Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Efficiency of Life at 100 Years and More
I have been unable to find out whether the poor little fellow grew up or whether the shock, occasioned by the premature death of his Mamma cut him off early in his centenarianism.
John Riva of Venice, was also an interesting gentleman, as he was 116 when he died, and HE left A son OF 14! Eh! What do ye think of that now? Able to reproduce himself at the age of 102! Say, that's goin' some. Eh!
It is said of John that he chewed citron bark daily, but the statement that he said, I can live as long as I chew, lacks confirmation.
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