St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-09
Have You Made Your Will ?

EN \ LAWYER OF LONG EXPERIENCE.
Reader, il luu have any property. a>
there l. Il fair presumption in Il country
like this HAT luu have. il is undnuhted-
" Il question of interest to vou what
shall Ice dome with il when you are
gone. Ca must 20 at some time, ami
may 90 very suddenly Vt any rate.
you viii probably not live nearly a>
long IL, lnu expect la. If YOU I'll" with
out 4 will. the law viii do the best il
c.ru in making Il just disposition of youl
property among NoIr relatives. Per
hap> yen are satisfied to let the law
do this for you. If 80. very we'll. But
ii i> altogether prohdhIe that luu have
some preference a> to the disposition ul
yolr5prnlrrt}. fl"u may wish to l;r-
stow some of it ON charity. This the
law will not do for You. You must sec
la il for Yourself. or else let it go IIu-
dome: and in letting ii 20 umduuc. YOU
may lac letting Il very clear duty 90 uu-
done. l"u may have some child that
j. feeble III body or mind, "r that has
had special misfortune and needs spec
ial consideration. 1t is for You alone
To consider this child. The law knows
nothing about it, special wants and can
not prov i,tc for them. You may have
un children. and may nave quite =
choice which anon" Your nrphcW> and
nci,"S shall take Your property. If 50.
yuu must -c, Ia it, The law will not
select ioI y"u. he rich and the poor.
the dc>rrN ing and the undc>,lN ing. will
al take alike. l"u may have an
adopted daughter whom N"u have az
cIr-tomcd Ia comforts .rd perhaps luN-
ulir>. u Ia" ill hc left pcnuilc>s unI,>s
luU pInNi;lc t"l hcr. ou must rcmcm-
hcr hci. and not tIust To the law to do
II. .\nd ,"u may. with Il rare scu>t nt
.iu~tirc. recognize the right of your good
wife To u more ample allowance for hrr
sou;nr1 than III. law wuuld give her.
II -. Ii l. 1ol yUu I" think of and pro
vid" Ion htr. The law does not know
what - "+markahly good wife she is.
. ami what IL >peria! claim she has upon
luu. and gives her only her fixed and
too limited potion. dividing th;' lest. if
ynG nave HO children, among collateral
relatives. S"Inc ot whom perhaps you
never saw. Consider we'll then. Vhrtt-
81 it Is not Il ricaI duty /" those yea
love. ul tn some good "t,icrts that >nu
might aid, for luu tn make - viii.
Aud m"W. in the second place. If l"u
have made up Your mind thar You
ought To make :: will. let me say 10 }ou
m">t cHphdIic;iliN. m6kc Il H"W. nu
don't know how soon Nuu will die.
\ "ur only >uIr Way i to attend To- il at
once. If You put it of from day tu day.
l"u will probably never make one. The
I;jct that :" many wills aIc made 10y
men cm tlicir death beds. shows how
often PERSONS who intend to make Il
Will. and would hc very sorry To die
without one. neglect il till they find
themselves, Just about to die. Now lei
me 4l,c Nuu three lcd~on> against post
i'"ninI lh' making al lnu will till ,Nou
arc fatally sick. either of which is rca-
.nu enough of itself: |. y "u may never
have any such sickness You may drop
down dead. or hr killed i'll Il railroad
accident. "r he banned up or he blown
up. "r dr"wurd. =. Ii ,nu have Il Iris-
Hi"ly death led time OF It. l"iu mind
will hc cnlcchrd things that Nnu
easily have settled Il little thought
" WhcIl ON were well. will trouble, and
rrII'!, .y";. and l"u will very likely
decide III, IN uHWi~rlN and Wrum4li. :.
\ uur will thus made. may bc contested.
nn! will really invite parties adversely
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