New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13

only give Ann Hathaway his second
best, and not his best bed? Nothing
else did she get, and the writer has
sought in vain to know the reason
why.
Lord Nelson left will drawn just
before he went into the battle OF Ira
falgar, by which he bequeathed Lady
Hamilton and her daughter to his
king and country, but neither kins
nor country accepted the legacy, and
they both came to want, Lady Ham
ilton dying in abject poverty.
Napoleon in his will left a handsome
legacy to wretch named Chatillon,
who had attempted to assassinate
wellington.
The will of Rabelais has this clause
81 have no available property; I owe
great deal; the rest I give to the
poor" His last words when dying
were: 81 go to see the great Perhaps
A famous French able had this pithy
clause in his will: ITO my steward
leave nothing, because he has been in
my service for eighteen years.
1t is not unusual tor q man to leave
all his property to his wife, with the
proviso that if she marries again she
| is to have only what the law allows
her. l have drawn number oil
such wills. Governor Morris, the
celebrated American statesman, did
! not treat his wife so. He had mar.
ried very late in life Ann Ran
dolph, cousin of John, Of
Roanoke, a woman much younger
than himself, and with whom he lived
very happily. He bequeathed very
handsome income to her, and then
provided that in case she married
again the income should be doubled.
A soldier or a sailor is allowed to
make nuncupatiye will-that is, a
will by word of mouth, by which per.
sonal estate may be disposed OF, but
! you being a civilian, must make yours
in writing. Itdon't matter much what
the writing is ont may be on
| slate, or a table top, or even a wall,
though it is advisable that it should
be on paper Or parchment. You may
write it and sign your name in pen
| Gil if you like, but it is better tc
do it in ink.
You may make your will in Choc,
taw, If you happen to understand that
| language, or it may, as Hamlet says,
| "be writ in the choicest Italian;" you
may write it in shorthand, or in alb,
breviations, or IN cipher, SO long as
| you leave the key behind you. Courts
are not martinets as to the spelling
and if your photography is not perfect.
| ly ultra, they will not mind it if they
can make it out. Ii you wish to drop
into poetry, even that is permitted, as
! the following case of g. valid will
shows:
give and bequeath,
When Pm laid underneath,
! To my two loving sisters most dear
! The whole Of my store,
! Were it twice as much more,
| Which Gods goodness has granted to mo
! And that none may prevent
This my will and intent,
Or occasion the least of law racket,
With a solemn appeal,
confirm sign and seal,
This, the true act and deed of Will Jacket
You may sign your will by your mi
tials, and if your hand is unsteady
you may get some one to guide it.
You must have at least two witnesses,
and though you may not actually see
the witnesses sign their names you
must be in such position that you
could do SO if you "felt SO disposed"
as Mrs. Camp might remark. That
was Judge Rogers's ruling in the sto
rey will case, and it is good law.
Hyou are going to leave anything
to me don't ask me to be a witness,
for although I could be good wit.
ness, my legacy would be void. John
Bouvier was an eminent law.
yer in Philadelphia some years
ago, and the author OF several stand.
ard law books. A lady left him a
very handsome bequest in her will,
which he himself drew and witnessed.
There was no doubt about the inten.
ton of the lady, but Bouvier failed to
get his legacy.
Having signed and sealed your will
you can revoke it by destroying it,
but not by simply running the pen
through your name or through the
lines, but you can revoke it by sub
sequent will properly executed. Mar.
riage also revokes will.