New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-28
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Some who in life would not have given cup OF
water to a begger by their wills leave enormous
sums to charities, to secure for themselves kind
of posthumous admiration. Others allow not their
resentments to sleep with them in the grave, but
leave behind them wills which excite the btterest
feelings and animosities among the surviving rela
tives. Some wills are remarkable for their con
oiseness and perspicuty others for their unpre-
cedented length and contents. One man provides
for q college, another for cat; one gives legacy
to provide bread and behring's to the poor in Lent,
and kid gloves to the minister; while others pro-
vide for bull batting, the welfare Of maid servants
and the promotion of matrimony.
John Rudge has kept his name out Of oblivion
by giving twenty shillings year to poor man to
60 about the parish church of Trysu during the
sermon time to keep people awake and dogs out Of
| the church Henry Greene, Of Melbourne, Derby
shire, gave his property for providing for green
waistcoats for fourpoo women every year, such
| waisteoats to be lined with green galoon lace lii
| the same neighborhood, and inspired BY similar
| feeling, Thomas Gray provided gray waistcoats
and gray coats John Nicholson, stationer of
London, was so attached to his family name that
the bulk of his property was given in charity for
the support and maintenance of such poor persons
in England as should appear to be of the name OF
Nicholson. David Martinez, of Calcutta, while
giving directions to his executor said: AS to this
fulsome carcass, having already seen enough Of
worldly pomp, desire nothing relative to it to be
done only its being slowed away in my old greer
chest to save expenses He then hequeathed tc
one man all the debts he owed, and to another lis
sincerity
Lancashire gentleman in the last century hav
ing given his body to the worms of the family
vault bequeathed an ounce of mOdesty to the
authors of the London Journal and Free BritOn
giving as his reason for the smallness OF the
legacy that he was 4" convinced that an ounce will
, be found more than they'll ever make use Of
Another testator, after having stated at great
length in his will the number of obligations he was
under beoueathed to his benefactor l0,000-here
the leaf turned over, and the legatee turning to
the other side found the legacy was 10000 thanks
A testator who evidently intended to thwart hlS
relations and be benefaetor to the lawyers, gave
certain person " as many acres of land as shall
be found equal to the area enclosed by the centre
Of oscillation of the earth in areFolution round the
SUM- surprising the mean distance of the sun u 500
semdiameters Of the earth from it.
} An uncle left in his will eleven silver spoons t
his nephew, adding IF have notleft him the
, dozen, he knows the reason" The fact was, the
nephew had some time before stolen the Twelfth
spoon from his relative Sir Joseph Jekyll left his
fortune TO pay TOR the national dept. When Lore
Mansfield heard of this he said Sir Joseph was
a very good man and good lawyer, but his be
quest was very foolish one he might as vel
have attempted to stop the middle arch Of Black
friars bridge with his fallbottomed wig Lord
9 Pembroke gave nothing to Lord Say, which leg
acy give him because know he will bestow i
on the poor !" and then after giving other equal.
peculiar legaoes, he finished with Item. gigt
up the ghost" Dean Swift's character was eXem
plfed in his viii Among Others he bequeathed
to Mr.. John Gratten, of Clomethan, q silver box
"ip which desire the said John to keep the to
bacco he usually cheweth called pigtail."
The celebrated Sarah, Duchess Of Marlborough
left Pitt Gl0,000 for tf the noble defense he made
for the support Of the laws Of England and to pre-
vent the ruin of his country" Asomewhat simtia1
. bequest was not long ago made to Dir. Disreal
Bacon left will appointing six eXecutioners, bu
! no property except his name and memory, which
he bequeathed to mems charitable speeches, tt
foreign nations and the next ages
Lord Clarendon had nothing to leave Lis daugh
!. thr but his executors kindness and Lord Neso
# left neither will of real or personal estate be
> hind him, although he bequeathed his adopte
/. country to the benefcence Of his country.
f Milton's will was nuncupatye-that is, by wor
!. of mouth-he being blind at the time he made il
Shakspeare's was made in a regular form SO Iwa
i, Byron's. Chattert0ns will was a very strang
r one, consisting Of mixture Of leyity, bitter
= tire, and actual despair, announcing purpose
a selfdestruction. Others wrote their wills in
i and as a specimen, we will give that Of Villa
N Jacket, of the parish of Islington, which VT
T. proved in l767 when no witnesses were require
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