouth, Mass., and a one-time resident of Maine, now 113 years old. Is one of the dominating factors in his dietary schedule. Captain Diamond was <born in Plymouth In 1796. In the first year of his life his father removed from Plymouth to what is now Oxford county in Maine. In that heavily timbered country he grew up to manhood, assisting his father to fell trees, clear the land and till the earth for a living until he returned from the war of 1812. “When I was 10 years old,” said Captain Diamond, ‘‘l was lying on a bridge spanning a brook running through our farm, looking at tke little fish sporting in the waters beneath me. “Suddenly there came a stroke upon my back like the slap of the open palm of a hoy’s hand. I saw no one and no tracks were visible. While looking around a* crash like the breaking of timbers came from ,thgl direction of the bridge, and I discovered that the ice gorge had broken loose and carried with it every timber of the bridge on which I had been reelining. The stroke on my back like the hand of a boy was a great mystery to me. I am sure that no material handrslapped me upon the back.

"Many years ago I was present at the wrecking of two ships, the first in the early ’4os, when I was a passenger on the brig Mohegan, running from New Orleans to New York City. Tbe ship foundered at the mouth of the Roanoke river, but-no lives were lost The second wreck was that of the steamer Swallow, plying between Albany and New York City on the North river. “I had a presentiment that something was going to happen. All the passengers had gone to their berths. While standing alone on the deck two women came from their berths dressed only in sleeping robes. of them took me by an arm, for what reason I never knew, unless they suspected me of suicidal intentions. I declined their familiarity and they stepped back, but as they afterward told me, each one seized my coat tall corners. While so standing the steamer struck a rock, broke in two pieces and all the stern sunk instantly. T was pitched forward into the water and the two women with me, holding on to my coat tails. I swam direct to shore and the two women landed with me. They told me they could not swim, but they observed my motions and Imitated me as nearly as they could by strokes and kicks. The DAgident occurred near Athens and we were taken to the hotel and provided with dry clothes. "I never saw the women after reaching the hotel.l am not a spiritualist and hold no theory about the restraining hand of the two women.” Capt. Diamond says he has largely avoided meats, seldom, it ever, using them, but occasionally some fish is included In his bill of fare. He has always avoided ice water and never drinks unboiled water unless it is distilled. He has eggs at Intervals, but never white bread. He is a strong believer In olive oil and he uses neither tea nor coffee. "At the age of 94 I weighed 226 pounds and was but 5 feet 7 lnf&es high, following which time I want into the hot climate of California for two successive summers, where I lived on fruits, nuts land melons and dropped to 142 pounds, since which time I have not gone above 160 pounda' I never use tobacco or liquors of any as none of these things contains food." i ,