St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-21

Sanborn, in token Of his regard for his native
town and his appreciation of the Importance
of education, \. D. 1888. The library was
presented by Julia Ann Hilton.
Mr.. Sanborn appointed as trustees of the
seminary John w. Sanborn, distant rela-
tive, Amos G. Chase of Kingston, Warren
Webster of Brooklyn, John 2. Marshall of
Somerville, and William P. Moulton of
Exeter, n. II. The legislature gave these
gentlemen charter in 1888. The patron
of the institution proposed to make it a nom
sectari&n school for the education of the
youth of both sexes. In his will, which
was made in April, 1888, and was modi-
fed by codicils in the following October and
December, Mr.. SanbOrn makes the inStitu-
ton his residuary legatee. He bequeaths
So, 600 to the Congregational church Of
Kingston, 81, 900 to Mrs. George Sanborn,
$240 annually to Mary E. Brickett of Hav-
erhill, and the income of 81, 600 to the poor
women Of Kingston ''whom the selectmen
may adjudge best entitled to the benefit by
their industry and virtue" The amount
available for the seminary cannot be closely
estimated. Mr.. Sanborn has lost consider
able property since he was worth $3.50, 600
in 1888, but the bequest of $50, 900 from
his late mistress will also be available ii her
WILL - NOI bhOAEN.
The ground for contesting MI. Sanborn's
will is that he was Of unSound mind when
it was made, in April, 1888. During the
preceding winter he was very sick. 1t was
said that he was suffering from sOftening Of
the brain, and his relatives proposed to
have guardian appointed and to secure
his comlnittal to an asylum. Gen. Marston,
one of the counsel in the case, opposed
fhic oDd advised hjc ran1nvol from the "
man street resort to his country house i'll
Maiden. This was done, and he apparently
recovered. If the will now on file is over
thrown, that in favor of Dartmouth college
and the heirs-at-law will become operative,
and the seminary will remain without en-
dowment, for it has no cash resources.
Since the character of Mr.. SanbOrn and the
source of his wealth have been known by
his townsmen, there has been a good
deal of discussion over the acceptance
of his benefactionS. On various occasions
he literally aided the Congregational, Uni
verSalist and Methodist churches, and
they have never hesitated to accept his gifts.
Mr.. Sanborn. when in town, generally at
tended the Congregational church. He was
practically an infdel, but he believed in
churches. They are necessary to keep
the boys and girls out Of deViltry," he
would say, in his blunt way. In spite OF
his own vices, he believed in calling things
by their right Names and he often told his
acquaintances in this city that he had Kept
plain daily record of his RIGHTEOUSNESS for
thirty years, and that he proposed to be-
queath it to his relatives. In answer to the
comment, the other day, of a gentleman
who remarked that the seminary would
never prosper upon such ill-gotten means,
one of the trustees retorted: ''Did you
never hear of good coming out of evil? DO
you investigate the pedigree of every dollar
that comes to your pockets? If you do,
you can't accept many. L don't believe you
could receive them from any source but the
mint"
The seminary will not be opened, pend
ing the contest over the will, and in view OF
the scandal which the trial involves, the
institution will in any event start out
under rather discouraging auspices. The
hearing upon Miss Hilton's will takes place
in this city i'll about ten days. Mr.. San
born's will comes up at Exeter, n. H., a
month hence.