Wellington's Centenarian

Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 168, 13 October 1902, Page 2

Wellington's Centenarian

Mr Charles J. Pharazyn, of Wellington, who attained his hundredth year en Saturday, exhibits such rare good health 7 and such remarkable physicaland ineri- x tal vitality, that, with ordinary • good : luck, he JB likely to live for a number of : years yet. At 39 years of age hs sailed for the colonies with his wife and, children; The voyage was an adventurf ous one, as the ship was quite unseat worthy, and the crew were compelled to go so far as to hang chains round her to keep her together ! The ship reached Wellington on 24th May, 1841, long after she had been given up as lost. At the age of fourteen Mr Pharazyn wasregarded as a delicate boy, but it has since been proved that he possessed an iron constitution. -. : . -\ A Though somewhat infirm, Mr Phara-f, -zynip iflgood physical health, hasr a splendid digestibri, eats arid sleeps well, and enjoys regular daily exercise. :>ffe f continues to take an intelligent and, indeed, critical interest in local affairs, and reads his newspapers daily, often without spectacles. tHe has always jed a regular, quiet and abstemious life, but he has made no attempt to diet himself' in any way. ; ,' . In the early days he walked, from . Wanganui to Wellington, being .corner pelled to wade streams and climb along* bush tracks and trusting to Providence for the next meal. 0& another occasion Mr Pharazyn tramped from Invercarmll toißuKedin. ; . „* , He was for some years ; a member of the Legislative' Council arid was. married three times, on the last occasion' to Miss Jessie Rankin, a lady who was eminent in London literary circles, and whose poetic compositions Were highly thought of. He has a son, who resides in Engr land, besides .nine grandchildren* knxt three great grandchildren; ; ,