, 1880-10-31

ratrholes for sport, an auditorium Will,
which the inmates were to be assanak9ln amMk99ln
daily to listen to an accordion, which 1uao
be played for all hour each day by an attsnt9o s 2
proach to their natural voices. An iosp e"
mary, to which, were to be attached s1raal .t-
! and three or four professeA nurses wssn
asijoin the establishment. The teslator" "sS a.o 70
as his reason for thus disposins Of his n+e n4res
cry that 1T Is M mans duty, as iof1II tx y
the lesser and feebler, even AZ gtotees a!
watches over and protects man , 19d
does not, however, explain how # h,,na!n n6
that on this principle he does not eonsids@ :
his duty TO protect rats from the 'disS 'snortiesrlS i
propensities Of cats. 9'1elae"
Nothing il, the volume more forcih1v ,,,,-
trates the native wllinscaity and bIzarr1.a.;sr- 1as-
OF the human nlnd than the instances liz liz
IN the e'1eo
DIRECTIONS FOR BURIAL 49,:
Some OF these are serious and eo1s,.,.
enough, exhibiting an almost morbid taa ssnsa
others show that they are written mia, pass tst
influence either Of despair or of an irreHaae ae
spirit of bravado. We can find snaco ae1I
for a specimen or two Of the l,orc eccentrss 1ts
Allertfordshirc farmer inserted in his viii II;
thirty years nap his coffin might be s,'snasa aSea
| from = BEAM in his barn, and by no n,sans
nailed down." lie, however, pcrmiftad .is + es
be locked, provided hole were made IN Il H. ~
| side through which the key might be- pushed
| so that he might let himself out when h.
awoke. Less solieitous for the preseryati@o no
Of what Sir Thomas Browne calls .sti,s ..th;s
lump OF mortality" was Sir Charles Hast.
ings, who directed that his body might . nat
! be coffined. but swathed in any coarse stnff
| that would hold 1t together, and then buria1
| i'll a spot designated by hln; that the gr1nnd
should then be planted with aco1ns, 81
that lie might render a last :se1riss
! to his country by. contributing to nourisb
| ger Mouncey, who was once physician -
Chelsea Hospital t!e1lege, beeueathfd his
| corpse for dissection, Qnd added that, when
the surgeons had completed theIrtask; twas
| Surprising all, however, in whlmsicalitv! i
the will OF a. New York spinster, who Of.
dered that all the money she should die pos-
| sessed Of should pc employed IN building
church IN her natlFe city, but stipulated that
her remains
SHOULD BE MIXED Up n THE MoIrAR
used for fixing the first stone.
| A CHARACTERISTIC example Of those wills IN
! which an attempt Is made TO put humorous
or locose mask upon the grim face Of Death
is the tolowlng:
An lndlY5duad d 5ds.is exercising TIE Calling Of
| will in which ne desired that # he should
escape hanging, and should die natural
death within two miles OF Shaw, Chapel bis
| executors, OF whom ne named two, should
| assemble threeseoTe Of the truest of his
friends-not to include any woman, nor ret
man whose avocations compel him to weara
white cap or an apron, nor any man IN tia
habit Of taking snuff or using tobacco -Four
fiddles were TO attend, anu Inc company vera
to make merry and to dance. For the refresh.
ment OF the guests were to be provided stxty-
two splced buns anu twenty shl4llngs worth
of the best ale.
"Ihe body, dressed III MS 'roast-meat' for
Sunday clothes, was to oe laid on. a bler
in the midst: as each guest arrived sprigs
| Of gorse. holly, and rosemary were to be dis
! tributed, and each was to receive cake;
then all were to make merry for couple 1t
hours.
1.-THE musicians were then to play. n
lively time, the tune OF Brltons,. strike
home,' while glasses of gin were being handed
round to the company, after this the fddlets,
! repeating the same tune, were to head th6
cortege, the guests to follow tWo-and-tHo,
the whole being closed by the curate
RIDING UPON AN ASS, 49,
fo, which earvice he vas to receire a feeof
one puinaa. M one was On any account tn
f cofiin had d been covered we're over, W the7 = vsre e
| tho dnnortad had hea,1 hest known and