Smyrna times., 1882-05-31
4 Remarkable Will.


4 Remarkable Will.
lhe following strange ,tur, comes from
MachlaS: When Clarissa f.. Foster lcrt
her deaf and dumb brother. Horatio \
Foster. $1,000 she signifed that upon his
death his fly" brothers should divide the
5000 among them This Horatio decid-
ed not Ia do. and ON March ;. 1880 n
days before his death. at the aoe of 76 he
made Will Of his own. Not only was he
deaf mute, but he suffered from paraly
SIS OF the right arm and leg lie was a
man OF fiAc physique, six feet tall. with =
head indicative Of intellect Ideas were
communicated 70 him by l,antomime and
words. by long practice he had learned
to read many words upon the lips. bv
watching intently the lips and face of the
party talking to him. In response he used
initiative signs and partially pronounced a
few words. SlOst Of his language was
pantomimic. For instance: "a week"
the motion Of prayer one Sunday, or
praying day "A year." the imitation of
reaping; wife" the arm in position to
be taken by woman and a kiss money"
the circular shape of dollar on the palm :;
to distinguish silver money he touched
his white cuff, collar, or shirt. His skill
IN farming, TO plan and work, was far
above the average. In mechanical work
ne was q genius.
At the making Of his will six witnesses.
including his brother Andrew. DR.. johnson
of East Machais, and Dr.. Hunter of
Machais, were present, \ copy of his
sisters will, from whom he inherited his
property Of s. Goo and package ofbonds
used as symbol of the property. were
laid on the table. Pointing TO the will
and the bonds, Dr. Johnson made an
imitation OF writing, and with a question
| ing look asked if he should write the will.
He nodded assent. Then DIR. johnson
initiated death, pointed TO the old will, the
bonds, the blank paper, saying in words {:
When you are dead and buried. what do
you want done with all your money ~
The words when dead" buried. .
what "all" and money, Horatio
could without doubt read from the lips.
He replied, moving his lips to say baby"
his sign for his brother Jacob, pointing to
the door out Of which he had gone, and
described half circle on top of his head,
his sign for his brothers wife. who wore
a braid in that manner. pointing to the
door out of which she had gone, and MAX
ing cutting motien across his arm to in
dicate division into equal parts.
Then Il young lady. who readily COM
municated with him. repeated DR.. john
sons question. He replied as before,
emitting the pointing TO the doors Then
she placed the photographs Of his heirs
before him. repeating the same questions
with words and signs. He Immediately
selected the photographs of his brother
and wife, with the sign of division. DR..
Johnson again asked him. He took the
two photographs, placed them apart from
the others, with the sign of division His
bearing was Thoughtful, serious, and intel
ligent, his eyes keenly fixed on the lips of
the party communicating with him. The
will was then written by DIR. johnson.
read TO the company, explained to the
mute by signs previously used. and to this
| he nodded his head He was then asked
to make his mark when he took up the
pen, and, to the surprise of all, signed a
capital II. The will was contested by
some Of the brothers, and last week lost
their ease The court sustained the will.
| Nervous debility, the curse ofthe Amer
/ lean people, Immediately yields TO the
action of BroWn's Iron Bitters.
The New York Herald says editorially
The Su,t and Tribune may rest satisfied
that, with or without the action of Con-
gress or of the public, care will be taken
Of the widow and children of De Long,
and not ofthem alone, but of every widow
and every orphan of the men who sailed
with the JeGaaette and have perished
We request the Tribune and Sun to accept
our Acknowledgements of their Kindness in
afording suitable opportunity to make
this statement without being liable to the
reproach Of intruding it." 1t is under-
stood that Mr.. Bennett will give Mrs. De
Long and her children $4,000.
Ladies and sickly girls requiring nom
alcoholic, gentle stimulant, will find
Browns Iron Bitters beneficial.
Paris has got SO wicked that the FreRch-
men think of putting wall around it and
charging admissien-$10o for Americans
and so cents for other people.