The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-08-07
ACurious Family History.

n CURIOUS
In 1862 there died in Louisville, aged % years,
I twin-sisters, who had come down from the Revo-
lutionary times, their father having been one Of
the signers Of the Declaration OF Independence,
and they retaining to the close Of their lives Wv
i'd recollectons of that string period. Elizabeth
and Sarah Hewes we're born in Boston in 1867.
/ The sisters had for each other a most romantic
attachment, which was preserved throughout
their lives. 1t made them inseparable They
never slept for a single night under different
roofs. Elizabeth remained single. Sarah was
twice married. but in choosing male partners she
appears to have stipulated that the bonds be-
tween herself and her maiden sister should not
be severed, and they never were. The women
bore such close personal resemblance that they
could scarcely be distinguished from each other
except BY the most intimate friends. Elizabeth
Hewes died first.
At her grave Sarah sang one of the old songs
the sisters had sung in duet since their early
childhood. Sarah followed in a few months, and
then there was no one to sing the song. The
grave closed over this unbroken link Of sisterly
affection which had been frightened by the shift
ing sands OF nnety-fve years.
These sisters had remarkable inielects. which
were exhibited in many acts and passages of their
lives, and there also seems to have been a strong
tincture of eccentricity in the family blood
Sarah had several children, among whom was
son, SoI-Hewes Sauborn. A few months since
his body was found on railroad in Massachusetts,
and 1t was not known whether be was murdered,
or had been killed by accident. After the death
of his wife, which occurred fifteen years ago. be
became a wanderer and his mother believed him
dead. lie was 20 years of age, and left the fol-
lowing very singular will
SIMPSONS HoTE1- MEDFoRD. Mass,
March TO- ISL.
Some forty years since ! assigned my body, az
ter death. to an institution THE Hall Of SCience
in New Nork, established under the auspices OF
Frances Wright, one of the first champions of
"womens rights" in our free and happy country
That institution failed, and my carcass reverted
TO its original owner, my very humble self.
therefore have disposed Of my body thus:
KNOW THYsELF"
In the name Of the Omuipotent Omnipresent
0muiscient, Of Science and Common Sense
Amen
l. Sol Hewes Sanborn tcosmopolite) now So
jOurning at Simpsons Hotel, in Medford, Mid
desex County, State Of Massachusetts, DO by
these presents will devise, and bequeath for the
diffusion Of anatomical knowledge among man
kind my mortal remains to Professor Louis Agus-
siz and Oliver Wendell Homes, of Hazard Uni
versity. on the following conditions:
!. That my body be prepared in the most skill
iul and scientific manner known in anatomical art,
and placed in the museum Of anatomy in the
aforesaid institution, or any other pHbc building
the said professor may deem advisable.
,. 1t Is my express desire 10 compatible with
the usages Of the aforesaid University that two
drum-heads shall be made Of my skin, on one of
which shall be written, in indeIIble characters,
d" Pope's Universal Prayer, and on the other.
The Declaration Of Independence" as it origi-
mated in the brain Of its illastrious author,
Thomas Jefferson; the said drumheads to be pre-
scented to my distinguished friend aud fellow citi-
zen, Warren Simpson, drummer, CObaSSet. Nor
folk County, State of Massachusetts on the fol-
lowing conditions That he. the aforesaid War
rem Simpson, shall beat, or cause to be beaten on
said drumheads, the national air of Yankee
Doodle at the base of the monument of Bun
kers Hill, at sunrise on the 18th Of June, an
nually.
3. The viscera, and other parts Of nv body.
useless for anatomical purposes, wish compost
ed for fertilizer, to be used for the purpose of
nourshing the growth Of an American elm, TO
be planted or set out on some rural public tho
r0ughare, that the weary, wayfarng man may
rest, and innocent children Tlayfuily sport beneath
the shadow Of its outrageous branches, render
ed luxuriant by my carcass.
Sol HEwEs SANBoRy.