, 1880-10-31

tory @ Of the Parliament will consider that
Item: / should have given to the
author Of the l9el on women, thra nence emu,
to invent yet more scurrilous m9de OF
maligning; but, seeing that he i1sulteth and
"slandereth l know not how many honest per
sons, commit the office Of paying him to me
Of Henry Mildmay; he will teach him to M Dis
tinguish between honorable women and IT'S
4'e1ie: item: I give to the Lieutennnt,;Geperal
ws ssnI Of S S GeFqS Se HATH fhG nsrsf ke
~ Item: 1 give to the wealthy citizens of
London, and likewise to the Presbyter!ans
and the nobility, notice TO look TO their
Whitehall hath provided Itself with ponlards,
and useth dark lanterns in the place Of can
dies:
Worthy Of being appended te this is the
made the following
MALICIOUS BEQUEsTs:
"To my eldest sister Joan, my fiye-acre
field, to console her for being married 10
man she is obliged to henpeck.
"To my second sister, Sally, the cottage
that stands beyond the said field, with its
| garden, because, as no one is likely to marry
her, it will be large enough to lodge @ her: e,,,v
nhe my 1msrd Ssfee 6er ha r. eara 9 rs much
Of its spirit as she already knows OF rs ie1-
| ter, that she may become better Christian,
"To my fourth sister, Mary, my grand.
mothers silver snuff-b9x, that she may not
"To my fifth sister, Lydia, my silver drink
! ing-cup, for reasons known to herself.
ITO my brother Ben, my books, that ne
may learn to read with them. ,,.
| l,'sTO MY brother James, my big SILVER Watcn,
ought to rise from their bed.
| 4FTo my brother-in-law, Jack, a punch
bowl, because ne will do credit to It,
ITO ny 9rother.in-aIM I'M Snf's,opel, ,Io 2
my sister Maggie, whom no man with taste
VIE, "I'o nv nv friend J ohm Caddell, a silver tea
pot that, being afflicted with siatternly ,ai aa
aWhile: .old Johns eldest son was made
| legatee Of silver tankaTd, which the testa-
tor objected to leave to old John himself,
lest he should commit the sacrilege OF melt
ing it down to make temperance medals" -,
And, as pendant to these, we cite the Will
| of John George, of Lambeth, who died In
/ London in June, 1791, and VINO
PROVIDES FOR HIS WIFE AS FOLLOWS:
"Seeing that I have had the misfortune to
be married to the. aforesaid Ellzabeth, VINO,
every possible way; that, not content with
making game of all my reinonstrances, sue
has done all she could to render my ilfe
miserable; that Heaven seems to nave SEM NJ
| her into the world solely to drive ME out OF
| it; that The strength of Samson, tho genius
OF Homer, the prudence Of Augustus, the
skill Of Pyrrhus, the patience Of JOB: the
philosophy Of Socrates. the subtlety OF Han,
| not suffice to subdue the perversity OF her
character; that no power on earth can
change her, seeing that we have lived apart
during the last eight years, and that the only
| result has been the ruin OF my son, whom
she has corrupted and estranged from me;
| weighing maturely and seriously all these
considerations, have beqneathed, and be-
oueatf, to my said wife Elizabeth, the sum
Of one shilling, to be paid to her within six
! Conceived in the same vindictive spirit is
the bequest of an English gentleman, who
had from his earliest years been educated In
the
MOST VIOLENT PREJUD1CEs AGAINST TIE
| IRISH,
and who came, when advanced in life, to in
herit considerable property in the County
! Of Tipperary, but under the express connl-
| ton that he should reside on the land 70
| this decree he very reluctantly contormed,
but his feelings toward the natives 9nly gae,w ,'
| more bitter i'll consequence; and at his death,
in 1191, his executors were SURPRISED 10 nnd
the following dispositions:
| II give and bequeath the annual sum OF
ten pounds, to be paid in perpetuity out OF
my will and pleasure that this sum shall De
spent in the purchase of a certain quantity
Of the liquor yulgarly called whisky, and
it shall be. publicly given out that nat = aa ceftam
twenty, who may choose to assemble in the
cemetery in which shall be inferred, on the
anniversary of my death, shall have the hge2
Int to The hsm sb5 recsye
iii fH RRe Mhole nalo IS cponsumed, ps each be!ns
likewise provided with stout oaken stick
and knife, and that they shall drink 1t all
irish character, my conviction is that with
these materials given, they will not fail to de.
stroy each other, and when, in the course OF
time, the race becomes extermlnated, this
ncighborhood at least may, perhaps, be col
onized By civilized and respectable English
In another will of this class, we read Of a
Grabbed old German Professor, who died IN
Berlin at the beginning of the century, and
his sole surviving, relative, lett his
property to him, but on the absolute
condition that he should always wear white
linen clothes
AT ALL SEASONS OF TIRE YEAR.
and should not supplement- them in winte!
BY extra under garments. In still another
case all estate of some value was lef1
to his eldest son by a certain John Budd
on condition that he shaved off his mus
tache and never allowed it to grow again
An inhabltant Of Leicester, named Sergeant
left large fortune to his nephews on con
dition that they should rise at o'clock in tht
morning in summer and at O'Clock in win
. ter. And, finally, testatoF, whose name i
Ianot given, bcqueathed to his son and daugh
ter one guinea each to balance accounts
throwing III his forgiveness, and the llopt
that Heaven would one day give them bet