Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-10
How an Old. Lady Disposed of Her

The London correspondent of the Belfast
Ns,rS Letter youches for the truth of the fol-
lowing. remarkable narrative:
ga short time since an old lady, living in
one of the small streets leading out of Albany
street, Regents Park, close to what was once
the Colosseum, entered the shop of Mr.:
--, a poulterer in the neighborhood, and
purchased chicken. The tradesman was at
tentive Ito. her, as such. people ought to be,
and the lady became q customer, always
coming to the shop and giving her own or
ders. She appeared to be. very old, but to-
have all her faculties about her. One Satur-
day evening she came when the poulterer hap.
pencd to be very busy. She said she wished
to speak to him, and he asked her to walk
into the little parlor behind the saop, and he
would come to her the moment he was dis.
engaged. go. s.e 7-i'
In the parlor She met the daughter of the
poulterer, and, after some conversation, in the
course of which she ren;afked that the young
girl looked i'll and required change of air, she
produced a parcel tied up'in paper, and said,
Give this to your father, as he is. busy and
cannot come, and J can1ot wait. l.wish him
to take. you. away Tor little change, and,here
is something that will enable him.to do So
She plac the parcel in the girls hand, and
'tod her 10 lock it up in cupboard to which
she pointed The girl did so, aud thought no
more Of the matter; when, some hours SUBJ
Fsequcntly, the s6op was' closed. and her faith
er came into the perlor to get his supper, she
produced the parcel and gave the message BY,
which it was accompanied. The poulterer
laughed as be united it but, to bis amaze
1ncnt, the parcel was found to consist of bank
notes and gold of the value Of $1,000. There
was also il It an antique gold watch and
chain. -.
The next day Mr.. - hurried round to his
customer to thank her, when she desired him
to take his daughter OUT Of town for few
days, and on their return to inform her OF
their arrival. This of course, was done. A
day or lwo after their returnshe called at the
shop of Mr.. -, and said she wished him
to come to her house to tea, accompanied by
his daughter. AS they were about to leave,
after pertaking Of her hospitality, she said to
Mr.-.Iwish you particularly to call upon
me tomorrow morning and bring with. you
two respectable persons upon whom you can
rely. The next morning Mr.. - attended,
accompanied by the curarc of the parish and
neighbor. The old iady then said tsat she
was upward Of ninety years Of age, and had
no relative living but a cousin, an attorney,
W ho she alleged had no. treated her well, aid
by whom she said she had ost.$20,O0O. She
said she had ::s25 600 in copsols sail left, and
that as she felt she would not live long, and
wss resolved that the attorney should not get
anything belonging to her, she. had asked
Mr.. - to attend, with two witnesses, in Or
der that she might ransier to him Tor his
own absolute use the e25,0U0 to which she
had referred. She added that she knew very
well what she was about, aud that by giving
I him; the money while she was saliye..instead
of beoueathing it to him at her dea h, be
would be saved the payment OF legacy duty
| 10 the amount Of E200O.;
"This announcement appeared to be OF So.
singular a nature that the clergyman verv
properly Suggested that solicitor sbonrd be
sent for. The man Of law came accordingly.
and the transfer was duly effected. The old
ladv's presentiment Of approaching dissolution
! proved to be correct. as she died few weeks
after making this singular disposition Of her
property. Tt seems that before her death she
had intended TO give the money to chemist
with whom she used to DEAL but that be had
offended her by some inattention to her
wishes.
The moral of this story, tof the snhstan.
tial accuracy of which there can be no doubt
wha.ever) is that eivi'ity c,sts nothing and
,rany sometimes yield rich reward.