, 1880-10-31

81 nraserva ar t. II o11 fhn advantages have
ohtnInei far It -
In The will Of the great satirist: Kabelals, IS
the following highly characteristic clause:
's have no available property; lowe ereaS
The renainder Of the wills Of eminent per-
so1r; ara Of y more commonplace character,
though few are without some interesting
feature; and it is in the other sections Of the
tents viii be- found. The classification, i
should be observed. is not rcry exact: but it
viii be more convenient, perhaps, to follow
it as nearly as may be, After the general IN
u1,ccrvr1,1c w111s.'
4,o,,, -. 49,, sa.,'nlar afImits. other wills
InonHn a5 me cGnapree1 llrn fnnnd n,1ter other
Gux t'otT,,i rii h,nt..r hrrjns with the viii
nfau nf enTsnd;t, w 9:renr miser. Dclnus Dice-
anus. which is too long fo qaote but the 1a,'a i'm
,n ie XIII fD nr;af and nointed: A French
merci1ant 1oe IaI dyinr ~ in iG1o. left handsome
legacy 10 a 1ady who had, twenty years be-
fore, refused to marry him. IN order 70 ex-
press his gratitude to her for her tofpeat-
ance, and bis admiration for aer S;agaeaiy IN
leaving to him {, happy bachelor ire Of t inae-
placed beside this is The will Of Licnt.-Col.
Nash, who beaueathed an annuity OF 4:u to
the beli-ringers Of Bath Abbey sproIh,aHio PRO hlie
hi accentnation from Il. iii. to Sp. M. ON
each anniversary Of his wedding day, nnd
during the same number Ct hours, qny Ky wls1 da9
c 9ea Sn 5 the n dots e; tyranny s
ann wretchedness.'
4 good example of abbreviated wills IS that
the' wear l6o3:: II, William Apthorpo Of AID
hor0'. soul to Almighty God; twelve Sill
uJno iinns to n9A noor-hox: lease Of farm, one
corne vain. and the wood cutt this
W. also yoke of oxen, to some
Robert: two black Kline to my dau'r Alison.
Between lau'rs Anne and Eliza three klne;
to Anthony Robinson a stall: OF 1ouf u olA
and a met. Of beans, and another met. TO hiS ~
children. Some kobe1t anu ttlleG , % ~, ,an a.
four exors Bnt tnG T. shG..ef. t5a fawes w Pro1ste
ota IS Il;sS p,a, pao1,su - Hrs and consistjng Of
CouIt IL NuSemtvSa' y MI lo'o' +o ,ava ali when +
gisli,s, ,;ss,, "olos' 11''
ole. ,,,;,, ,,,,,,oh 1or
n VA. "n.o. =. ~ 10y n.,rrn .rccrSrR1on
is that of DR.. Ellerpy, who died in London
III February, 1877. He was member OF the
Society Of Friends' and all ms nmoits pore 'he he
marx Ut or1Elnaiity In ms e,non W afG hen NJ the
following: ~.
"Item: desire that Immediately A1ter my
death my body shall be carried to the Ana, "a;
tomical Museum i'll Alders$ate street, ana
Tyrrell, and Wardrop, i'll order that the cause
OF my 11illady may be we'll understood:
"Item: l bcqueath my heart to Alr. W.,
anatomist; my lungs to Mr.. Z. anu my
brains to NJ F.. in oraer ennt t;o 1ney nH m1f
faithfully to execute these my last wishes e
in this respect, I will comet It snoula t pe
by any means, possl}leD,,and ;, torment them
Akin to this is the viii Of Mr. S. sanborn'
| who. in 1871, hequeathed his corpse to Har-
ward University, and especially to the ma,
nipulation of Oliver Wendell Holmes and
| Louis Agassiz. This testator' VINO was 4
fAyn THEREFORE,. PERHAPS, ExcusABLY
tAso i.1N1'r 0 uAn1
| ,..,o,+ - ,,adford Mass
oWelt q: Aeui9,o' ii -, s.roecod his desire that
his remains should be preserved d. in the ar Mn-
scum Ga,if a. 11. ,.;t Il T. the most scientific and
skil!fnl manner known 10 Tile anatomical
Hia fnrthar reonestad. after the example
Of John Ziska, that his skin should
be converted into two drun>-heads,
not for the same purpose as that ntl-
mated By the Bohemian chief, for the
| sake of frightening his enemies, but TO be-
come he Property Of his distinguished friend
and PATRIOTIC feilow-citizen, Warren Simp-
| son, drummer Of Cohasset, on condition that
snnrise. heat on the said drum the tune of
Yanken Doodle on Bunker's Hiil.'
"'The drunl-heads to be respectively in.
! scribed with Pope's Universal Prayer and
| the Declaration Of Independence, as or!ginal-
| " wordeI by its illustrious author, Thomas
Jefferson. .
U.Tho remainder of my body useless TOR
anatomical purposes to be composted Tor a
| fertilizer to contribute to the CROWN
| Of an American elM. to be planted III
some rural thoroughfare, that the weary
| ,yayfarer NAV rest, and innocent children