This item is copied from the "Salem Observer." If it is true, it
can hardly be said that the man shortened his days by the use of
liquor. They had, however, good, pure rum in those days.
POLICE COURT. Donald McDonald, a Scotchman reported to be _one
hundred and three years of age_, was brought before the court
yesterday charged with being a common drunkard, of which he had
been convicted once before. Donald stated that he had been in
various battles of the Revolution, had sailed with Paul Jones,
and was at the taking of Quebec. He was found guilty and
sentenced to the House of Correction for three months.
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Donald M'Donald, the Scotchman, who has numbered upwards of 110
years, was sent to the House of Industry on Saturday of last
week, in a state of intoxication. He had been suffered to go at
large but four days previous, and during two of them was seen
about our streets a drunken brawler.--_Boston Patriot_, 1829.
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NEW ENGLAND IN 1686.
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