The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-29
MAKE YOUR WILL.

Som ething Every Man Should Do. II He
Loves His Wife.
A great deal of physical suffering
and mental misery might be pre-
vented If those who have property to
leave would secure 1t by will to those
who are entitled 10 it and for whom IL
is intended. This is especially true in
the case of husbands, tho laws for
widows being neither generous nor
Just.
Some years ago my heart was wrung
by the sorrows of poor old lady.
whose story ran something like this:
Her husband died without making tho
will which he had always promised
her to execute. and by the law she
could have but third Of the
property. The remainder went to
the daughter, fair young girl
just blossoming into most
attractive womanhood. The property
consisted solely Of comfortable house
and the lot upon which 1t stood. The
place was the product of the joint
earnings and savings of husband and
wife. who began life with nothing but
strong hands and hearts devoted to
each other. At sevent teen tho daugh-
ter. who had been kept ut school by
her mothers untiring labor, married
a young physician. and he came to
live with them in tho old home. By
and by lie began 10 show an arbitrary
spirit toward tho mother, which grew
at last into absolute unkindness.
Strange to say. the daughter joined
with him in an endcavor to drive her
from the homo she had helped to earn.
and which was endeared to her by so
many old associations. Presently tho
daughter died. but not until sho
had willcd her two.thirds 10 her hus-
band, providing at tho same time
that her interest should not be sold
for certain term of years. The
mother could not sell her third, for no
one would buy it so conditioned. nor
could she live in the sams house with
her son-in-law. She could do abso-
lutely nothing, only support herself.
prematurely old and broken by trouble
as she was, by the most unremitting
toll, while the homo she loved. the
place she had helped to earn. re-
mained in the hands of strangers.
Mrs Margaret w. Campbell gave q
similar case at the Philadelphia meet
ing. An Iowa woman moved to that
State. when it was new, with her hus-
band, They were both young. To-
gether they worked to clear the land,
to build the log-house. and when a
storm overlook them before the rude
shelter was finished, they knelt to-
gether with clasped hands under the
quilt they hal spread 10 keep off the
rain, and thanked God for health and
strength and for each other.
Children came. The wife took care
| of the family. rode on the reaper and
the corn-planter. and cheerfully did
the house-work. BY and by the farm
was paid for. A new. handsome. con-
venient house was built but the old
log-house was left standing for the
memories 1t held. Every thing was
prosperous and well-to-lo. The years
went by. Suddenly the husband died
without will. The sons-in law and
the daughters-in-law wanted to have
the property divided SO that they
could have their share. and II wa.
done. The women whose lifetime o.
toll had so largely contributed t.
making the property was left with thu
use Of one-third. with such hus.
pand and such home" she said. ID
thought l had all the rights l needed.
Now I know that women need law
for their own protection"
Cases like tho above are numerous
They make their own appeal Every
man who wishes his wife to be pro
tected should protect her by at ono'
making will, -Emssy s. Boxlonl {,
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