The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-09
MR., THOMAS LORDS DEATH.
DYING PEACEFULLY or Old ACE IN
MS EIGHTY FIFTH YEAR
A life OF Comparative secIusion After hts
Marriage n Year Ago TO Mrs. Hicks-IIIu-
aions OF his Old Age-IIIs Last Illness.

n Lie OF Comparative Secluston After hts
Marriage n Year Ago 90 Mrs. Hicks-IIIu-
slons OF his Old ARe-IIis Last Illness.
Although long looked for, the death OF Mr..
Thomas Scott Lord yesterday morning was
surprise to his family and to his physician. DIR.
Thomas Q. Chalmers. At o'clock on Friday
evening DIR. Chalmers visited his patient and
found him q trinc stronger than he had been
for twonty-four hours past. and he went back
to his home thinking that Mr.. Lord would live
through the night. Still. tho end was evidently
coming. Tho Doctor had been Como not moro
than twenty minutes when Mr.. Lord was at
tackled by ut OF coughing that weakened him
greatly Everything that careful thought could
suggest was done by Mrs. Lord and her SER
wants to give the dying man relief but he grad
ually grew weaker. messenger was sont for
DR.. Chalmers about midnight but before he ar
rived Mr.. Lord was dead There was no one
present but Mrs. Lord and her servants. Mem
bers OF Mr.. Lords family had called during the
day, but they did not anticipate that he would
die so soon.
DIR. Chalmers said yesterday:
have been attending Mr.. Lord since the
2sth OF December last and know that no has
not been out OF his room since that date.
think that II ia about two months since no was
out Of his house. He Ind no disease whatever
but died simply, OF old age IL was gradually
So years Of age About two years ago he began
I" b 9 bfs T. hIs brain showed signs 81 f9l
exception that no became weaker and
wcqker. There was no organic disease,
faf o S appc fSeref had pBS BEEN Ho b6 hBSa
through life TO be very careful In his diet. and
he thought that abstinence from food was n bet
ter cure in illness than medicine. He was
always opposed to taking medicine. This habit
OF abstinence from food. which was certainly q
good one II followed with judgment proved to
the Judgment to eat when no needed food. and
absolutely refused food whom his system needed
II much, when he was first taken sick he had
an attack OF indigestion. After he got over tho
attack he still refused to eat. When urged
| him 70 cat or prescribed for him, he would say.
| taking medicine. and l think am better with
litto food When | attempted To show him
that he needed food he still refused To take II
but he was always very courteous and gentle
:" II death was rather surprise. after all.
| When was first called 10 see him thought
that he WAS about to die. He was very weak,
| and his face looked bad but he revived. and
| although slowly growing weaker. at no time
did he seem SO near death as then. When [
called upon him last evening he seemed a little
better, and thought he would live through the
night lie had not left his bed for six days
Before that time he reclincd. part OF the time.
on lounge. or sat in an easy chair. On Thurs
| day he was So much weaker that he could not
| articulate plainly, although he was perfectly
| conscious and rational. and when questioned.
| showed that no understood what was said To-
| him. He remained In much the came condi-
ton Yesterday. without any pGfn. and died very
| quietly
Mr. Lords friends noticed more than a year
ago that his mind was showing the weight oi
| MS years. a gentleman who has known him
! long, said:
lle would enter a drawing room and CON
| verse as intellgcnfly and PLEASANTLY rs ever.
! Then. something suggesting Il. he would begin
| talking about his trips 10 India. or Batavia. or
| Afghanisian, or Japan, and he would talk well
| and wisely, for lac WIS large reader. The
| TACT was. he had never visited these places at
! all
Mr.. Lords room was IN tho second story Of
| WAS very pleasant and cheerful. with windows
| looking south. through which the sun shont
| brightly. Theroo m WIS lurn shed luXuriously
| pictures We're on tho walls. II WIS a pleasant
| sick room. Here Mrs. Lord spent much II hcI
| time. ministeriug 90 tho wants Of her husband
| lie could not bear TO have her cut Of his sight
| aud would eat only the food that she brought q
| him. But he was whimsical. and often il re.
| CURED iu"sse on her part 10 induce MIN e
| take necessary nourishmCnt One day. beinL
| very anxious that her husband should eat NOR,
| than he seemed inclined TO, she advised in
| not 70 eat any moro. thinking that perhaps h,
| would oppose her wishes. but. unfortunately
| this time he not obstinate. and Willingly
did. not as she wished. but A. she said.
A. Mr.. Lord was Naval Officer Of the Port O
| New York from 1883 to l-il. tho nRg on til,
| Custom House WIS az half mast yesterday.
! Tho funeral Will take p!a ZEE ON Tuesday morn
ing ~ 10 o'clock IN thu diversity Place Pre-
| byterian Church. whore sir. Lord was for many
years a uewholder. II II now more than ycal
| since no attended church there. The pastor
| the Rev. DR.. Robert H. Booth. Will conduct IN,
services. Among tho pail bearers Will be th'
venerable Thurlow Weed. Commodore CARR
| son. and Samuel II. HuLsElee.