Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1901 — Sixty-Seven and Never Sick. [ARTICLE]

Sixty-Seven and Never Sick.

Express Agent N. W. Reeve has just incurred a little brief notoriety by appearing with a smooth shave, for the first time since his whiskers sprouted, and that was a considerably longer time ago than most people would imagine, judging from bis youthful appearance and vigorous personality. Mr. Reeve is now 67 years old, and to all appearances is just in the prime of life. He has held his present position as agent of the American Express Co., for nearly 20 years, although during a year or more of that time he did not have active charge of the work. He has never been sick enough in his life to keep him in bed a whole day at a time, since he can remember. It has been suggested that it might be an interesting experiment to have him take small-pox or typhoid fever some time, to see if they could hold him down for a few days, but he has been express agent so long that he never “takes” anything unless he knows where the pay is coming from, so that proposition is impracticable.