The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-02-13

macintosh, nor even a cotton UNI
brella. Ha ha ! think of that. I
merely cite this story to show your
readers that [ am posted in ancient
history besides, we have: a num-
ber of just such cases going on in
New York to-day. It is dangerous
now for an old man to own prop
erty Or money. @Broadbrim feels
secure, however, for. his property
consists of one estate in the Isle Of
Skye, and another in 10y eye; the
titles being: unsettled, my! heirs ale
not expected to profit; thereby: At
the present time four suits are
pending in our, courts where the
children, Of rich people are trying
to, ,adjudge them. lunaticss and to
have them sent to- a mad-house on
the following grounds: ID Mr. Lord,
who married the widow Hicks, Sc
cured one of the most beautiful
women in America, with an annual
income Of thirty thousand dollars.
All the old chaps about town look
upon it as one of the eleYerest and
most creditable conquests that they
ever heard Of in their lives, and the
Ancient Mariners Club, an associa-
ton Of our me t respectable citi-
zens, who. have passed the age Of
sixty, have. resolved 70 vote him a
gold medal to commemorate the
glorious event. A beautiful widow
and thirty thousand dollars &! Whew!
at the. risk of being condemned as
a lunatic,. I don't think, she would
have had to ask me twice. Well
to return to my muttons. Mr..
Lord is SO he creditably managed
an estate for many years worth
over a million of dollars. His chill
dren made it so uncomfortable for
him that he sought ,congenial
companion. As I have said, he Sc
cured the NEST beautiful woman
in America, in every was his equal,
if not his superior, and now pro
ceedings are being taken in our
courts to, .adjudge. the old gentle
man lunatic:; his family is arrayed
against him, sons and daughters
! pursue him. court officers and tip,
stats watch the house in which he
is supposed to be concealed, as if he
were a murderer. or a thief, and all
because he has disappointed his
heirs, and did what Commodore
j. Vanderbilt did at almost the same
age, with this difference, that Mrs.
Lord is beautiful and rich, and
/ Mrs. Vanderbilt was not. If they
can catch the old man and find a
jury vile enough to do it they viii
put him in mad-house. So tell
all the old fellows up your way
to keep. out, Of the way of the rich
widows. g.. wv"
Another case occurred, equally
infamous, in the neighboring Coun-
/ t. OF Rockland. A gentleman there
had been, married forty Years-his
children all were men and women,
most of them married and with fami-
lies ;he was amanwho had occupied
many positions of high public trust
| onewhose honor and integrity had
never been! questioned-but his
health was too good, he was living
too long His. sons dragged him
into court, accused him Of q most
shameful oEense, and asked the
court to adjudge him a lunatic,
that they might have charge OF
and divide the estate. The father
wished a continuance Of the case,
and the sons urged peremptory
trial and condemnation, and un-
moved by the oldman's tears-tears
wrung from him BY this cruel per
secutiijorn=-they tried to. force the
| issue, till driven with Kisses from
the court. .~t
In Brooklyn case is pending
between an old lady and her daugh-
ters. The old lady's,: husband
died some years ago, leaving a for
tune of one hundred thousand
dollars. She bad two daughters
who were married, and who desired
an immediate division Of the estate:
It was partnership business, and
could not be divided at:once with
out involving serious loss. Both
the daughters had abandoned their
husbands and had returned to the
homestead to live off of the mother.
Quarrels ensued; and at last they
have dragged the old lady into
court, and want her adjudged a
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