REMEMBERING 102 YEARS AGO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

REMEMBERING 102 YEARS AGO.

A famous oM gentleman, who lived through many reigns to die in the year that has just ended, once said to a young friend: — "Ah, my dear, it is a sad thing to live till there* is no one left to call you by your Christian name!" Many people have lived to he a hundred and to he lonely; but lucky Mrs. Michael Coughlan' is the only lady of 106 who claims to have a husband older than lytself. Her husband's age is said to be 109. The rare couple live at Tuljamore, King's County, Ireland, where they have just celebrated i,he eightieth anniversary of their wedding. Their son John is 78. Our first memories stay longest. Mr. i Coughlan still remembers the joy and excitement of his first drive, when, as a little boy of seven, he travelled in the stage coach between the cities of Cork and Dublin. That boyish rapture is easier to recall even after 102 years than the where- 1 abouts of yesterday's newspaper or the name of last week's caller. We hear that Mr. Coughlan loves gardening and works in the garden still. Perhaps that has kept him hale and happy for so long. May he continue to enjoy the sight of his roses and the sound of the voice he has heard and loved so long.