The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26
Sad Death Of an Ola Man,

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:. From the Norfolk Journal. Still
The young may die and the old mus
depart in the order of nature-for i'm
mortality issouIys reached by passin
through the gloomy shadows of death
but
,=hkLAh! how Ipitiful, IL
In q whole city full,
that one should be compelled to di
alone, and with none to comfort or con
sole, OF sympathize with him in his las
moments. Let the king of terrors visi
us In whatever shape9he may, SO we b,
not alone in that supreme hour which
separates the soul from its earthly ten
ement. Even the presence of deadl,
enemy were preferable to entire deser
tloh and loneliness, yet to die thus was
the tate of a poor old man yesterday
morning, and has been the destiny Q,
many besides in our great cities.
An lnfirm man, with; broken consti.
tuition, named M. D.. Mackin, a native
OF Norfolk, but who had been absent
from the city for twenty mine years, re.
siding most of the time in South Anne.
RIGA, returned about the first of Novem-
Der to revisit the home of his YOUTH
1t was then but too evident, to Che most
casual ca observer, that he had come
nome only to die. He could discover
none of his relatives, and the acquaint-
ances or friends of his early days had
either died, removed or forgotten him
Thus it is that it is not ALWAYS 11ecessa-
ry to'be buried in order to be forgot
ten. He at first stopped at the house
OF Mr.. Wilson, on. Wide Water street,
on the bounty Of which gentleman he
subsisted for some weeks.
Being a silversmith by trade, he
rented a small room near the corner Of
Union and Church streets, where he in
tended, if his health would permit, to
carry on his business in small way,
with the. assistance of friends. The
people in the neighborlood had noticed
that he was fast failing, and each day
expected his death. They offered to
procure medical attendance, but he
stoutly refused. On Thursday, he said
he felt much better, but could not rise
from the sofa, which he occupied as a
bed. In the morning, as nothing was
heard or seen of him, a gentleman took
The liberty to look in through the up
per part of the front window, and dis
covered the poor man lying on his face
upon the floor, beside the sofa, half
naked-dead! He had evidently fallen
'rom the sofa in his last. struggle, and
10 died alone, and nnfiiended in the
'ity OF his nativity, with no sympathet-.
C eye Upon which to cast his last
,lances, ere his eyes grew dim and were
losed forever. N&&
An inquest was held by DR.. Todd,
he coroner, in the evening, and the
erdict was in accordance with the
bove facts. He leaves no effects, and
'ill have to be buried at the expense
f the public. All who had become ac-
uainted with him since his return,
peak of the deceased in the highest
erms, and say he was a man of more
han ordinary intelligence and ipforma-
ion. 34
THE EXPRESSION OF THE EYE.-They
lay at a game in France in which Ger. 4,
lin members Of a company are entirely
oncealed, with tho. exception of their
yes. Everything is hidden except the
re itself-and then it is the business of
,e rest Of the company to identify the
persons simply by their eyes.
ne VINO had played atthis game told ,
re that the difficulty of such identific-
ton is'incrediblyS great, and that he ,
imself was unable to find out his own :,
life when thus concealed. More than :
lis, it happened that on one occasion /
lady, celebrated for her beauty, and h
specially distinguished by her fine a
res, la Duchesse de NJ, was drawn +
to engaging in this pastime, there be- N
g only one other person hidden beside lc
srself, and this an old gentleman not
LIBERATED for his eyes. The pair were y
lily concealed and bandaged up, with b
'thing but their eyes visible, and then
e personal lady-who was to de- v
are to whom the respective eyes be- il
nged, was introduced. Without c.
hesitation, she walked up
raight to where the old gentleman
IS placed, and exclaimed, "Ah, there b
no one but la Duchesse de M-who Il
n boast such eyes as these" She had o.
lde the choice, and it was the wrong K
e.- Macmillan's Magazine. IL
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