Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1908 — IN WHISKY AD. [ARTICLE]

IN WHISKY AD.

"Granny” ’ Wilkins, Jasper county’s oldest woman, now in her 108th year, has .her picture in .a malt whisky advertisement, with the inference of course, that her great age has been attained through the prudent use of that beverage. We don’t know anything about Grandmother Wilkins’ habits; but we venture a guess that whisky had nothing to do with prolonging her life, almost forty years beyond the allotted span of human existence; while almost every reader has probably In mind one or more whose earthly career has been cut unduly short by a persistent association with John Barleycorn. The benevolent features of this ancient lady could be more happily placed in a different setting.—White County Democrat.