The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-09-08
SOME QUEER Wills.
3 Freaks OF lilo Rieh.

a. Mr. Tnke OF Rotterdam, who died
mIe12, by his last will and testament
took steps toward making his actions
smell sweet and & blossom in, the dust,
for he left a penny to every child who
should, attend his funeral with 6the re-,
suit THAT upward Of 700 youngsters,
Who didn't. care whether school, kept,
were in clover.
John Rudge gave twenty shillings a
year to q poor man to go about the. par
ish church Of Trysull during, sermon
time to keep people awake and dogs out
ofthe church. Some time during the
last century Lancashire gentleman,
after having very hulnbly given his
family vault, bequeathed an ounce Of
modeaty to the authors Of the London
Journal and Free Brit0n, being "con-
vinced that an ounce Will be found
moro than they ever will make use Of. y
What might be thought Of testator
who gave to certain persons ''as many
acres of land as shall be found equal to
the area inclosed by the track OF the
centre of axilatton Of the earth in q
revolution round the sun, supposing tho
mean distance Of the sun 81 600 semi
diameters Of the earth from itp'' Such
an individual would be regarded as u
bedlamite, and there would be. no diff
Guilty In breaking the will as emanating
from one of unsound mind, even il no
undue influence could be proved.
a German bequeathed his money to
poor man whom he detestcd, on con-
dition that he always wore thin white
linen clothes without any extra under
clothing. Stanislaus Poltzmarz Of
Pesth, Hungary, left the greater part.
of his fortune to a Hungarian notary,
forbidding him, however, to take pos
session until he had sung in La Scala
or San Carlo Opera House the parts of
Rossini's "Otello" and Elvino in "Son-
nambula." Poltzmarz, who was 80
years ofage when he executed his will,
wrote: 81 do not dispose Of my wealth
in this manner for the sake Of being
thought an original, but having been
present four years ago at an evening
party in Vienna, Iheard M. Lott sing
a cavatina from each Of these operas
with a beautiful tenor voice, theref ore
1 believe hir, likely to become an ex-
ceilent artist. In any, case, IL the pub
| lie Kisses him, he can console himself
easily with 5000, ,O0Osof florins which /
leave him." 1t is to be lamented that
no record can be found at hand OF the
success or the lucky Nj. Lotz OH the
lyric stage.
E, One Morgan, a Welshman, 9S years
of age, left his to his .told, faithful
hOuselSeeper, she being "a tolerably
/ good woman, but would 10 much bet
ter if she had not so clamorous tom
.lygue. ~ s.. 81 ssi iSs
a wealthA London widow left an
afinftt fiIufe tIi,trf sy:.66 70 e
parrot, who had been sher faithful l..
for twenty-lour years. y
The Will Of ono Garland, who died in;
London in June, 1928, contains this
clause: 81 bequeath to my monkey
my dear and amusing Jocko, the sum Or
el0, COO per; annum, to be employed for
his sole use and benefits; to my faithful
dog, Shock, and my well-beloyed cat,
Tip, q pension Of .e5; and desire that, F
In case Of the death OF either Of the
three, the lapsed pension shall pass to
Tho other two, between whom it shall
be equally divided.''
John George, of lambeth, set down
In his will: "Whereas. it hath been
my misfortune to be made very uneasy
by Elizabeth George, my wife, for many
years, from our marriage, by her turbu-
lent behavior; for she was not content
with despising my admonitions, but
every method to make mo
unhappy. She was SO perverse in her
nature that she would be not reclaimed,
but seemed only to be born to be pla-
que to me. The strength of Samson,
the knowledge Of Homer, the prudence
Of Augustus, the cunning Of Pyrrhus.
the patience Of Job, the subtlety of
Hannibal and the watchfulness Of Her
could not have sufficed to
subdue her; for no skill OF force in the
world would do her good. And as we
have lived separate and apart from
each other for eight years, and she hay
Ing perverted her son to leave and total
ly abandon me, therefore j give her one
shilling only" Elizabeth was, no
doubt, a termagant, and in all proba-
bility deserved no more Of legacy than
was left her.
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