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, 1879-05-10
WHAT IS HEAVEN ?
I,1FFEHENCE or OPINION,
Ia fka Edifae If Ink lffb,tns


MusKEOoN, Alicls., Atay 7.-Aunt Helen, I cx-
tc,ld. yo,, 1hu l.ansl Of frtrds.1lp. nm g!ad Il
was you who took up Tie gauntlet in bcllulF Of
Airs. Phelps, Instead OF some Of those others,
who insln,latc such dreadful things about thuse
they do not agree with. l ntn glnd tint YOU
showed them tl,nt oNs wotnun could Disagree
Will, another In kindly way. Ut coursu the
lists aru ouep to I'LL, ai!sl was pleased thnt you
entered, for / lt|ia to l,ear thu ap!nio,ls Of
otAers, Nnl assure you like yun mona tho less
lleeatse you admisu Mrs. Phelps. Perhaps
should IL knew her, aNl Indeed tlo admire
ler 10 II curtain extent, now.
You acknowledge lint fcr advanced t,lcss Of
Heaven Will 10 tuuht acctn very uur.11turas uIul
absurd to people oLlargc tlunllty; but thAt Ii
INT answering my lucatton fatsly. wan,ed to
elevated by reat'ng .'Gates Alar." d. you
really tAlnk, Aunt Helm, TINT even ltttlo
cni!d could grasp hettar true i.lea OF whit
Heaven Ia by such teachings ns ara in that
booka Saunot say That think 1t wrong OK
actly, hut ! cannot thlmk 1t wise to tell cliil
tint In Heaven IT shall l,aYe couklcs sweet.
meats, a,la toys, III order to creltc IN ia little
leart acsiro to go therc, and d love fur tlo
because belteye it 10 be foolIat ul,l unucces.
sary. A chilA's mtHd Is "a cupubIe OF under.
stAndIuE tEu mysteries uf Heaven as yolrs or
ninc, almost Perhaps this is ra.ipr d strong
owi. el!ldho,d. may bo u1cuscl II mn nlIa.
takru. You know It IL 50 nutnral to Judge Others
by ouTselycs, do not remember that, as
child, I entertained my other Idea Of Heaven
eauas, @ @ "sraps S for % 'y os isaas' Haa% Tx ~
| can inako It exactly clear 10 you. /
DO not mean. Of course, that my mind
hns not advanced any IN these years. Or that ilas
q4catlelis OF theology a. we'll "a that VI perfol,
ii mature years. hut to mean TO say that d
cl!il4 Is not uu creature 1t a generally supposed
, 1879-05-10

To III Editor Of Ths Tribune.
GRur Rlnar, Iunl., May 8.-Fol ahame, Forty
Years, to so nisintcrprtt Faith. You write
murc Ike echoolbuy, spoiled Mt tint, than ono
whom forty yea7s Ut experience had taught
some wisdom.
Nh6 suil "bcat tic babtcsl" No onu uInco
the 'cat.otntnc-taIls !" WIS 80 gnoniiniously
thrown from our circle. Faith IS right II slu
does not think It proper for children 10 10 ie.t
upon collco nnll tcu, thus urcparng tl,rir appe-
tttca for something stronger when older, unl
rich food, eako swectmcats, aHl daintics at all
hnura. Who hints ut staryationf Is plenty of
goo1, wholesome food at proper times, will,
pure milk ur water, starvatlonI
I defy amy QUO to bring forward more rosy,
healthy, happy boy than my 0year.nla itttfa
Inan who l,as never drank q cup Of col{eb or ten
in his lifs; never has heon allowed to learn to
my meaus Of eating hcarty neal, md becomes
hungry htfor1 the next, crackers or brcnNl al!tl
butter satisfy h4ngor nnl DO ''nt spoll his appe-
tltu for u good, wholesome dinner. | think
moro dopendB upon E0tHl NhOlosnMe food Tor
our little ones thnn even Falth hints at.
Humbux. hayo you ever trlct! prayer with q
child for sol,a grleyous faultl know It 10 ba
their young hearts. First, from their babyhood
thuy arc Taught that tIod Is loving Father, tu-
tercstai Ia nl tho lttle sninutts OF tncir lives,
who loves them With love in1ntely greater
than Tint Of father or mother, an.l IL gr:eved
over thclr faults more than we are: Teach them
~ soon az tllrr littlu lips eau talk to rely upon
tod, ielr heat fEIon4 fur help to do right from
day 70 day. Tho Ruler Of tho universe Is great
prayer of avcn q ltttlo byear'oll child. OF
course, do not oyertao or disgust By too frequent
or lengthy petitions. But | belleye the Guild
tl.u yotce 1t luther or mother IN prayer:
Chut Wish could hare your faith In hll.
, 1879-05-10
TIE LETTER-BOX.

There arc letters papers, and postal-cards ut
this Office for the persons whose names appear
bclow Those living out of itle city should send
their address and thrca-cent stamp, upoa rt,-
cclps Of which their tua!l will. By forwarded.
Residents Of Chicago can obtain tlletr mail BY
calIhlg at Room % TRIBUNE Building:
Mad. 7. 7.
Anrda. (Aslncr.
1'r0fcssor. lfosebliu.
Sufferer. Zeslea,
Gr1lnlmn Whittier. Eth.
Ellen 1eryls. Wicked Eyes.
Constant Reader. N. f., Oak Park.
II. O., Rockford. Lillian,
, 1879-05-10

CHICAGO, May 0.-T congratulate Forty
Years. As literary effort Ills letter WINS NIL
1ntrablc. 1t wns nn elaborate description Of
what llus been nHl what u,lEht not to bc. and
will not bc In thu ncnr future.
Quo would think from reading Ills article that
there Ind bceu no progress 6ince the days OF
Evr. the Grst mother Of the "Un,vcrsal Babe"
l mn gad to believe Tint the future mother
will, By virtue OF her increased privileges and
freedom, large culture. nnll wisdom, fmpart her
gifts to posterity until Fnrty Years, At 80
win to aston!allcI Mt the true manhood Of Tho
1,abc Of tic present. Suroly, Fusty Years must
bc awakening from dream Of the past. Does
il deceived by her 1susbai,lt And II such de-
rrpton Were possible, tl0es he seek bY plauslbsn
theories to excuse 1T Thu only wnY to bcnrlft
posterl.y is TO secure Freedom na purity Allie
tu tile father anil mother; When education
shall bcyon,o untveraai-ctlucntion of all tll.
faculties, practical rs we'll It's theoretical, hrart
rs vol! a8 .mind-,l.e problem nf life will be
solved. Ny heart bests for thu little children
Of ,notl.ers who hare not lcarned how to care
for them exrrpt rs to dress. Pride tenc!,cs them
that. But tie ltto white souls arc kolied by
tho t1eceits an1 Impurities Of society. Example
is better than prcccptsn the training Of children,
and wllnt cnn We expect fsnm tlir ioy!eks. COM
,nunplnce won,nn described By F1rty Years as
motlier OF title Universal DabeP' lio says:
at Is inevitable TINT thc most attractive women
shall not be mothers Of the races In the future
VIC hope to bo ablc to deny thts herrsy. And
the tlay Is daHutng Already tho silly, common
placu womaa is hecominE sllc walIl!ower Of sucl-
city, mud the women Of Intelligence aud culture
arn bcing sought Al mothers Of the race. | mn
aware that this Is not reasollEng according to
mans yiews. Awotnnn reasons FROM tho heu,t.
] an sorry that u young man Of sucl, evident
ability shonld ndvoeate such philosophy. Only
ittjnn hrief 1our floattnr on shining wings.
, 1879-05-10
BOAtE W1LD VEEWY,
In LIZ Esdfiar nj Y,ht Ilxihttra

To Tho t:d!ior o5 Ths Tribuns.
SAVOY, H., May 7.-lluslnn life! What is III
A Ealne of Aicu or u steeptv.Clase3
II seenss tint Us VIZ live II, IT, must be, iu a
certain ssuse, either I'll. ouo o1 thu other.
ls there anything 10 prove, really, thut nien
are anything plore than notes Ut dust resting
on d little pellet OF nlatteria spaca-a spaen to
which We can asslgn no limit, u1 therefore, ru-
gaEd As tnanttc,-a space to which We md nur
little world atc inadequate to sastain tho ron-
tinn OF grRtn OF saua AZ compared to thu Cont
nnnt Of Anlerical
Doca anybody know that thcro Is anything
&bovs and beyond the dice and tic dust aud
kshesf
Does anybody Know that man lsas anything
more cnuuTstiS IN his organization than q tra1-
stently animated framo ot cluyl -
Nay ger'iy, you n,ay scaEel. yous own consclous
YOU may turn eyerythlnE under the blue lray.
may Prey, " you quay tAve, but you Cunt t!nd
eassiv oua vsnty u fo" Yns
hut in this thing an eau never know whr1l,er
this theory Of that Is true or false. {Anii
tust no" ! LIZ thialt ., ~. hsA, babel u yoices
And. indeed, do eou!vsas to having deslre TO
1eMlof certain things unto Cmsar, anil TO say q
word agalnyt conscrvatistn1 II IL Impossible, ln
tile present condition Ut phy4Icnl SCIENCE, to
Involved iu tlsu inost iusIguilcant i,ateruui
thlnga; anu 1t H. thousand tjnos as impossible,
Ia the present state Of Psychological science, to
kno" whether ne nru Immortal gods Or merely
1.ic.
ia impossible 10 know whether tho doctrine
OF moral responsibility IL living truth or an !u-
sats dogma. II Is perfectly impossible TO know
Foree stands u thu neim Of the Universe.
) certainly, tacro Il q class OF peoplq who Aud
, 1879-05-10

~ IHp 44AHO' ~ 4nt t|14nHSs
CHICAGO, May I'll should like IL Eubmi. 10
some Of your correspondents, experienced IN
Mntters of dumcat!c economy, Il question tor
their answer III that department of your PAPER
eusslon of such subjects.
When steaks ara srllInE Mt from 10 10 Is
cents. best cuts rib rnasts 1.l cents, mutton
md veal from TO 10 Is cents. llau from 10 y
cents, butter ~ ce,its best crcat! chccse 1t u
cents, and eggs Mt 10 cents per uozen, /. Il
economy Or otllurwthc to use the Inst twn articles
US lAvishly und freely as the tasto of tie family
u9y tlcslrc} The answer 10 br basel upvu caa.
alterations OF ect'ruiny oniy,--upon The Etl.'
tive value Of the fuel to run the li,,mnn eae're
''' ELISA IIOLun00kk
, 1879-05-10
a YOUNG ELECrnIC1Ay.
tn the 1tnttor 0t 3'bc TrtbtrDs.

CHICAGO, May U.-W1ll soInc nnc in tbs
Home be kind cnoligh to inform Tie what caa
ho mixed witt, flre-elay TO render u les poruu,
and finer, for tho purpose Of making crut!ble.
rtc.} Also il tfcru Is uny good e,ia,nc! 1,a, |,
eastly madcl md II tic GilntncIs scucraIly u.ei
In tint clay can be fused OVER d cunlnlon su:l
fret
Out OF what arc tho hobbtns In elcc'ro.m,r.
nets nade, und how tllic: arc 'llryf Is thefe
my way to tnsulata wire except, as Is Tie usual
method, by covering it will. cotton or sIlki
Ard Justly, IN eiectrutyplng 1ulleonduc1las
eubstanres, how can thu plutnlIago b. app!lel 50
rs to reu,u!n on tlG articles hftcr thry have yta
immersed III the sui ulphnteo9-coppcr solatlunl
L11uRua
, 1879-05-10
A LOT OF CRITICISMS.
TIE ATTRIBUTES or WOMAN.

sr. Josrru, Mich, AprI. a1.-Let me con-
.t,,,".a .h, ,n,;o" ~ .r,n rJo,ns t,,, r,no -,
G'"lu'"te ~ Wv .a1'se =. s,,ns ~" ~
t!!eth aEo tnarsiea 10 FoFty Aeafs' VINO ID het
nny way3 Can he really be man, or Is Lc aomo
oil ,l,a1,uBcrpt, yellow md musty, cxhumcti
fro,n mn on,iouatcd chest, whcEo It Tor ho) bad
i'r". i,' Am ~. ,.sra;.. ~ y "s' "a'
1a '''I,'osleeu ~. nuna. ~ '.
Ills Ideas concerning Somahs attt'ou1es ccr-
tainlY belong to tho easlof nges, u,ld HOW, after
all ti1cse yrars, they must be brought forward,
nj .1,rlv.tr,, nnl mo,nv. over ths s,rrnt,,ro ri
~ =, oh' w' s'eu "''I ".o.1,i T., ~.
Forty iears' "onaes ~ ne toF she) ID lcaiiy
Tic sort OF person lio prctendb to bcf-!f the
sentiments ase truly lis belief, Or wlntller he
ovnrccs i,,cos rt,,, rnrv In hta own In hone anna
n,,s nav refmtn tliJn. md m, l,nil,tcntinnoIjv
iniio,y hi Tia oSt, tl,,urbtei Nov. hc asks:
Whnt mnn wnnts wuI,,an TO ba logfcnI7it
That question might buttcs have been asked
by tlu Shah OF Persia Wills contemplating his
hg1rcm. hv Urf1hn,n Y0rur: or BIZ king Henry
VIII, uU5ut tIlu tjlno ho wus ns!sing Catherine
to be- Ills wlfc; in shuri, by any miserable tnan
Who, Knowing himself to bu a munstcr, roIoIccs
jn wonlnn'a blindness.
Wlat man who Is ltar would wish to have
1is swucticart cogujzant of the fnctl Wouldn't
hu rather hnyo her trlst him with blind falthl
What gambler, fosges, or usurcr would Wish tic
lady Of ,is choice to believe him dtshoueat7 1ic
woilld peycr select clcarsightrd lady who
muney came irursi, but would prefer u dear ittlo
kttrI willing TO bcIryc It fell from tllc moon IL
hc told her So
What snoals or coward would want a strong,
Al tu!.dei would never select logical wtir,-
an; sho might be Christian g,rl, nlltl, uuwili-
iug tu sec her lover lost might surgest to him
i'll error, All, mol lie would prrfcr some "t!r-
intdslty ali rFt.ht bec.uso t,o ,nau wo honorrI
her with il{s attentions was M inl|dcl.
Thn drunknrIl would desire This rtrl nayer
to m question why le sometimes reelci into l,er
, 1879-05-10

MEETING NEXT THU1!SDAY-
THE tribune Homo Club will meet for work
nt Ma1uc's, No. 90 TwctitY-ttlrd street, Thurs.
day, May IL, at :Jo o'clock p. III.
HnANpMA OLDWAYs, President
, 1879-05-10

70 fhs Ealt0r a 1Ne 7T1oahs'
LooAxsponr, lud., May 6.-ldem, after the
scouyco you suffered a. Elaeabulus scarcely
expected you back. There were several others
u,tsIuduud In tho ssmp way. 1Iomo fsleads, do
you have my Idea what feelings you arouse In a
writer by using such sarcastic language.
France, don't Let this bo your last appearance.
Ikuvw lsou experience that people With opinions
, 1879-05-10

II TIT Editor oj The Tribune.
BUCKLEY, ILL.,, May 4.-rhrough tho column,
Of rhc Home would like to return mau,
thanks to Cordclsa for verbcna Eceils, sweet
>nrkspuF, and co!ulnbfnc seeds. would ala
say to her and others Of Tic llomc lint trn1
her recipe for cooking beans without pork, sm
sund rcrlpe Tor Boaton brown bread suIno q;
1ny tamtIy think It excellent: Turcr Gun, ri
meal, two cups Of totlr, two cups of sour nl,,k
oi,n.!alt cup of n,a1nsses, one tcaspnon Of toj,:
suit, steam two hours then bake ten ,an,.,e.
Sry
, 1879-05-10
TIE Foofew11LER wANTHr.

10 the Editor ot Tat Trsbunt.
lIor SPRINGS. Ar1t., May 8.-lt only Forty
Years would stop hts ycaty platitudrk about
babies a,,.l 20 10 Ills mother and got uostcd!
From, The bog where he 1oundcrs IN the vain
effort TO make himself ntclIig.ble llo cries stt
cdly, attic brevlty of this ttwo.column) article
forb!ls a,npltdeation." NIny tic COOL Lord
help tho rcst Of lis poor things when this old
young man docs actually incu6aso an amplli}ea-
tlon In 'rAe Home columns. Tie political CD
itor, the commercially the reporters, and the Con-
iuctor Will then iInyG to retro to the kitchen
uutl Give tho poor man all tlto room III The
house.
Filero Is nothing ltko the check Of these bab-
h'crs ffesh from "Oailn," Byron, or ono Of Bob
lngcrsops Lectures What Y t.,sy ann,t know ~
their own c0rcctt. '
The Conluctor (fnost worthy, patient, and
discriminating mani no sooner hegtns to stroke
ono Of thysu feline philosophers approstllEly.
whcn 10! It begins 70 lnnrl, uo It's buck, most
beautifully eway Its terminal yartcbrn, purr.
nu emit cat-!igl.tnfng by tic lIau.lfut. yllcre's
France, whom IA Mothcr" acents to have
struck sauaEo anI1shlps, ,low assuming tic role
Of a martyr. Funny coughl Butt 10 notify
The little mutual admiration society between L.
Y. and Frame, thereby fulfilling thu intunc-
tlon-
You sonpfpt: me- I you;
That Ia hesi fur rs 10 DO.
Tint is exiaiIaratng, also, think: AZ for
me, ia ar soon hare little "aIngcrdrcndh u n
tninc. Chats rxh,tlnn Of Erafce stuffed With
trashy ilctiun WIS an arrow that wuht hume, AMI
llopo may bc uf 1crveB 10 the "mnt1.h
"tu the production VI the bnbc very old laws
are followed " says our arand Rapids "gen!ts y
oi tho "thrd generation" Mr. Conductor
this thing lla* gouc far enough, md demand
tlu Fool-kil|er. hut, agalt, our philosopher
says II fellow does like Brigham ioung alnl
snlomon lie can't pcrpctuatc h!aself. u,mi T. lls
tries right hown llnrd to do thr square sh1ng,
urtl stIeks to Nnncy all BY herself, It won't
amount To Nuthln tioti0w!
Furty Years, be you newt or goblin damned,
I dc,nMnu m explanation uf this menacl1Ig la1l-
gunge. The alternative Is canoe. patlales al,u
mud, ltstauyc, ten pucgs. UNCLE JOSH.
, 1879-05-10
THANKs RETURNED,

T1ANKs RETURNED,
To ths Edttor NJ Tht Trsb,,nt,
CHARLTON, H.. May 4.-Atlow inc to ,h,,.
tho friends Who 80 kindly furnished inc ,bc Wv.
myss recipes. Should have written earlier !,
would whit until We Ind tried soma ~ a.
rutiprs. AS rct t1e rcsult OF our ctIorts nv. as
not eattafy us, hut VIC ntt mean to rire m a'e!
my husband thinks It II just what he needs'
should Hike 70 give my exDrrlencc on so,nn j
The Homc topics, but France'a experience ~, y.
frightened me, aud thnK I'll re:ratu, D''
A TENNgssEEAy IN 1ovt
, 1879-05-10

ing to got ready to 60 to 1apan n, , ,,t..,-
and NIL tho Theological students missionary,
want to tnarrv her, nnl they ars hs.s sne KNOW
"SES Sow sa'ess ri - si,ss ,e 1 # v9y eyys ,a. t,n
como to unr MONTH reliuf. C,u,t.ct ne Home.
sisters, nnl your couslns, md yu,,, WIN m1a 1ou1
give us goot ndvsco. stn'l no su,n1n,rtt tats, ahl
nil Gcnlchan tosilnany. asi t!ryor ,n,.l. re'u'c
our ambitions aud our work, Or sinlI ~ to
attent!9ns MD then do tho hest No can +, a'ss1t
Aud Is II wrnsg to buconc aror,In..,
gentleman without m intr.Nlur,} }nn Il ~ Wlsh 4
fcetly suso TINT ha Ia trua gentielusn' nv Fe'.
DELLA DAg.1xo.
, 1879-05-10

FOR LlTkNAnY FOLKS
To the EdItor o5 Tie Tribune.
CHICAGO. May b.-Cannot some Of The linn.
lfterati tell mo whcro I csn find tho vcr,..
+" Dawn into Pants" beginning:
Ileaf Unc!e, I wltes you letter.
And Wnnta II tyotf to u,y n,l1Its:
Ito got solllo Old high ncwa tn toll ron.
I've des oocn and dawn into panls, ''4'
Also, "1l,e DrunEartl's DaNaIllrr,n bcctno,nr,
"Qo stand where havo STOOL" ctc. ''''aa'
Ne pLua
, 1879-05-10
MISCELI.A NEOJs.

MlsCELLA NEOUs,
Mrs. JORDAN WROTE IT.
To The Eiuor Of Tht Trsbun.,
CHICAGO, May 8.-For the tnrormo,,o, :.
One Of the 'rrio, Lafayette, 1 would .,a,. et
r. !e u2,' Ssn "sss1sya s ssy.,, wq: xsa y H 1
residing IN K!chrnond, lnl. ''' AeAse'"
QUAINT Rsr BArEnrl
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-10

Alexander M. VIM, M. D., who died at
China in Kenpebec county, Sunday, was "a
tive of Wells and So years Of age. He receiv-
ed good academic education and graduated
from the Medical Department of Dartmouth
College in 1876. His class numbered thirty,
and among those who took the degree of M.
D. at the same time with him were John E.
Tyler Of Massachusetts and Peter Y. Frye of
Oyster Bay. L. I. DR.. VIM commenced
practice at New Durham, N. H., in 1S47, and
was afterwards located at Pennington and
Manchester. From the latter place he went to
Togus, where for several years he was surgeon
At the National Soldiers Home. He was q
well read and skillful physician and an excel
lent surgeon. While in New Hampshire DR..
Vim became an eminent FreemasOn and rose
to the position of Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of that state.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-10


Snow storm yesterday. Mercury 800 at sun
rise, and 34e at noon.
The international Railway Guide for Janu
airy has been received from Chisholm Broth.
ers.
Members of the Church of the Disciples Wed
nesday evening presented Elder and Mrs. Muir
ray with an elegant sofa
Sargent, Lord & Co. had advices yesterday
that the Teazer will be got off with about $500
damages. sbe drifted ashore between two
lodges and lay easy.
AT meeting of the directors of the Port
land Railroad Company, held on the 9Th inst -,
dividend of % per cent was declared, which
is now payable al the company's office.
A Portland woman of bad character has
been imposing on number of Lewiston peo-
pie of late. She has been driven from severaI
places and yesterday the city marshal was cali
ed upon to remove her from another lady's
house. The woman refuses to go to the poor
f,r
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-10
ALLEGED DeserfiOu.

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Edmund Coffin
made complaint at the station to Marshal
Bridges, that she had reason to believe that her
husband, who keeps the livery stable on
South street, had left town and a woman was
at the bottom Of the trouble. Mrs. Cofin says
that all last summer her husband was providing
this woman with groceries and spending
his stormy evenings at her house. The
woman was married to the mate of vessel,
but she has not heard from him for over
year. Mrs. Coffin also says she had reason to
suspect that her husband was going away for
he was 10 fear of arrest on account of bond
he gave for $500 in connection with some
trouble with Mr.. Campbell some time ago,
and that he sold off all his horses and carriages
to his sister some time ago. He also had
collected all the money he could, and as he did
not come home Wednesday night, at late
hour she went down to the stable and watched
at the stable at that time, and that he was
conveyed away between 80 and q. M, with
trunk and chest. He had before this time
removed his best clothes to the stable. He
has relatives in Wisconsin where she believes
he has gone, and she learns that the woman
left for Wisconsin by yesterday afternoons
train. 1t may be that Mrs. Coffin's suspicious
are wrong and that her husband has merely
gone awayto avoid arrest, and thatithis woman 8
, departure has nothing to do with the matter.
Mrs. Coffin is spoken of as haId-working
woman and good mother, and she has
several children, the eldest q years of age.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-10
A CONTESTED WILL.
What CONSTITUTES Signature in n Testa.
tors Presence,

A hearing was had in the Probate Court
yesterday upon the will of the late William L.
Lewis of Gorham who died upon the 9th of
July last.
The chief ground Of objection was that the
Will was not legally executed 1t appeared in
evidence that on the 9Th of July at the request
OF Mr.. Lewis, Merrill T. Files, one of the
witnesses to the will, went to the house of the
testator who was ill aud drew the will under
bis direction and read it to him in his loom.
Mr.. Lewis was sitting up, and signed the will
IN the immediate presence of Mr. Files. The
other two witnesses who had been sent for by
Mr.. Lewis for the purpose, at the time, were
sitting in an adjoining room with the door
open between the rooms, and in range Of the
testator, and did not see him sign the instru-
ment, but heard some remark by the testator
in regard to his signature. After the will was
signed by the deceased, Mr.. Files took it to
the adjoining room and read the attestation
clause aloud, in the hearing of the tessator and
the witnesses, who then subscribed their names
thereto.
1t was claimed that this was not an execution
of the will Sin the presence of three witnesses"
as required by Statute. Judge Cleaves held
that it was not necessary that the witnesses
should be in the same room as the testator
when they signed as Witnesses, but that the
Statute was complied with, if the signed in an
adjoining room, as in this case, where the
testator might have seen them sign if be had
desire to do 20, and although two of the
witnesses did not actually see Mr.. Lewis sign
the instrument, the attestation clause being
read in his hearing, which stated that the will
was "sigued by him. as will, it amounted to
an acknowledgment of his signature 10 their
presence.
The will was admitted to Probate, and an
executor appointed.