Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-05-06
Died.

On Thursday afternoon, April 29th FRAN
CTS mccoy, aged IL years. His remains,
attended by a large cOncourse of relatives
and friends, were inferred in the PRESBYTERIAN
burying ground on Saturday afternson-there
to slumber in repose in the arms of mother
earth until the Giver of all Good shall again
call them into animation.
Few die who are not meurned by some
because however low they may be, that human
being must be truly sad and lonely who can
not find in the wide world an eye that will
kindle with kindly beams, or a hand that will
welcome him or her to home, even of the
humblest kind. Such are soon forgotten and
buried in oblivion's grave. But when those
die who were ever greeted by the smiles and
affections of happy home-by out door
friends, who were wont to see and greet them
daily-by the poor, who knew that in their
hour of need heart was at hand with the
will and ability to relieve them; when such a
man is called upon to enter on that journey
from which no traveller returns, kindred and
friends are net alone either the sufferers +
mourners, because a whole community feels
the blow. Here, nay in a wide circle around
us, where Mr. Mccoy was knswn and appre-
| ciated, it is not necessary to say that ne was,
| through long life. one Of Gods noblest
works, an honest wan, or that he possessed
| all the sterling qualities of heart and mind
| calculated to endear him to his children, his
! personal friends, and the community at large.
| His course however on earth is run-the fat
/ has gone fsrth-and he sleeps in the narrow
| house appointed for ali living.
! Whoever has felt the loss OF kind and
| affectionate parent, has seen hearth made
deselate, and long-occupied room made va
cant, can sorrow with the sorrowing, can feel
with the bereaved. Well may they meurn,
for tie of the heart has been severed that,
though time may in measure assuage, can
never be replaced.
Like his life, his end was enc of peace
He knew that the hand of the DESTROYER was
upon him; and having little to regret in life
he turned his thoughts to Him who can make
a dying bed feel soft as downy pillows, and
yielded to the stern decree without murmur
A few moments before the closing scene, with
the ties Of earth on one side and eternity on
the other, his heart seemed cheered by his
children at his bedside, and he told them MOI
to mourn for hiDa-t,h0t all acaS lceU. These
were his last words. Such was the end o.
one whose memory will be cherished while
memery remains and whose departure, though
he had reached more than the period allotted
to man, will be more severely felt than almos
any other, for it can be truly said we nigh
have better spared another man.
Thou art gone to the grayeand Its mansions orsakng
Perhaps thy tired spirit in doubt fingered long;
But the sunshine Of heaven beamed bright thy waking
And the song that thou headst the seraphms song
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In this place on Friday last, Mrs. JANE
CAMERON, aged about % years. The de
ceased leaves husband and three or fou
small children to deplore her early death
Her remains were inferred on Sunday last il
the Methodist Cemetery, in the presence 0
an unsuual number of persons who sympa
thized in the bereavement of the husband
and father.
In West Beaver, Snyder county, on the l3tl
March, DEWALp STEININGER, aged 81
years. 5 months and l5 days.
In Granville township, on the 7th April
JOSEPH O.; on the Goth April, JOHN Ii.
and on the 4th inst, FESTUS, all children 0
Abram and Amelia Knittle, aged respective
ly, year and months; years, ii month
and l3 days. and 6 years, IL months and {